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By Marc Levy Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. — State senators are trying again to widen DNA sampling from suspects accused of certain crimes, passing a bill for the third time in four years Monday to expand the state's existing sampling and storage of DNA. The Senate approved the bill 33-14 and sent it to the House of Representatives, which has had different ideas on the subject since the …
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Senate OKs Pa. bill to require pre-conviction DNA from suspects

By Sadie Gurman Associated Press CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Attorneys in the Colorado theater shooting trial have one last chance to convince jurors that gunman James Holmes was either a cold, calculating killer or a man so overcome by psychosis that he could no longer tell right from wrong. Closing arguments in the first phase of Holmes' death penalty trial are scheduled for Tuesday, nearly three …
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Closing arguments to begin in Colo. theater shooting case

By Denise Lavoie AP Legal Affairs Writer BOSTON — The son of a Boston police captain has been accused of plotting to detonate pressure-cooker bombs at an unidentified university and to broadcast the killings of students live online to show his support for the Islamic State group, authorities said. Alexander Ciccolo's father alerted authorities last fall that his son had a long history of mental …
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Feds: Ma. police captain's son plotted to plant bombs at college