Law_Crime

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National Edition News cover for March 3, 2015 - Exclusive: FBI secret surveillance teams hit by nepotism, favoritism concerns: FBI Director James Comey discusses race and law enforcement, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015, at Georgetown University in Washington. Comey said the nation is at a ìcrossroadsî on matters of race relations and law enforcement, saying the country must confront hard truths following the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner and the slayings of two police officers in New York. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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Philadelphia Phillies Tony Gwynn Jr. sits in the dugout prior to the baseball game against the San Diego Padres on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Don Boomer)

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Los Angeles Police detective Meghan Aguilar explains images released by police that could indicate evidence of a suspect holding a police officer's gun, seen in a video shot by a witness at the scene of the shooting of a homeless man on Skid Row of Los Angeles, top row left, at a news conference at police headquarters Monday, March 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

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The U.S. Supreme Court will rule on a challenge to President Obama's health care overhaul that could affect consumers in more than 30 states. (AP Photo)

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In this Friday, May 3, 2013, file photo, former Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Beverly Hall stands as her attorney presents a motion at the Fulton County Superior Court hearing for several dozen Atlanta Public Schools educators facing charges alleging a conspiracy of cheating on the CRCT standardized tests in Atlanta. Hall, the former superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools charged in what prosecutors had called a broad conspiracy to cheat on state exams, has died, her attorney said Monday, March 2, 2015. (AP Photo/David Tulis, File)

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In this April 17, 2012 file photo, Judge Judy Sheindlin attends the Vanity Fair Tribeca Film Festival party at the State Supreme Courthouse in New York. Daytime television’s most popular personality, “Judge Judy” Sheindlin, has extended her contract for three years and will keep her court in session into 2020. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File )

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In this Tuesday, July 6, 2004, file photo, Kelly Gissendaner, the only woman on Georgia's death row, peers through the slot in her cell door as a guard brings her a cup of ice at Metro State Prison in Atlanta. Gissendaner's lawyers, on Monday, March 2, 2015, asked the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles to reconsider her request to have her sentence changed to life in prison. Gissendaner, 46, is set for execution at 7 p.m. (0200 GMT) at the state prison. Gissendaner was convicted of murder in the February 1997 stabbing death of her husband. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Bita Honarvar, File)

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This undated file photo provided by the Philadelphia Police Department shows Padge Gordon, also known as Padge Victoria Windslowe. Windslowe, an aspiring hip-hop artist who boasts about her talent for underground "body sculpting," has one last chance to impress a jury before the panel weighs murder charges against her in a dancer's death. Windslowe has been testifying since Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, and faces more cross-examination this week. (AP Photo/Philadelphia Police Department, File)

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In this Feb. 13, 2015 photo, construction workers James Gibson, left, David Rager, center, and Shawn White frame the second floor of a two-story custom home being built in Orlando, Fla. As construction jobs return in some regions, competition for skilled labor is heating up. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack) ** FILE **

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Police crime scene tape is stretched across a street in South Central Los Angeles. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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Illustration on patent protection by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Miami Gardens Police Chief Stephen Johnson was fired after being arrested Friday for soliciting a prostitute, officials said. (NBC 6 South Florida)

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Washington Wizards head coach Randy Wittman yells to his team during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Philadelphia 76ers, Friday, Feb. 27, 2015, in Philadelphia. Philadelphia won 89-81. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

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Washington Nationals' Tyler Moore is cheered in the dugout after hitting a home run in the third inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Friday, May 2, 2014, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Laurence Kesterson)

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Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, head of Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, is escorted to a helicopter in Mexico City following his capture overnight in the beach resort town of Mazatlan, in this Feb. 22, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

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The IRS belatedly told Congress it may have lost some of Lois Lerner's emails after her computer crashed, and asserted that the backup tapes didn't exist. (Associated Press)

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This photo provided by the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office shows Emmanuel Jesus Rangel-Hernandez, in Charlotte, N.C. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police said in a statement that 19-year-old Rangel-Hernandez has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the death of 19-year-old Mirjana Puhar and two other victims. Puhar appeared on the reality TV show "America's Next Top Model," last year. (AP Photo/Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office)