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Polish prosecutor shoots self in head after press conference

A military prosecutor in western Poland shot himself in the head Monday after defending the work of his office and rejecting planned reforms, officials and media said Monday.

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Prosecutor wants death for Mubarak, security boss (AP)

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is wheeled into a court house in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 2, 2012. The trial of Hosni Mubarak has resumed amid speculation that a recent acquittal of policemen tried for killing Egyptian protesters could be a prelude to the dismissal of charges against the ousted leader. Mubarak faces charges of complicity in the killing of more than 800 protesters during last year's uprising that toppled his regime. (AP Photo/Mohammed al-Law)AP – The prosecutor in the trial of Hosni Mubarak on Thursday demanded the death penalty for the ousted Egyptian leader on charges of complicity in the killing of protesters during last year’s uprising against his rule.


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Fired Queens prosecutor beats her old boss with acquittal for her client on trial for murder 

An ex-Queens prosecutor sacked after she blew the whistle on a TB scare scored an acquittal in a murder case against her old bosses late Tuesday.

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Ariz. prosecutor wants immigration checks restored (AP)

AP – The federal government’s decision to stop an Arizona sheriff from checking inmates’ immigration status will allow criminals to be released into the community, the county’s top prosecutor said Friday as he asked the president to order Homeland Security officials to immediately restore access to federal systems revoked a day earlier.

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Hague prosecutor seeks fair trial for Gadhafi son (AP)

In this image taken from video made available Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011, Moammar Gadhafi's son Seif al-Islam, below right, is surrounded by Libyan revolutionary captors shortly after his capture on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011, at a safe house in the town of Zintan, Libya. The video shows Seif al-Islam arguing with his captors and admonishing them, saying that Libya's regions that were united in revolution will turn against each other in the near future and rip the country apart. (AP Photo/APTN) TV OUTAP – The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor held talks Tuesday with Libyan authorities on ensuring a fair trial for Moammar Gadhafi’s son Seif al-Islam, who is being held by revolutionary fighters.


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Retired prosecutor aims at Anthony attorneys (AP)

AP – A retired prosecutor from the Casey Anthony murder trial calls her lead attorney “smarmy” in a new book and writes that even though the Florida mother acquitted of killing her 2-year-old daughter “may have deserved” the death penalty if convicted, he didn’t think a jury would ever agree to the punishment.

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Prosecutor: Revenge was motive in salon massacre (AP)

Scott Dekraai appears in a courtroom in Santa Ana, Calif., Friday, Oct. 14, 2011. Arraignment of the suspect in the Seal Beach, Calif., hair salon massacre has been postponed. Dekraai was to have been arraigned in Orange County Superior Court Friday afternoon but the proceeding was continued to Nov. 29. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP – Prosecutors said it was revenge and a desire to kill his ex-wife that drove a man to go on a deadly shooting rampage at a Southern California salon, leaving eight people dead and another critically wounded.


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