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Death penalty for grandmother convicted in girl’s running death?

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“A jury is considering whether to recommend life or death for the Alabama grandmother they convicted of running her granddaughter to death.  The panel will hear additional evidence as it decides whether to recommend execution or life without parole for the murder of 9-year-old Savannah Hardin. The judge has the final say.  Prosecutors want death. They say Garrard brutally made the girl run for hours as punishment for a lie until she collapsed into seizures.  The defense is asking jurors to spare the woman. She’s married and has eight surviving grandchildren, and her lawyer says there’s no way she realized the consequences of her actions with only a ninth grade education.”

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/03/23/jurors-to-consider-life-or-death-for-alabama-grandmother-convicted-in-girl/

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Middle Schooler Arrested For Changing Teacher’s Desktop Background

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“A middle school student who said he was just trying to play a prank on a teacher he didn’t like was charged with a cybercrime Wednesday after authorities said he hacked into his school’s secure computer network.  The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office has charged Domanik Green, an eighth-grader at Paul R. Smith Middle School, with an offense against a computer system and unauthorized access, a felony. Sheriff Chris Nocco said Thursday that Green logged onto the school’s network on March 31 using an administrative-level password without permission. He then changed the background image on a teacher’s computer to one showing two men kissing.”

http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=50388

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Police: 13-year-old took $25K, passed out $100 bills to classmates

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“A 13-year-old Claggett Middle School student who had taken $25,000 from his grandfather over spring break passed out thousands to classmates in $100 bills this week, police said.  Medina and Medina Township police departments are investigating and trying to recover the money.  McNabb said the 13-year-old stole the cash from his 83-year-old grandfather, who lives in Medina Township.  Police said it’s too early to speculate whether charges could be filed.  McNabb said Medina Detective Mary Gross is handling the investigation. So far, the police have recovered about $7,000 of the money.”

http://medinagazette.northcoastnow.com/2015/04/10/police-middle-school-student-stole-25k-passed-7k-classmates/

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Texas Man Arrested For $4.5 Million Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme

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“A Texas man has been arrested on wire fraud and securities fraud charges for his operation of what authorities allege was a Bitcoin-related Ponzi scheme that raised millions of dollars through a purported online digital hedge fund.  Trendon Shavers, known in Bitcoin forums as ‘Pirateat40,’ was arrested this morning on one count of securities fraud and one count of wire fraud.  Each charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, as well as criminal fines.  The Securities and Exchange Commission filed civil fraud charges against Shavers in July 2013, which recently culminated in a federal judge ordering Shavers to pay $40 million in fines.”

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jordanmaglich/2014/11/06/texas-man-arrested-for-4-5-million-bitcoin-ponzi-scheme/

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H-P Pays $108M to DOJ, SEC To Settle Anti-Bribery Allegations

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“Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) agreed to pay $108 million to settle federal claims that it violated the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, marking yet another major settlement as the government cracks down on bribery.  The government alleges H-P violated FCPA when its subsidiaries in Poland, Mexico and Russia made improper payments to government officials to obtain or retain public contracts.  The PC maker agreed to pay $108 million to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Dept. of Justice, and undertake certain compliance, reporting and cooperation obligations.”

http://www.foxbusiness.com/industries/2014/04/09/h-p-in-108m-settlement-with-doj-over-foreign-practices/

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Supreme Court weighing when online speech becomes illegal threat

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“There are regularly fresh media accounts of defendants handed lengthy prison terms for their online speech. Weeks ago, for example, another Pennsylvania man was handed up to a six-year term for a YouTube rap video threatening police officers.  In the Elonis case pending before the Supreme Court, the 30-year-old contends that the authorities never proved he intended to threaten anybody. Only one federal appeals court has sided with Elonis’ contention that the authorities must prove that the person who made the threat actually meant to carry it out. Eight other circuit courts of appeal, however, have ruled that the standard is whether a ‘reasonable person’ would conclude the threat was real.”

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/04/supreme-court-weighing-when-online-speech-becomes-illegal-threat/

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Threatening ‘IRS’ calls, emails are scams, officials warn

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“Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice said her staff is looking into reports of an unspecified number of telephone calls to Nassau County residents from a Washington, D.C.-area number in which the caller claims to be an IRS agent and demands immediate payment and threatens an audit. The IRS, on its website, says such calls also sometimes threaten driver’s license revocation and sometimes are followed up with calls from people claiming to be police or the state motor vehicle department. The agency says some scam artists ‘spoof’ or imitate the IRS toll-free number on caller ID to make the call appear legitimate. Callers often demand payment through a preloaded debit card or wire transfer.”

http://www.newsday.com/business/threatening-irs-calls-emails-are-scams-officials-warn-1.7514990

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Supreme Court rejects appeal of shoplifter serving life sentence

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“The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to review the case of an Oklahoma City woman who received a life sentence in 2009 for shoplifting.  Without comment, the court rejected the appeal of Cecilia Cathleen Rodriguez, whose life sentence was imposed by an Oklahoma County judge because of a long list of previous convictions.  Rodriguez’s appeal was her second to the high court; in 2012, the justices sent the case back to Oklahoma and ordered a review of whether she had received adequate legal assistance when she entered a ‘blind plea’ to charges of stealing two purses from a Dillard’s department store.”

http://newsok.com/u.s.-supreme-court-rejects-appeal-of-oklahoma-shoplifter-serving-life-sentence/article/3941945

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Can laws punishing gun-wielding criminals apply to a police officer?

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“The high court is considering the case of former Ottawa Hills Officer Thomas White, who shot and paralyzed motorcyclist Michael McCloskey after a traffic stop May 23, 2009. White has maintained that he fired because he feared Mr. McCloskey, who had his back turned to him, was reaching for a weapon. Mr. McCloskey was unarmed.  The impact of the case to police officers beyond Ottawa Hills prompted both the state and national Fraternal Order of Police to get involved.  ‘You have to understand that a police officer acting and discharging his service weapon in the line of duty is just fundamentally different from the armed robber holding up a gas station,’ the unions’ Columbus attorney said.”

http://www.toledoblade.com/Courts/2014/02/06/Justices-weigh-Ottawa-Hills-case.html

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Shock: Reuters Compares Madoff Scam to Street Practices

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“This article comes right out and expresses the position that what Madoff did illegally is similar to what Wall Street – specifically the hedge fund portion of it – does every day.  While this point has often been made in the alternative media, to see it plainly posted at Reuters is startling.  While the article has another agenda (more on that below), it is somewhat anomalous, and its posting can be justified by current events: specifically, the fine that was just paid by JP Morgan based on findings that JP Morgan assisted Madoff in the fund that proved to be fraudulent.  This Reuters article comes tantalizingly close to revealing the truth about Wall Street.”

http://www.thedailybell.com/news-analysis/34939/Shock-Reuters-Compares-Madoff-Scam-to-Street-Practices/

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