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It has been 33 years since anti-mafia prosecutor Paolo Borsellino was blown up by Cosa Nostra in front of his mother’s home in Palermo, Sicily. His death on July 19 1992 came 57 days after the murder ...

CHICAGO, IL – A suburban Chicago physician has been sentenced to ten years in federal prison for orchestrating a multi-year scheme to defraud Medicaid and private insurers. She was also ordered ...

One of the most notorious cases was that of South Africa's longest-serving police chief, Jackie Selebi, who was sentenced to ...

The accused appeared to remain locked up Monday morning at the Porter County Jail and has not yet been given the option to post bond.