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Why Charles Manson cult member Leslie Van Houten was released from prison 53 years after committing murder
Leslie Van Houten at her parole hearing

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Why Charles Manson cult member Leslie Van Houten was released from prison 53 years after committing murder

Can Florida legally expand the death penalty to convicted child rapists?
Ron DeSantis speaking in front of a microphone

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Can Florida legally expand the death penalty to convicted child rapists?

Why wasn’t Donald Trump handcuffed? Did he get a mugshot?
Donald Trump sitting in a courtroom

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Why wasn’t Donald Trump handcuffed? Did he get a mugshot?

What can Donald Trump actually know about his own prosecution?
former President Donald Trump speaking into a microphone with a US flag hanging in the background

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What can Donald Trump actually know about his own prosecution?

Forensic genealogy starred in apprehension of Idaho murder suspect—but was it necessary?
bryan kohberger being escorted from an extradition hearing by police officers

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Forensic genealogy starred in apprehension of Idaho murder suspect—but was it necessary?

In a Houston taqueria, a customer shot and killed a robbery suspect. Were his actions justified?
security footage still of a robbery suspect in a houston taco shop

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In a Houston taqueria, a customer shot and killed a robbery suspect. Were his actions justified?

How might the Department of Justice use the Jan. 6 committee’s criminal referrals?

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How might the Department of Justice use the Jan. 6 committee’s criminal referrals?

Northeastern holiday gift guide 2022: The best reads for the bookworm in your life
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Northeastern holiday gift guide 2022: The best reads for the bookworm in your life

Darrell Brooks, convicted in the Waukesha Christmas parade attack, claimed he was a ‘sovereign citizen.’ Does the concept have any legal basis?
Darrell Brooks leans over, holding his head into his clasped hands

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Darrell Brooks, convicted in the Waukesha Christmas parade attack, claimed he was a ‘sovereign citizen.’ Does the concept have any legal basis?

Is there still a place for the death penalty in America?
Judge Elizabeth Scherer reads the verdict in the trial of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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Is there still a place for the death penalty in America?

Technicalities keep people in prison, says Northeastern professor in new book
A book titled "Barred: Why the Innocent Can't Get Out of Prison" is about how technicalities keep people in prison.

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Technicalities keep people in prison, says Northeastern professor in new book

Why federal prosecutors may be pressed for time in the Mar-a-Lago investigation, even during these ‘very early stages’

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Why federal prosecutors may be pressed for time in the Mar-a-Lago investigation, even during these ‘very early stages’