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Report: 92 percent of nursing homes employ at least one convict

Washington - A new government report has revealed that 92 percent of nursing homes employ at least one worker with at least one criminal conviction and almost half of the nursing homes studied employ five or more workers with at least one conviction.

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Should Jury Verdicts Be Unanimous for Criminal Convictions?

It may be surprising to some people, but jury verdicts don’t have to be unanimous in Oregon. It is one of only two states to permit juries to convict by a vote of 10 to 2. The other state is Louisiana. Is this unconstitutional?

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Elder abuse sentences to be toughened

The Harper government is introducing amendments to the Criminal Code to encourage judges to consider tougher sentences for those convicted of elder abuse.

Iceland's ex-PM guilty on one bank collapse charge

The leader of Iceland's government when the nation's banking system collapsed was convicted of one criminal charge, making him the first government leader to face criminal prosecution over the global banking crisis.

Nazi guard family seeks US burial

The family of convicted Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk ask that his body be sent back to the US for burial after he died in Germany.

Ottawa teen convicted in deadly street racing case

An Ottawa teen has been found guilty of dangerous driving causing death and not guilty of criminal negligence causing death, in the 2010 death of Christian (Sisco) Williams.

Convicted Nazi criminal John Demjanjuk dies

John Demjanjuk, a retired U.S. autoworker who was convicted of being a guard at the Nazis' Sobibor death camp despite steadfastly maintaining over three decades of legal battles that he had been mistaken for someone else, has died at age 91.