Fort Hood judge allows social mitigation questions in Hasan case
In Fort Hood Texas Major Nidal Hasan may confront jurors with questions on punishment other than execution and on remorse as a factor in sentencing as jury selection for the court martial begins July 9 Hasan faces the death penalty or life without parole on 13 counts of premeditated serious injury and 32 counts of attempted premeditated injury in the 2009 mass casualty incident.
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Nidal Hasan
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Morsi defiant as protests flare across Egypt and clashes rise
President Mohammed Morsi refused to concede as tens of millions of demonstrators flood Cairo streets and cities nationwide. Violence surges with at least 23 killed and more than 200 wounded, while the military positions armored vehicles amid a broader showdown over legitimacy and governance.
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Mohammed Morsi
Cairo University
Morsi
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Mohammed el-Beltagy
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Overdose deaths spike among middle aged women
CDC data show prescription painkillers drive a fivefold rise in female overdose deaths from 1999 to 2010, with women now about 40 percent of such fatalities. Men still lead overall, but the gender gap narrows as doctors emphasize monitoring and alternative pain treatments.
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Atlanta
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Thomas Frieden
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
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John Eadie
Brandeis University
United States
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Judge Rules Detective Credibility Comment Improper in Zimmerman Case
In Sanford Florida Judge Debra Nelson ordered jurors to disregard Detective Chris Serino’s statement that he found George Zimmerman credible in his account of a fight with Trayvon Martin. Prosecutors had tried to undermine Zimmerman's self defense claim by challenging Serino's credibility assessment and questioned a friend and a doctor who deemed injuries minor.
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Florida
George Zimmerman
Trayvon Martin
Zimmerman
Martin
Bernie de la Rionda
Chris Serino
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