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Former Convicts Enlisted with Programs to Help Battle Neighborhood Violence

By UCN on May 15, 2012 1:16 PM

A violence interruptor with Save Our Streets talks with a resident in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y. (Brian Harkin, for USA TODAY)

Two men scuffle on the ground one cool morning on the main strip of McElderry Park, near downtown Baltimore. A large man bursts from a storefront and separates the brawlers.

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Two Southern California Police Officers to Stand Trial In Death of Homeless Man

By UCN on May 9, 2012 5:42 PM

This combo made from file photos provided by the Orange County District Attorney's office shows Fullerton Police Officers Jay Cicinelli, left, and Manuel Ramos. (Orange County District Attorney / AP)

Two Southern California police officers were ordered Wednesday to stand trial in the death of a mentally ill homeless man following a violent arrest last summer.

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Terrorists Behind 2001 9/11 Attacks Protest Guantanamo Military Proceedings

By UCN on May 5, 2012 3:16 PM

In this photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin and reviewed by the U.S. Department of Defense, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed reads a document during his military hearing at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, Saturday, May 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Janet Hamlin, Pool)

The self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks repeatedly declined to answer a judge's questions Saturday and his co-defendants knelt in prayer in what appeared to be a concerted protest against the military proceedings.

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Thirteen People Charged with Hazing Crimes at FAMU

By UCN on May 2, 2012 4:45 PM

In this Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011 file photo, Robert Champion, a drum major in Florida A&M University's Marching 100 band, performs during halftime of a football game in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/The Tampa Tribune, Joseph Brown III, File)

Thirteen people have been charged with hazing crimes in the beating death of Florida A&M University drum major Robert Champion, a Florida prosecutor said Wednesday.

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Domestic Violence Up In Sluggish Economy

By UCN on April 30, 2012 2:33 PM

Police are encountering more domestic violence related to the sluggish economy, a national survey of law enforcement agencies finds.

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Black Chicago Teenager Charged with Hate Crime for Beating White Youth Over Killing of Trayvon Martin

By UCN on April 26, 2012 2:12 PM

Alton Hayes, 18, from the Chicago suburb of Oak Park, was charged with attempted robbery and aggravated battery along with a hate crime for allegedly attacking a white youth because he was angry about the killing of Trayvon Martin. (Oak Park Police Department via Chicago Tribune)

An 18-year-old man charged with a hate crime in Oak Park told investigators he beat his victim in anger over the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, according to the Cook County state's attorney office.

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Man Who Shot and Killed Colorado Pastor's Mother Had Been Released Early from Prison

By UCN on April 26, 2012 10:10 AM

A pastor's mother was shot and killed at the Destiny Christian Center located in Aurora, Colorado on Sunday.

A man who shot and killed a woman at a Colorado church before he was killed by an off-duty police officer had been released early from an Oklahoma prison after serving time for assaulting two officers, authorities said Tuesday.

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Death Penalty Could Be Abolished In California

By UCN on April 24, 2012 10:04 AM

California voters will decide whether to abolish the death penalty this November, the San Jose Mercury News reported. A group in favor of doing away with the nation's largest death row gathered more than 800,000 signatures -- enough to put capital punishment on the ballot.

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George Zimmerman Released on Bail, Destination a Secret

By UCN on April 23, 2012 9:47 AM

George Zimmerman, left, walks out of the intake building at the John E. Polk Correctional Facility with an unidentified man on Sunday, April 22, 2012, in Sanford, Fla. (AP Photo/Brian Blanco)

In a low-key event, George Zimmerman was released from a Florida jail on $150,000 bail as he awaits his second-degree murder trial in the fatal shooting of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin.

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Trial for John Edwards Opens

By UCN on April 23, 2012 9:32 AM

Former presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. John Edwards, center, arrives outside federal court with his daughter Cate, left, in Greensboro, N.C., for his trial on charges of violating federal campaign finance laws, Monday, April 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Prosecutors and defense lawyers in the John Edwards trial were poised to begin making their case to jurors on whether the former presidential candidate violated federal campaign finance laws.

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