California crime becomes a nationwide fixation
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Scott Peterson&#39;s convictions for killing his pregnant wife and her unborn son wrap up phase one of the most closely watched murder trial since OJ Simpson&#39;s nine years ago.
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In a city that prides itself on a drastic reduction in homicides since 1990, a triple homicide has driven home the sudden rise in killings.
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By Serdar Tumgoren, The Dispatch, Gilroy, Calif.  Dec.
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Violent crime rose by double-digit percentages over the last two years, reversing the declines of the 1990s.
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By Scott Duke Harris, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Jun.
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By Constance Loizos, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Jun.
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ARE SHELBY COUNTY RESIDENTS fed up enough with crime to consider a dramatically different solution to the problem?  At this point, they should be.
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California penal officials are traveling nationwide to confer with experts to overcome a federal judge's objections to its execution procedure, the state's top prison official said on Thursday.
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Violent crime in the United States rose more than previously believed in 2006, continuing the most significant increase in more than a decade, according to an FBI report released yesterday.
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Across the country, Americans are giving in familiar ways, but with plenty of new twists.
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Gone are the days when Americans on the lam could look to Mexico as a refuge. Extraditions and deportations have risen sharply as U.S. and Mexican law enforcement officials work closely together to bring suspected criminals to justice.
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AH, CALIFORNIA. The land of warm sunshine. Plentiful beaches. Stunning scenery. Hollywood glitz.  Who wouldn't want to live there? Well, maybe not the inmates jammed into the Golden State's overcrowded prison system.
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A new UCLA study released Nov. 26 reports higher arrest rates among drug offenders diverted to treatment during the first six months of California&#39;s Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act (SACPA), commonly known as Proposition 36.
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Violent crime kept climbing in 2006, a top FBI official said Wednesday, previewing a report detailing nationwide increases in murders, robberies and other felonies for a second straight year.
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By Kevin Howe, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Sep.
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City officials are move up a nighttime curfew as they try to overcome a spike in crime that's been marked by a rise in juvenile arrests.
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A UCLA study concluded that California&#39;s Proposition 36, which diverts non-violent drug offenders to treatment programs instead of jail, has done less to curb re-arrest rates than drug courts or probationary programs, the Los Angeles Daily News reported