Law_Crime

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Arnold Schwarzenegger plays an Arizona sheriff battling a Mexican drug gang in "The Last Stand," his first lead role since 2003, when he became governor of California. (Lionsgate via Associated Press)

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Lawyer Joseph Rosenbaum (left) and his client Izhar Khan stand outside the U.S. Courthouse in Miami on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013. A federal judge dismissed terrorism support and conspiracy charges against Mr. Khan, who was accused with his father of funneling cash to the Pakistani Taliban. The trial for Mr. Khan's father, 77-year-old Hafiz Khan, is continuing in federal court. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Joseph Rosenbaum, P.A.)

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President-elect Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th President of the United States by Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, John Roberts, at U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, January 20, 2009. (J.M. Eddins Jr. / The Washington Times)

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Josephine County Sheriff Gil Gilbertson, pictured in his office in Grants Pass, Ore., is one of a growing number of rural sheriffs vowing to ignore any new federal gun-control legislation and lawmakers wanting to make it a crime for federal officials to enforce federal gun policy in their states. (AP Photo/Mail Tribune, Bob Pennell)

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A "now hiring" banner hangs above a construction site for a future Fresh & Easy supermarket in Los Angeles on Friday, Dec. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

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"I think at the federal level and at the state level, get rid of these mandatory minimum sentences. Let judges act as judges and make up their own mind what should be done. The idea that we protect society by one size fits all, or the idea that we can do this kind of symbolism to make us safer — it just does not work in the real world," said Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont, the senior Democrat in the Senate. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** The skyline of Washington, D.C. (Associated Press)

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Family and friends of Aaron Swartz, shown in 2009, gathered for his funeral Tuesday. He was found dead Friday in his Brooklyn, N.Y., apartment and his death was ruled a suicide. Prosecutors charged him with using the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s computer network to download nearly 5 million articles from an online clearinghouse for scholarly journals. (The New York Times via Associated Press)

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Fighters from the al Qaeda-linked Ansar Dine stand guard in Timbuktu, Mali, as they prepare to publicly lash a member of the Islamic Police found guilty of adultery. (Associated Press)

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Cyclist Floyd Landis filed a whistleblower lawsuit saying former teammate Lance Armstrong defrauded the federal government by using performance-enhancing drugs and overseeing other riders doing the same, thereby violating the terms of a U.S. Postal Service sponsorship contract. (Associated Press)