Judge gives lighter sentence in bias tied traffic case
In Boston federal court Judge Nancy Gertner reduced the 2 1/2 year sentence of Alexander Leviner, citing research on traffic stop bias and a criminal record dominated by minor offenses. Leviner, a black man, faced a felon in possession of a firearm charge after a September 1997 pursuit linked to a shots fired report.
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Boston
Alexander Leviner
Nancy Gertner
Leviner
Gertner
University of Toledo College of Law
Journal of Criminal Law and
Criminology
Convict admits false war record pleads for freedom
Boston AP report: Joseph Yandle, 49, a killer who gained release by posing as a Vietnam War hero, apologized for lying and asked not to be sent back to prison. The Governor's Council will vote next week on revoking the commutation that let him obtain parole after the 1972 liquor-store murder.
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Boston
Joseph Yandle
Yandle
Okinawa
Japan
Council
William Weld
Two officers charged with lying in Louima torture case
Two plainclothes officers, Rolando Aleman and Francisco Rosario, were charged with lying to the FBI about what they witnessed the night Haitian immigrant Abner Louima was allegedly tortured by uniformed officers. If convicted, they face up to five years in prison.
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New York
FBI
Abner Louima
Rolando Aleman
Francisco Rosario
Rosario
Aleman
70Th Precinct
Edward Jenks Aleman
Louima
Teenager sentenced in school shooting at Heath High
Michael Carneal, 15, was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison after pleading guilty but mentally ill to three counts of murder and related charges for the December 1 1997 Heath High School shooting in Paducah Kentucky. Victims and families spoke emotionally during the courtroom hearing.
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Paducah, Ky
Michael Carneal
Gwen Hadley
Carneal
Heath High School
West Paducah
John and
Ann Carneal
Prosecutor says Chicago officer led illegal drug ring
Ten people including Joseph Miedzianowski a 22 year veteran of the Chicago police were charged with running a drug ring moving cocaine and heroin between Chicago and Miami The officer reportedly brokered deals acted as a go between with rival drug lords took control of operations and allegedly siphoned up to 22000 monthly while feeding guns to criminals and misdirecting investigators
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Chicago
Miami
Joseph Miedzianowski
Miedzianowski
Phillip Turner
Turner
FBI
Cook County Sheriff's Department
U.S
Scott Lassar
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Odessa American
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