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Man Gets 25 Years for Shooting N.Y. Cop

A Long Island man was sentenced to 25 years in prison for shooting a Hempstead village police officer during a foot pursuit.

April 8, 2013

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Minn. Man Gets 17 Years for Police Ambush

A Minneapolis man who called 911 so he could "hurt some cops" has been sentenced to 17 1/2 years in prison for the ambush attack. Marsenior P. Johnson, 39, was sentenced Friday.

April 2, 2013

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Prosecutors Seek Death for James Holmes

Arapahoe (Colo.) County prosecutors will seek capital punishment for James Holmes after concluding that "justice is death" for the man who allegedly killed 12 people and injured 58 in the Aurora theater massacre.

March 31, 2013

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Court Error Caused Early Release of Colo. Prison Chief's Killer

A Colorado district court has apologized to the families of the two men slain by Evan Ebel for a clerical error that triggered the release of the white supremacist gang member four years early.

March 31, 2013

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Colo. Theater Shooter Wants Life To Avoid Death Penalty

The attorneys for James Holmes have offered a guilty plea in the Aurora, Colo., theater shooting in exchange for prosecutors sparing their client's life.

March 27, 2013

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Ohio School Shooter Gets Life Without Parole

The Ohio teenager who killed three classmates in a cafeteria attack a year ago showed no remorse as a judge gave him three life terms in prison on Tuesday. During sentencing, 18-year-old T.J. Lane wore a T-shirt with the word "killer" on it.

March 18, 2013

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Ind. Man Gets 40 Years for Firing at Trooper

A Circuit Court judge has sentenced 20-year-old Zachary Buza to 40 years in prison for shooting at an Indiana State Police trooper from the window of a Rosedale home following a domestic dispute in July 2012.

March 17, 2013

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Maryland Poised To Ban Death Penalty

Maryland's House of Delegates voted Friday to repeal the state's death penalty and sent the bill to Gov. Martin O'Malley, a Democrat who initially sponsored it.

March 14, 2013

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Ohio Judge Again Orders 'Idiot' Sign on Defendant

An Ohio judge who made a woman wear an "idiot" sign for driving on a sidewalk around a school bus has ordered similar punishment for a man convicted of threatening police officers.

March 5, 2013

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Police Union Opposes 'Compassionate' Parole for Calif. Cop Killer

In 1973, Gerald Youngberg took the lives of San Bernardino County Sheriff's Lt. Al Stewart, California Highway Patrol Officer Larry Wetterling, and gas station attendant Robert Jenkins in execution-style murders.

March 5, 2013

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Black P Stone 'General' Gets 20 Years for Drug, Gun Crimes

A high-ranking member of a south side Chicago black street gang received 20 years in federal prison for narcotics and firearm charges stemming from his arrest in late 2011.

February 27, 2013

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NYPD Detective's Killer Gets 45 To Life

A 28-year-old man was sentenced on Thursday to 45 years to life in prison for the 2011 killing of a veteran police officer during a botched predawn robbery in Brooklyn. It was the maximum allowable sentence.

February 27, 2013