20-year sentence for serial killer Shawn Lamb
20-year sentence for serial killer Shawn Lamb
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While he had several convictions for violence — including a sexual assault for which he served four years in prison in 1992 — most of his crimes were committed to fuel his long-standing drug addiction. He began using hard drugs at age 12 in Ontario …
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myth of the "cocaine mom"
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In 1998, Wisconsin became the first state to pass this kind of legislation which gives the court "exclusive original jurisdiction over an unborn child…whose expectant mother habitually lacks self-control [regarding substance abuse], exhibited to a …
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Veterans Court honors first graduate
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The alternative sentencing program allows veterans to stay out of jail if they agree to get treatment for their crimes. Veterans in the program usually have mental health or substance abuse problems. Veterans charged with certain violent crimes don't …
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Jail term for 'incredibly sad' alcoholic
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Well-known to local addiction services, McNaughton appeared before Judge Tony Zohrab to be sentenced for her latest two counts of theft, and one charge that she breached intensive supervision conditions. She had 14 previous convictions for shoplifting, …
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Addiction – Through the lenses of several highly accomplished documentary filmmakers, the current state of addiction in America is explored in nine segments, punctuated …