Albuquerque Journal newspaper stories
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ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: Kidnapper Doesn't Have To Register in N.M.
Thursday, September 24, 2009 Kidnapper Doesn't Have To Register in N.M. By Scott Sandlin Journal Staff Writer Bennett Propp will not have to register in New Mexico as a sex offender under an recent ruling by a Bernalillo county district judge. Propp, also known as Barry Smiley, made national ...
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ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: Judge Suppresses 176 Kilos of Pot
Thursday, September 24, 2009 Judge Suppresses 176 Kilos of Pot By Scott Sandlin Journal Staff Writer A federal judge has suppressed 176 kilos of marijuana taken from a commercial truck during a roadside stop near Laguna Pueblo, finding that an officer's search exceeded his authority. U.S ...
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ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: Sex Offenders Remain Unregistered
... for failing to register as sex offenders. The men were convicted of sex offenses in federal court. The Supreme Court has agreed to review the case. By Scott Sandlin Journal Staff Writer New Mexico lacked the authority to prosecute three Navajo men living on the reservation for failing to register ...
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ABQJOURNAL NEWS/METRO: Astorga Trial Can Move Forward
Friday, September 18, 2009 Astorga Trial Can Move Forward By Scott Sandlin Journal Staff Writer The New Mexico Supreme Court decided Thursday that it isn't ready to decide on the constitutionality of the death penalty - at least not yet. The three-paragraph order in the capital murder ...
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ABQJOURNAL NEWS/METRO: Club Owner's Double Jeopardy Claim Denied
Thursday, September 17, 2009 Club Owner's Double Jeopardy Claim Denied By Scott Sandlin Journal Staff Writer Former night club owner Aleksandr Mkhitarian, who is on three years' probation for fire code violations at his now-shuttered Club 7, lost a bid Wednesday to have criminal charges dismissed ...
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ABQJOURNAL NEWS/METRO: Savage Beating Nets at Least 18 Years
Saturday, September 12, 2009 Savage Beating Nets at Least 18 Years By Scott Sandlin Journal Staff Writer The final defendant of five charged with the beating death of a car lot security guard — and, prosecutors said, the most culpable — pleaded guilty Friday to charges that spell ...
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ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: Conflict Alleged in Fraud Case
Saturday, September 05, 2009 Conflict Alleged in Fraud Case By Scott Sandlin Journal Staff Writer Political consultant Armando Gutierrez of Corpus Christi, Texas, alone among defendants in an alleged fraud scheme involving federal voter education money, appeared in person Friday for arraignment ...
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ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: Holder Pushes Diversity at Justice
Friday, September 04, 2009 Holder Pushes Diversity at Justice By Scott Sandlin Journal Staff Writer A refurbished Civil Rights Division in the U.S. Department of Justice will fight discrimination as fiercely as the Criminal Division goes after crime, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday ...
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ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: Top Topic at Meeting? Sotomayor
Wednesday, September 02, 2009 Top Topic at Meeting? Sotomayor By Scott Sandlin Journal Staff Writer Hispanics in the legal profession have had plenty to talk about lately with the confirmation of a Latina, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, as a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. So it should come as ...
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