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| Mass. crime lab chemist sentenced to 3-5 years for tampering Friday, Nov 22, 2013 11:32 AM PST By Daniel Lovering BOSTON (Reuters) - A former Massachusetts crime lab chemist was sentenced to three to five years in prison on Friday after pleading guilty to tampering with evidence and other charges in a case that shook the foundations of the state's criminal justice system. Annie Dookhan, 35, agreed to plead guilty during a hearing at Suffolk Superior Court in Boston, just weeks after her attorney sought leniency and Judge Carol Ball ruled that her sentence would not exceed three to five years. Dookhan's mishandling of evidence at the now-closed Hinton State Laboratory Institute in Boston, where she worked from 2002 to 2011, may have tainted cases involving as many as 40,000 people, investigators have said. On Friday, the chief counsel of the Massachusetts Committee for Public Counsel Services, Anthony Benedetti, said Dookhan's sentencing was not the end of the drug lab story. Full Story | Top |
| Duke lacrosse accuser found guilty of murder Friday, Nov 22, 2013 11:31 AM PST DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — The woman who falsely accused three Duke University lacrosse players of rape has been found guilty of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of her boyfriend. Full Story | Top |
| Disgraced Co-op bank chief arrested in drugs probe Friday, Nov 22, 2013 09:40 AM PST  Police on Friday said they had arrested the ex-chairman of Britain's Co-operative Bank in a probe over "drug supply", as the ethical lender finds itself dragged into a political row. The Treasury meanwhile said it was ordering an independent inquiry into events at Co-op Bank in the wake of damaging allegations surrounding former chairman Paul Flowers, a 63-year-old church minister, coming also amid a dire financial situation at the lender. Flowers was filmed talking about buying crystal meth, crack cocaine and ketamine by the Mail on Sunday tabloid newspaper in allegations published last weekend. Flowers, also a former local councillor for the opposition Labour party, has since apologised -- leading to his subsequent suspension from the church and Labour. Full Story | Top |
| Guilty plea expected in Mass. drug lab scandal Friday, Nov 22, 2013 06:24 AM PST  BOSTON (AP) — A chemist at a Massachusetts drug lab who allegedly admitted faking test results in criminal cases is expected to plead guilty to obstruction of justice, perjury and tampering with evidence charges in a scandal that has jeopardized thousands of convictions. Full Story | Top |
| Judge set to sentence convicted serial killer Naso Friday, Nov 22, 2013 02:29 AM PST  SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) — Joseph Naso, the 79-year-old former photographer convicted of the decades-old killings of four women in Northern California, is scheduled to be sentenced Friday. Full Story | Top |
| Alleged New York child killer pleads not guilty Thursday, Nov 21, 2013 06:46 PM PST  New York (United States) (AFP) - The accused murderer of a young girl whose death haunted New York for more than two decades pleaded not guilty, with the defendant's lawyer contesting an apparent confession. Restaurant worker Conrado Juarez, 52, was identified last month as the alleged killer and cousin of four-year-old victim Anjelica Castillo. Juarez's lawyer Michael Croce, speaking to journalists, said his client was quizzed for around 16 hours, with questionable results. "We are contesting the validity, the credibility of the statements that Mr Juarez is alleged to have made," the attorney said. Full Story | Top |
| Fugitive Tunisia rapper to appeal conviction Thursday, Nov 21, 2013 04:59 PM PST  Tunisian rapper Weld El 15, on the run since receiving a 21-month jail sentence in absentia in August, will appeal the ruling in court next month, his lawyer said on Friday. "I have contested the ruling against Weld El 15. The new trial will take place at the court in Hammamet on December 5," Ghazi Mrabet told AFP, adding that his client would be present. Weld El 15, who had already been given a six-month suspended sentence for a controversial song he wrote called "The Police are Dogs", has been on the run since his latest conviction in August, and previously said he did not plan to appeal. Full Story | Top |
| Pair arrested after toddler death Thursday, Nov 21, 2013 04:22 PM PST  Police investigating the death of a toddler who died after being taken to hospital with serious injuries arrested a man and a woman on Friday. The girl, aged about two, died within hours of being taken to Peterborough City Hospital on Thursday afternoon, Cambridgeshire Police said. Full Story | Top |
| Accused killer pleads not guilty to murder of New York's 'Baby Hope' Thursday, Nov 21, 2013 03:55 PM PST By Curtis Skinner NEW YORK (Reuters) - The accused killer of a small girl dubbed "Baby Hope" whose death was a mystery for more than two decades pleaded not guilty to her murder on Thursday. The child's body was found bound and stuffed inside a picnic cooler dumped alongside the Henry Hudson Parkway in upper Manhattan in July 1991. Conrado Juarez, 52, a relative of the victim on her father's side, was arrested on October 12 and charged with second-degree murder. Juarez lives in the city's Bronx borough and was working as a dishwasher at a Manhattan restaurant. Full Story | Top |
| US: 3 agree to plead guilty in parts price fixing Thursday, Nov 21, 2013 02:04 PM PST Three executives in Japan's automotive parts industry have agreed to plead guilty to a price-fixing conspiracy and two more have been indicted in the U.S. investigation, the government said Thursday. The ... Full Story | Top |
| Black Convict Facing Execution Because Texas Court Says His Race Means He'll Kill Again Thursday, Nov 21, 2013 12:34 PM PST Texas courts have cleared the way for a convicted murderer to be executed, in part, for being black. The state's highest criminal appeals court denied inmate Duane Buck's appeal for a death penalty resentencing in a 6-3 decision on Wednesday, allowing prosecutors to immediately request a date to have Buck killed by lethal injection. The problem with his case stems from testimony presented by a controversial expert named Walter Quijano during the sentencing phase of the trial. In Texas, "future dangerousness" is a key factor in determining whether a person is eligible for capital punishment. Full Story | Top |
| Lego-style crime mural goes viral in Malaysia Thursday, Nov 21, 2013 12:33 PM PST  A street mural that was whitewashed by authorities because it highlighted Malaysia's crime problem has gone viral, with versions popping up across the country and earning their creator comparisons to UK graffiti artist Banksy. The original mural that appeared on a wall in the southern Malaysian city of Johor Baru last week had depicted a woman drawn in the style of a Lego toy walking towards a street corner, where a black-clad, knife-wielding Lego robber waited to pounce. The mural, by Lithuanian artist Ernest Zacharevic, was intended as a commentary on the city's reputation for crime and drew on the image of a Legoland theme park which opened nearby last year. Drawings by other artists as well as paper cut-outs featuring the figures have appeared at sites in Johor Baru, the capital Kuala Lumpur and elsewhere, with social media sites filling with photos of the copycat renderings. Full Story | Top |
| U.S. takes action in two auto parts price-fixing cases Thursday, Nov 21, 2013 12:21 PM PST  By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three executives of Japan's Takata Corp will plead guilty to conspiring to fix the price of seatbelts sold to automakers in the United States and will go to jail for 14 to 19 months, the Justice Department said on Thursday. Takata settled with the Justice Department in October, agreeing to pay $71.3 million to settle antitrust charges. The three Takata executives in the seatbelt case worked with car makers such as Toyota Motor Corp and Subaru, which is owned by Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd , Honda Motor Co Ltd , Mazda Motor Corp and Nissan Motor Co Ltd , all of which purchased Takata seat belts. The other two, Saboro Imamiya and Yoshinobu Fujino, currently work for Takata in Japan. Full Story | Top |
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