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Who Would Defend Accused Killer Levi Aron? She Would
PIX11.comA week ago today, attorney Gerard Marrone backed out of the defense team for Levi Aron, the man accused of murdering and dismembering 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky. Marrone said the allegations were too "horrific" for him to stay on. With Marrone walking away,...Tags: Long Island, Levi Aron, Lawyers, Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice
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Emotional Applause As Giffords Returns To Cast Debt Vote
Staff reporterThe U.S. House on Monday passed the debt-ceiling deal worked out by President Barack Obama and congressional leaders, sending it to the Senate for consideration a day before the deadline for the government to face possible default. Senate Majority Leader...Tags: Steny H. Hoyer, Health, Crime, Law and Justice, Joe Biden, Maxine Waters
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Judge Refuses To Throw Out Clemens Perjury Case, New Trial Date Set
Reuters reporterA judge on Friday refused to throw out the perjury case against baseball star Roger Clemens over steroid use after a mistrial was declared when prosecutors presented evidence that had been barred. Judge Reggie Walton agreed to start a second trial on...Tags: Roger Clemens, Cy Young Award, Steroids, Lawyers, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
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Friday Forecaster: Alison Young of the National Constitution Center
PIX11.comAlison Young is with the National Constitution Center. Constitution Day is September 17th (but it's being observed and celebrated on September 16th this year) and this year is the 224th birthday of the Constitution. She was here to help spread the word...Tags: Politics
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So-Called 'Birther' Interrupts Constitution Reading
House Republicans' reading of the Constitution was interrupted Thursday by a woman who shouted "except Obama, except Obama" to the venerable document's words on a U.S. citizen's eligibility to be president.
Just as Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., was reading...Tags: Elections, Idaho, Frank Jr Pallone, Hawaii, Politics
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N.J. Court Investigate Legality of Christie's Eduction Cuts
wpix.comNew Jersey's state supreme court has assigned a lower court judge to help sort out whether Governor Christie was within his constitutional rights to cut $1 billion dollars of aid to local schools. The court will help decide whether Christie's cuts...Tags: Elections, New Jersey, Politics
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Political Heavyweights Weigh In On Ground Zero Mosque Debate
wpix.comSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid is the latest politician to weigh in on plans to build a mosque near Ground Zero, a debate that has polarized New Yorkers for several weeks. Reid says the Muslim community center and mosque should not be built near the...Tags: Sports, Michelle Obama, Trips and Vacations, African Americans, Minority Groups
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As Opposition Increases, Mosque Developer Refuses Relocation
According to a statewide poll released Wednesday, a majority of New Yorkers remain opposed to resurrect a mosque as part of a planned Islamic cultural center just blocks from Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan.
The poll also revealed that many saw the...Tags: Elections, New York, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Primaries, World War II (1939-1945)
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Gov't: No Appeal Of Judge's Decision To Ban Key Witness In Guantanamo Detainee's NY Trial
Associated Press WriterThe U.S. government announced Sunday it would prosecute the first Guantanamo Bay detainee to face a civilian trial without its star witness because appealing a judge's ruling excluding him could cause significant delay and inconvenience other witnesses...Tags: New York, Lawyers, Central Intelligence Agency, Crime, Law and Justice, Eric Holder
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NYC Man Cleared in 1984 Rape Awarded $18.5M
A Bronx man who was exonerated four years ago after spending over two decades in prison was awarded $18.5 million Tuesday by the city of New York.
Alan Newton was sentenced in 1985 to up to 40 years in prison after being convicted of rape, robbery and...Tags: Bronx (New York City), New York, Human Body, Sex Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice
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Ruling Against Prop. 8 Could Affect Gay Marriage Law In Tri-State Area
wpix.comA new legal ruling on same-sex marriage could not only end up making the differing official legal positions on the issue across the Tri-State uniform, it could lead to making gay marriage the law of the land. A federal judge Wednesday ruled that...Tags: Referenda, Lawyers, Jerry Brown, U.S. Supreme Court, Voting
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Federal Court Pulls Plug on Death Sentence for NYC Cop Killer
It was a crime that shocked the entire city. Two detectives were shot execution-style by a man who was later found guilty and sentenced to die by lethal injection. It would have been the first execution in New York in more than half a century.
But, in...Tags: New York, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment, New York City
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