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Journalist Daniel Pearl's beheaded body was found in a shallow grave in the Pakistani port city of Karachi in 2002. The murder conviction of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh was overturned last year.

The president has used his clemency power to spare Stone a prison sentence following his conviction in federal court. It's the latest official intercession in a case involving a Trump friend.

President Bush visited Montana Thursday to help Sen. Conrad Burns' bid for a fourth term. Burns has been trailing his Democratic opponent, Jon Tester, mostly due to fallout from contributions Burns received from convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff. But the race is tightening; many see it as going down to the wire.

In another ruling issued late Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Edward Davila ordered Elizabeth Holmes to pay $452 million in restitution to the victims of her crimes.

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A judge will decide Monday whether new evidence warrants a re-examination of the convictions of Erik and Lyle Menendez in the shotgun murders of their parents 30 years ago.

Before joining the Justice Department this year, attorney Jonathan Gross said Jan. 6 prosecutors were "evil people. They will put you on a cattle car to Auschwitz without batting an eye."

Representative Lance Kinzer speaks during the committee meeting. (Photo by Stephen Koranda)A Kansas legislative committee has finished work on a proposal to amend the state’s so-called Hard 50 sentencing law. The change would allow juries to decide if convicted murderers deserve an enhanced sentence of life in prison with no chance of parole for 50 years. The standard sentence for first-degree murder requires serving 25 years without parole. The suggested bill will be introduced when a special session convenes next week. Representative Lance Kinzer, a Republican from Olathe, heads the committee.00000184-7fa7-d6f8-a1cf-7fa7c36a0000The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that juries must weigh in when sentences are increased like under the Hard 50 law. Previously in Kansas, judges decided when a Hard 50 sentence was appropriate. Governor Sam Brownback called the special legislative session to fix the state law.====================(VERSION TWO)A legislative committee is recommending a bill to amend the state’s so-called Hard 50 sentencing law. The changes would allow juries to decide if convicted murderers deserve 50 years in prison without the possibility of parole. Under the old system, Kansas judges would decide if a crime warranted the harsher sentence of 50 years without parole. But the U.S. Supreme Court recently said judges can’t make those decisions. As KPR’s Stephen Koranda reports, there are still some questions surrounding the proposed fix. 00000184-7fa7-d6f8-a1cf-7fa7c36b0000

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