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Former Ark. Gov. Huckabee Releases Statement on Release of Lakewood Suspect

The suspect in the slaying of four Lakewood, Wash., police officers was granted clemency in 2000 by then Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas. The former governor now political commentator and candidate for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination has issued a statement explaining his decision.

November 29, 2009

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Conservative Columnist Malkin Rips Huckabee for Releasing Lakewood Cop-Killing Suspect

Conservative columnist Michelle Malkin has called the release of Lakewood cop-killing suspect Maurice Clemmons, 37, in 2000 by then Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee a "Willie Horton moment."

November 29, 2009

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Wounded Florida Deputy Sues State

Maury Hernandez, the Broward Sheriff's Office deputy who defied the odds by surviving a gun shot to the head during a traffic stop gone awry, is suing the Florida Department of Corrections for negligence.

November 16, 2009

Special Units

Police Follow Snow Tracks To Arrest Burglars

Three parolees living in a halfway house were arrested after Greenwood Village (Colo.) police followed their snow tracks to a Motel 6.

October 29, 2009

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Judges Reject California Plan to Cut Prison Crowding

The panel said California officials had failed to comply with their order to produce a plan to pare the number of state prisoners by 40,000 within two years. The judges agreed to postpone a decision on a request by inmates' lawyers to hold Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in contempt of court for defying the earlier order, issued Aug. 4.

October 21, 2009

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N.C. Felon Permitted to Own Gun

A state law barring felons from owning firearms unfairly prevented a Garner man from owning guns, the N.C. Supreme Court ruled Friday, thrusting the court into the national debate over gun ownership.

August 31, 2009

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Californians Ask Why Sex Offender Garrido Only Served 11 Years of 50-Year Sentence

As details continued to emerge about Jaycee Lee Dugard's alleged kidnapper, questions intensified Monday over how Phillip Garrido could have served only 11 years in prison after a 1976 rape and kidnapping for which he had been given a 50-year federal sentence as well as a life term in Nevada.

August 31, 2009

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UC Berkeley Officers' Alert Action Uncovers 18-Year Kidnap Victim

The timeline of the steps the two officers took came into sharper focus following Garrido's arrest, as university leaders, law enforcement officials and the media credited Lisa Campbell, the manager of special events, and Ally Jacobs, a campus police officer, with closing the 18-year-old case.

August 30, 2009

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California Releasing Parole Violators Early

California prison officials, facing severe overcrowding and a financial crisis, have been releasing inmates who were serving time for parole violations before they finished their scheduled terms.

July 16, 2009

Technology

Philadelphia Program Helps Identify Likely Violent Parolees

As part of an attempt to fight crime, Philadelphia is now the subject of an experiment never tried in another city: A computer is forecasting who among the city's 49,000 parolees is likeliest to rob, assault, or kill someone.

July 8, 2009

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Oakland Cop Killer Linked to Rape

The day before Lovelle Mixon unleashed a barrage of gunfire that killed four Oakland police officers, the department's investigators learned that DNA evidence had linked the fugitive parolee to an unsolved rape this year, authorities said Monday.

March 23, 2009

Special Units

Parolee Stood Over Stricken Oakland Motor Officers and Fired Again

Lovelle Mixon, a parolee on the run, already had shot Oakland police Sgt. Mark Dunakin and Officer John Hege. Then, as the two men lay on the ground, Mixon stood over them and fired again.

March 23, 2009