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NEWS ABOUT: criminal

criminal stories: 11 news summaries

 Apple Pulls Sex Offender App 

App Store withdraws paid version of 'Offender Locator'

Aug 7, 09 2:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Apple's App Store will no longer sell “Offender Locator,” an iPhone add-on for tracking sex offenders, CNET reports. The company offered no explanation, and it pulled only the paid version of the hugely popular application—leaving “Offender Locator Lite” available. It's possible that the software ran afoul... More »

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Apple • sex offenders • criminal • iPhone applications • software applications • App Store • Offender Locator

 Bold Gem Heist 
 Gang Is Toast 
 of Serbia 

'Pink Panthers' blamed for over 100 daring robberies worldwide

Jul 29, 09 4:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - A 200-strong gang of global jewel thieves has become the bane of Interpol and heroes to many in their native Serbia, the Los Angeles Times reports. The "Pink Panthers" live among the many refugees from the Balkan wars scattered around the world. They are blamed for at least 100... More »

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Serbia • theft • gangs • criminal • Interpol • Serbs • jewel heist

(Newser) - Almost 10% of prisoners incarcerated in the US are serving life sentences, an all-time high, the New York Times reports. In California, which maintains the nation’s highest prison population, that number is 20%, says a report from the Sentencing Project, a group that wants to eliminate life-without-parole sentences.... More »

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prison • United States • convict • criminal • prisoner • incarceration • life sentence

(Newser) - Saudi Arabian authorities decapitated and publicly displayed a convicted killer last night, drawing fire from Amnesty International, CNN reports. A state press agency said Ahmed Al-Shamlani Al-Anzi was sentenced for murdering an 11-year-old boy and his father. The Saudis likely sewed Al-Anzi's head back on before his display, or "... More »

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Saudi Arabia • King Abdullah • murder • convict • beheading • criminal • decapitation

OPINION

 The Best Prison Breaks 

Frenchman's joins infamous company with clever escape

Mar 31, 09 4:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Frenchman’s daring escape from a London prison—Julien Chautard turned himself in yesterday after busting out by gripping the bottom of a prisoner transport van as it left the courtyard—gets Jon Henley, in the Guardian, thinking about the best such tries ever. His highlights: More »

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San Francisco • France • criminal • Jesuit • escape • Alcatraz • prisons

 India Readies Smoking Ban; 
 Unruly Public Shrugs 

Prohibition carries $5 penalty in country with average income of $1K

Sep 30, 08 5:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - India is about to institute a ban on smoking in public places, including bars, restaurants, hotels and hospitals, the Wall Street Journal reports. The ban, which begins Thursday, is being greeted warmly by health officials, with skepticism by smokers on the ground. “Such rules are made and broken every... More »

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India • tobacco • public health • criminal • smoking ban • fine

 Bush 'Murder' Book a Bestseller, Despite Blackout

Neglected by mainstream media, tome sells 130K copies

Jul 7, 08 8:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - When he served as a prosecutor in Los Angeles, Vincent Bugliosi racked up a perfect record in 21 murder trials, including the Charles Manson case in 1971. As a writer, he's scored three No. 1 bestsellers; his last, about the Kennedy assassination, is being made into an HBO miniseries. But... More »

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criminal • criminal justice • Iraq war • George W. Bush • Vincent Bugliosi

Perps Catch Themselves on Candid Camera

DAs using criminals' own cellphone pics to put them away

Dec 8, 07 9:29 PM CST
(Newser) - Criminals may want to think twice the next time they feel like snapping photos of their exploits: authorities nationwide are using the indecent exposures as evidence against them, the Wall Street Journal reports. “We pray for those kinds of cases,” said an assistant state attorney, while a... More »

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cell phones • criminal • camera phones • prosecutors • Nashua, New Hampshire • National Institute of Standards and Technology

British Judge
Wants Everyone in DNA Database

Calls current system
for collecting DNA
data "indefensible"

Sep 5, 07 10:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Everyone in the UK—and anyone who dares to visit—should be in Britain's national DNA database, a top British judge declared in a BBC interview today, causing an uproar among rights activists. Lord Justice Stephen Sedley called the country's current DNA database—the largest in the world—"indefensible,... More »

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United Kingdom • DNA • criminal • Lord Chief Justice Sedley • DNA database

Jailbird Heads to Hooters

Inmate fled jail while taking out the trash

Aug 31, 07 6:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - A convict who managed to extract himself from the county jail in an Indiana town Sunday while taking out the trash was caught yesterday after he was unable to resist bragging about the caper to new-found friends at a nearby Hooters. Charles Smith, the 56-year-old escapee, wasn't even missed until... More »

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Indiana • criminal • jail • escape • Hooters • escaped criminal • Charles Smith

Bosnian War Crimes Suspect Captured

Wanted in 1995  massacre of 8,000 Muslim men and boys

Jun 1, 07 5:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - One of the most-wanted war criminals in the world—a suspect in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of 8,000 Muslims —has been arrested in Bosnia. Zdravko Tolimir, a 58-year-old Bosnian Serb, was a close aide of Ratko Mladic, the general who led the slaughter, who is still a fugitive,... More »

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Bosnia • war crimes • The Hague • war • massacre • Belgrade • criminal • Srebrenica • Zdravko Tolimir • Ratko Mladic • fugitive

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