World’s Dumbest Criminals 25

World’s Dumbest Criminals 25 – To keep the streets safe, truTV has rounded up another twenty severely stupid scoff-laws.? We’ve cuffed them, booked them, and put them on TV for you to jeer and deride.

State authorities gave accused cop killer freedom

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The parole board gave Lebis a second chance at freedom even though the convicted violent felon had been arrested while on parole for carrying guns. Henry County prosecutors … Lebis said he had tried to commit suicide, slitting his wrists when he was …
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Savings for prisons cost counties a bundle, sheriffs say

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The reform law, which went into effect in July, means that some crimes that were once considered felonies and got offenders stints in state prison may now be misdemeanors, meaning an offender will serve out his time in a county jail. … “Treatment …
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Who Was Killed in America's Drug War Last Year? [FEATURE]

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Jacksonville, Florida, police shot and killed Davinian Williams after he made a "furtive movement" with his hands after being pulled over for driving in a "high drug activity area." A month later, police in … Some may have been dangerous felons, some …
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