Court rejects appeal by man who kidnapped girl in Vineland
Vineland Daily Journal
He had sought post-conviction relief, arguing his lawyer was ineffective and prosecutors acted improperly. In 2004, Polizzi pleaded guilty in Cumberland County Superior Court to charges of sex assault and kidnapping. In his appeal, he claimed he wasn't …

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West Seattle Blog (blog)

Crime Watch: Murder suspect in court; 'sacred image' stolen; hit-run crash …
West Seattle Blog (blog)
TWO READER REPORTS … for West Seattle Crime Watch this morning, both with photos. First, from Bill: A sacred image was stolen from under the giant poplar at the end of my driveway at the west (21st Ave SW) entrance to the SW Graham Hill Climb sometime …

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SAF brief demolishes Seattle's Supreme Court review request
Examiner.com
Our hands are tied at the local level and we are nable to adopt any local laws to protect our residents from gun crime.” To hear Nickels tell it at the time, Seattle must be one very violent and dangerous place. However, this column checked with both …

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Legislature, Supreme Court must address flaws that lead to wrongful convictions
Lexington Herald Leader
Kentucky law guarantees post-conviction DNA testing only to inmates facing a death sentence. A Louisville judge authorized it for Porter. But a Northern Kentucky judge denied DNA testing to another Innocence Project client, William Virgil, …

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Court overturns 2009 porn conviction
The Commercial Dispatch
Keith Moreland was convicted in Lowndes County Circuit Court and sentenced to more than four years imprisonment and five years of post-release supervision and ordered to register as a sex offender due to the finding of child pornography on his home …

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Atlanta Journal Constitution

'Barefoot Bandit' to plead guilty in Wash. court
Atlanta Journal Constitution
He has already pleaded guilty to federal charges in Seattle and will be sentenced for those crimes early next year. He will serve his state and federal sentences at the same time. State prosecutors plan to ask for a nine-and-a-half year sentence Friday …

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Egypt urged to release blogger sentenced by military court
Amnesty International
He was imprisoned in April for criticizing the post-Mubarak military authorities on his Facebook page and for “spreading lies and rumours about the armed forces” on his blog. “Maikel Nabil Sanad should be released immediately and unconditionally,” said …

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Kennebec Journal

Supreme Court upholds life sentences for Fortune
Kennebec Journal
"We don't see any ground for granting relief under a post-conviction review," Fowle said, adding that the Pittston home invasion case was among the most serious cases he and Deputy District Attorney Alan Kelley have handled as prosecutors. …

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Child killer seeks relief from court on porn charge
nwitimes.com
Richard Dobeski, 64, appeared Friday before LaPorte Circuit Court Judge Tom Alevizos on a hearing to address his motion for post-conviction relief. Specifically, he is asking that his 2008 convictions for child molesting and possession of child …

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Missouri Court of Appeals Western District Case Summaries: November 3, 2011 …
Insurance News Net (press release)
Criminal LawPost-Conviction MotionTimeliness'Day Of Delivery'Where a defendant argued that the trial court erred in calculating the timeliness of his post-conviction motion, the defendant did not waive the application of Rule 44.01(a), which provides …

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