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Police believe the 19-year-old shot in broad daylight as he sat on a bench may have been mistaken for a gang member. Security cameras for the park had been delayed.

A learning-disabled teenager was killed in a drive-by shooting

By Angel Jennings, Los Angeles Times…

"When you drop out of a gang, you're less protected, but you still have all of your enemies," said The Barber, a former member of the Northerners gang, a street branch of the Nortenos.

PART 1: Take a look into gang life, meet the sources in this story

"I can't go to the same places anymore. Places as simple as the flea markets are hard to…

It's a curious paradox: Crime rates continue to fall in California, but the number of people killed by the police keeps rising. In Los Angeles County, for example, the number of 2011 homicides was a historic low of 612 people. But the number of fatal police shootings skyrocketed by nearly 70 percent that same year, to 54. That number of fatal shootings by officers was almost equal to 10 percent of the county's homicides last year. Los Angeles is not alone. Nationwide, officer-involved…

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Rayford Tyrone Ellis Jr., Timothy Daray Ellis desciption Rayford Tyrone Ellis Jr., right, and Timothy Daray Ellis, left, leave the Liberty County Courthouse after a status update in their cases Monday, Dec. 5, 2011, in Liberty, Texas. Both men are among more than a dozen men accused of taking part in a series of sexual…

William Roy Wilson, 29, is charged with four counts of imposition of sexual acts of persons under supervision

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- A jail guard charged with sexually abusing three women at a West Virginia lockup since May has been accused of misconduct before and has been sued 11 times for similar allegations, a lawyer for alleged victims said…

AP | By LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ

MIAMI (AP) — The U.S. is locking up more illegal immigrants than ever, generating lucrative profits for the nation's largest prison companies, and an Associated Press review shows the businesses have spent tens of millions of dollars lobbying lawmakers and contributing to campaigns.

The cost to American taxpayers is on track to top $2 billion for this year, and the companies are expecting their biggest cut of that yet in the next few years thanks to…

Evangelist Jemeker Hairston

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Second Chance Evangelist Ministries, Inc.

Is an evangelistic ministry whose goal is to:

To provide hope for the inmate by encouraging the inmate via written correspondence and possible visitation while incarcerated.

To reach, teach, develop, and equip men, women, boys and girls to live fulfilling and abundant lives through understanding and application of the Word of God.

To Encourage saints to…

09/14/12

It’s yet another reason why parents need to keep a close eye on their kids’ involvement with social networking websites—during a three-year period ending in March 2012, members of a violent Virginia street gang used some of these websites to recruit vulnerable high-school age girls to work in their prostitution business.

After a multi-agency state and federal investigation, all five defendants pleaded guilty to various federal charges related to the sex trafficking…

the streets dont love you back movement sends out a speical happy birthday to joey scarpa and our prayers are with his mother big linda and sister lil linda

Boyd and Lucinda is Announcing That we are the Managers for Linda Scarpa. You can contact us for Speaking Engagements, /TV/Radio or News Interviews for her at:
thestreetsdontloveyouback@gmail.com and lucindaboydrn@gmail.com

from Marty Tankleff

Dear All:

On December 27, 2007, I was released from prison after being wrongfully imprisoned for 6,338 days. This is my first Thanksgiving since I've been free and it's amazing. Many of you here have helped me along the way and I have no doubt that many will continue to help me and my family fight for justice. For that I want to thank you. I especially want to thank: Stephen Braga, Barry Pollack, Jennifer O'Connor, Bruce Barket, Lonnie Soury, Rick Friedman,…

'This is hell, my life': Wife and daughter of notorious hitman Greg 'Grim Reaper' Scarpa on the sad and lonely aftermath of mob life

By TAMARA ABRAHAM

UPDATED: 04:02 EST, 28 May 2012

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As the wife of Greg Scarpa, the notorious mob boss, 'Big Linda' Schiro spent much of her life living in the lap of luxury.

But the 'gentle and generous' husband, who she married when she was just 17, was one of the most feared hitmen in New York's organised…

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Louisiana is the world's prison capital

Published: Sunday, May 13, 2012, 5:00 AM Updated: Tuesday, May 29, 2012, 11:23 AM

By Cindy Chang, The Times-Picayune The Times-Picayune

Louisiana is the world's prison capital. The state imprisons more of its people, per head, than any of its U.S. counterparts. First among Americans means first in the world. Louisiana's…

Chilling message posted hours before S.F. homicide

By: Mike Aldax | 03/30/12 5:25 PM

SF Examiner Staff Writer | Follow on Twitter @SFExMikeAldax

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Diondre Young, 21, was shot dead Friday morning near the Bay Bridge in San Francisco.At 5:44 p.m. on Thursday, 21-year-old Diondre Young posted a rhyme on Facebook that mentioned friends who had died and asked whether his “time could be next.”

Young’s “time,” it turned out, was just hours away, as he was…