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Supreme Court To Consider Resentencing For Juvenile Lifers

7:03am October 13, 2015

by Nina Totenberg

In 2012, the court barred mandatory life sentences for juveniles convicted of murder. Now justices will consider whether that ruling should apply retroactively to more than 2,000 convicted offenders.

National

To Warn Teens, Milwaukee Officials Put A Fake Jail On The Road

4:04pm October 12, 2015

by Marti Mikkelson

In Milwaukee, an enclosure called the "cell on wheels" is making the rounds at street festivals. Teens can climb in to get a feel for what it would be like to spend time behind bars.

In Kansas, A Bid To Scrub Some Incomplete Registrations From Voter Rolls

4:04pm October 12, 2015

Registering to vote in Kansas requires proof of U.S. citizenship. This requirement has produced a large list of would-be voters. Now, one official wants that list purged — and a fight has followed.

National

Governor, Large Crowds Cheer Students Returning To Oregon College

2:41pm October 12, 2015

by Bill Chappell

A mass shooting came on the first week of classes at Umpqua Community College; this past weekend, families and loved ones held memorial services and funerals for many of the victims.

Two men inspect the goods at at Farma, a marijuana dispensary in Portland, Oregon. The state's first week of retail sales brought in an estimated $11 million, a trade group says.

National

If It Were A Movie, 'Oregon Pot' Would Be No. 4 At The Box Office

10:23am October 12, 2015

by Bill Chappell

If legal marijuana were a movie, the $11 million that's estimated to have been spent during Oregon's first week of sales would place it fourth on the latest list of U.S. weekend box-office receipts.

Samaria Rice, the mother of Tamir, a 12-year-old boy fatally shot by a Cleveland police officer, speaks during a news conference in December 2014, in Cleveland.

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Tamir Rice's Family: Prosecutor Is On A Quest To Avoid Accountability

3:04pm October 11, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

The prosecutor in the case released two independent reports that found the shooting of the 12-year-old boy was justified. Rice's family said the prosecutor is working to avoid an indictment.

Politics & Government

California Governor Vetoes Drug Conviction Bill

2:59pm October 11, 2015

by Richard Gonzales

The bill would have protected immigrants with or without legal status from being deported for low-level drug offenses.

Fantasy Sports Industry Under Scrutiny After Insider Trading Allegations

8:18pm October 09, 2015

by Curt Nickisch

Some daily fantasy sports players are dropping their business after a DraftKings employee with access to potentially valuable data won $350,000 at rival company FanDuel. The two companies this week banned their workforce from playing fantasy for cash, and they say more regulation is not needed; they will police themselves. But regulators are asking questions about the fast-growing industry.

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Separate Shootings Reported At Universities In Arizona, Texas

8:18pm October 09, 2015

While people in Oregon are still mourning those lost in a shooting at Umpqua Community College, other school shootings in the United States continue to make headlines. Two separate incidents, one in Texas and another in Arizona occurred this week.

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National

'Great Pause' Among Prosecutors As DNA Proves Fallible

8:18pm October 09, 2015

by Martin Kaste

Experts say the field of forensic DNA is having a moment of truth about years of overstated claims, and it may tarnish its reputation as the "gold standard" of legal evidence.

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