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Trent Mays, 17, left, and 16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond sit at the defense table before the start of their trial on rape charges in juvenile court on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August of 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)

Prosecutor: Steubenville school rape victim didn't consent

Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Associated Press
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A 16-year-old girl was "substantially impaired" after an alcohol-fueled party, was unable to consent to sex and suffered humiliation and degradation when she was raped by two high school football players, a prosecutor said Wednesday in her opening statement at the boys' trial.
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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor arrives for the presidential inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol January 21, 2013 in Washington, DC. Barack Obama was re-elected for a second term as President of the United States. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Supreme Court justices slam federal prosecutor for race remark

Peter Williams, NBC News
NBC NEWS - A federal prosecutor came in for some biting criticism today from two Supreme Court justices for a racially charged remark made during a criminal trial...
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Wayne County, Mich., Prosecutor Kym Worthy (Courtesy: Rock Center)

Prosecutor uncovers untested rape kits

Mario Garcia, Kristen Powers and Jessica Hopper, Rock Center
VIDEO - Wayne County, Mich., Prosecutor Kym Worthy has seen her share of grisly crime, but even she was shocked by a discovery in 2009 at a former police storage warehouse...
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R&B singer Chris Brown (R) appears in court with his attorney Mark Geragos for a probation progress report hearing on September 24, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. Brown pleaded guilty to assaulting his then-girlfriend, singer Rihanna, after a pre-Grammy Awards party in 2009. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Deputy DA: Chris Brown should re-do community service

Anthony McCartney, Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles prosecutors are asking a judge to order Chris Brown to re-do his community service because of significant discrepancies in records submitted to a court...
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Prosecutor in Marissa Alexander case takes on critics

Joy-Ann Reid
theGRIO REPORT - Duval County, Florida prosecutor Angela Corey has something to say to those who have expressed outrage over the prosecution of Marissa Alexander are misguided, and missing the point...
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Affidavit: Zimmerman did not use racial slur

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(AP) - When a recording was released of a 911 call George Zimmerman made to police shortly before fatally shooting Trayvon Martin, some who heard it zeroed in on three words to suggest he had uttered a racial slur...
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Prosecutor: Zimmerman 'profiled' Trayvon Martin

Joy-Ann Reid
theGRIO REPORT - An affidavit submitted to the court by the special prosecutor in the death of Trayvon Martin accuses George Zimmerman of "profiling" the teen before shooting him to death on February 26th...
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New prosecutor in Trayvon Martin shooting case

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TALLAHASSEE, Florida (AP) - Florida's governor has appointed a new prosecutor to oversee the investigation into last month's shooting death of an unarmed black teenager...
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