Padilla sues ex Bush official over legal memos
Jose Padilla files suit against former Justice official Yoo alleging his memos justified Bush policies that led to Padilla being detained as an enemy combatant. The case seeks a constitutional declaration and $1 in damages, claiming mistreatment and torture in a Navy brig after 2002 arrest.
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Bush Administration
Miami
Jose Padilla
N Yoo
Justice Department
Bush
U.S
Chicago
O'Hare International
al-Qaida
Yoo
Office of Legal Counsel
Estela Lebron
Jonathan Freiman
Yale Law School
University of California At Berkeley
Prosecutors seek dismissal of 1986 murders case in Illinois
Prosecutors filed a motion to drop charges against Herb Whitlock who has spent two decades in prison for the 1986 murders of Duke and Karen Rhoads in Paris Illinois. A hearing is set for Tuesday as Whitlock awaits potential release after his conviction was overturned for ineffective defense and missing key evidence.
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Illinois
Herb Whitlock
Edgar County
Whitlock
Richard Kling
Associated Press
Paris
Karen Rhoads
Duke
Gordon
Randy” Steidl
Dixon Correctional Center
Steidl
Duke Rhoads
Iraq veteran pursues Beijing Olympic boxing bid
Christopher Downs, 33, a Iraq veteran and light heavyweight, aims to reach the 2008 Beijing Olympics after four years in boxing. He recalls Army leadership, cadenced routines, and mentoring younger teammates while balancing missions in Iraq with Olympic ambitions. Downs seeks two more trials after missing Beijing qualification at the World Championships in Chicago.
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U.S
Ismayl Sillaka
Ukraine
Chicago
Downs
Iraq
Beijing
Knoxville
Tenn
DNA science and reality in crime scene forensics
Illinois State Police forensic biologist Kevin Zeeb explains what DNA testing can and cannot do in crime investigations. He notes we can analyze saliva semen or vaginal secretions and test bone or tissue from dismemberments, but cautions jury expectations shaped by TV CSI and stresses documenting all details and preserving evidence.
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East Peoria
Kevin Zeeb
Illinois State Police
Morton Forensics Service Laboratory
Zeeb
Morton Lab
Peoria
Rock Island
Galesburg
Bloomington
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