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City of Chicago to pay man $3.6 million for wrongful conviction
BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter fspielman@suntimes.com March 12, 2012 11:00AM Updated: April 14, 2012 8:06AM Chicago taxpayers will pay $3.6 million to compensate a man who spent nine years in prison after allegedly being framed for an attempted murder he did not commit, under a settlement advanced Monday by a City Council committee.
BLOOMINGTON — A two-day hearing on the termination of a Bloomington police officer investigated for an incident involving a special-needs child at Stevenson School has concluded. A ruling could come before summer. The Bloomington police union filed a grievance in June challenging the termination of then-officer Scott Oglesby.
Hearing on officer's firing concludes
Hedge fund billionaire gets 11-year sentence in fraud case
But it was also substantially less than what the prosecution had sought against the man it called “a billion-dollar force of deception and corruption on Wall Street.”Appeals Court: Arresting Guy For Filming Cops Was A Clear Violation Of Both 1st & 4th Amendments
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News Corp.’s Lost $7 Billion Shows Investor Concern Over Hacking Fallout
News Corp. (NWSA) ’s loss of $7 billion in market value over four trading days shows investor concerns that a probe into alleged phone hacking by journalists at one London newspaper could have a broader impact on the company.Republican Secretary of State in Indiana indicted on voter fraud - National Political Buzz
For much of the 2010 election cycle conservatives warned about the potential of voter fraud from Democrats .
Breaking News on EFF Victory: Appeals Court Holds that Email Privacy Protected by Fourth Amendment
In a landmark decision issued today in the criminal appeal of U.S. v.
'Chevron [should] cease its lies and pay,' said Humberto Piaguaje, an Ecuadorian tribal leader attending the AGM.