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Mary Katherine Pursley, a special education teacher at Mt. Bethel Elementary, has been charged with cruelty to children after she allegedly put an autistic boy in a trash can and called him "Oscar the Grouch." (USA Today)
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This undated photo provided by the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Department shows Victor Hill. The Atlanta-area sheriff was charged with a misdemeanor Wednesday, May 6, 2015, in the shooting of a real estate agent at a model home. (Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Department via AP)
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FILE - In this Wednesday, April 9, 2008 file photo, Debbie Coluter, a certified nursing assistant, holds the hand of an elderly inmate with Alzheimer's disease, as she helps him to his cell at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) **FILE**
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Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill has been charged with reckless conduct in the shooting that critically wounded 43-year-old real estate agent Gwenevere McCord. (Associated Press)
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FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2013 file photo, former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, center, leaves the Centre County Courthouse after attending a post-sentence motion hearing in Bellefonte, Pa. Sandusky is arguing that pretrial publicity, leaks and unprepared defense lawyers are among the reasons a judge should throw out his 45-count conviction for child sexual abuse. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
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Rep. Ruben Gallego. D-Ariz., gives his victory speech in Phoenix. Two dozen House conservatives are threatening to oppose a sweeping defense policy bill over a non-binding provision aimed at allowing immigrants brought illegally to this country as kids to serve in the military. They say that the amendment by Gallego, "contradicts the House’s previous position and is a severe threat to passage" of the $612 billion defense policy bill. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)
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A new study by Everytown For Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America says 79 children have unintentionally shot someone with a handgun during the first four months of 2015. The shootings have resulted in 24 deaths. In this photo, a Montgomery County Police vehicle drives past a sign of the For Kids We Care day care center, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2006 in Germantown, Maryland, where a 7-year-girl was shot in the arm by a gun that was brought to the day care center by an 8-year-old boy. The boy had the gun in the backpack and was playing with it when it accidentally went off at the For Kids We Care center, police spokesman Derek Baliles said. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Illustration on the corruption of justice in taxation and enforcement of federal law by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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A D.C. firefighter died at the scene of an apartment fire in the 1300 block of 7th Street. (Twitter: D.C. Fire Fighter L36)
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Upset by the indictment of six Baltimore police officers in the death of Freddie Gray, members of the city's Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 3 have launched a #MyLifeMatters campaign on Twitter. (Twitter/@FOP3)
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Upset by the indictment of six Baltimore police officers in the death of Freddie Gray, members of the city's Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 3 have launched a #MyLifeMatters campaign on Twitter. (Twitter/@FOP3)
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Jesse L. Matthew Jr., accused of abducting and killing University of Virginia student Hannah Graham, has been charged with capital murder and a prosecutor said Tuesday she will seek the death penalty if the case goes to trial. (Associated Press)
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FBI crime scene investigators document evidence outside the Curtis Culwell Center, Monday, May 4, 2015, in Garland, Texas. Two men opened fire with assault weapons on police Sunday night who were guarding a contest for Muslim Prophet Muhammed cartoons. A police officer returned fire killing both men. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade)
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New York State Attorney Eric Schneiderman speaks May 5, 2015, during a Law Day event at the Court of Appeals in Albany. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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Becky Hernandez, left, daughter of Pedro Hernandez, and her mother Rosemary Hernandez leave the courtroom during a break in the trial of Pedro Hernandez in New York, Tuesday, May 5, 2015. Jurors deliberating in the murder trial of Hernandez, a man accused of kidnapping and killing 6-year-old Etan Patz in 1979, says they're deadlocked — for a second time. But a judge is telling them to keep trying for a verdict. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Miami Beach Police Sgt. Alex Bello, in charge of the department’s body camera program, wears a body camera during a demonstration at a news conference, Tuesday, May 5, 2015, in Miami Beach, Fla. Ten police motorcycle officers will be issued body cameras Tuesday, with a total of 30 officers by the end of the month in a three-month pilot program to test the technology. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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In this Thursday, Jan. 13, 2005, file photo, newly sworn-in Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill, foreground, stands with arms folded after speaking to his deputies in Jonesboro, Ga. (Zach Porter/Clayton Daily News, File via AP)
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Defense attorney Harvey Fishbein, left, speaks to reporters during a break in the trial of Pedro Hernandez in New York, Tuesday, May 5, 2015. Jurors deliberating in the murder trial of Hernandez, a man accused of kidnapping and killing 6-year-old Etan Patz in 1979, says they're deadlocked — for a second time. But a judge is telling them to keep trying for a verdict. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Attorney General Loretta Lynch shakes hands with students before meeting with members of Congress and faith leaders at the University of Baltimore on Tuesday, May 5, 2015, in Baltimore. The FBI and the Justice Department are investigating Gray's death for potential civil rights violations. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, Pool)
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A courtroom drawing shows Canadian-born accused terrorist Omar Khadr attending a pre-trial session in Camp Justice on the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Dec. 12, 2008. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
