Chicago officers charged, cases dropped
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Prosecutors have been ordered to drop all cases handled by nine special operations Chicago police officers, four of whom have been charged with robbing, kidnapping and intimidating drug dealers, according to a memo sent to state's attorney's office this month.
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All charges against a doctor accused of murdering four patients in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina have been dropped, U.S. prosecutors said on Tuesday.
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A judge dismissed grand jury indictments Friday that accused a Texas Supreme Court justice and his wife of involvement in an arson at their home, but prosecutors noted the couple had not been absolved and the investigation was continuing.
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The district attorney dropped a defamation charge against a man accused of driving his ex-boss to suicide, saying the charge was probably unconstitutional.
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Officials dropped charges Monday against the senior investigator whose corruption probe led to the suspension of South Africa's national police chief and escalated tensions between prosecutors and police.
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A U.S. judge dismissed criminal charges on Monday against 13 of 16 former employees of accounting firm KPMG in a tax-shelter case, saying prosecutors inappropriately interfered with their defense.
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Charges were dropped Wednesday against a woman accused of killing her newborn child in 2004 and keeping other sets of fetal remains around her home.
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Criminal charges against National Basketball Association star Kobe Bryant were dropped, clearing him in the alleged rape last year of a 19-year-old woman at a Colorado resort.
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Three New York City police officers charged in the 2006 shooting death of an unarmed black man hours before his wedding waived their right to a jury trial on Friday, saying any local jury would be biased against them.
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The U.S. Army has dropped all  charges against a colonel who served as an intelligence officer  at the Guantanamo prison and had been accused of trying to take  classified material from the base, officials said on Thursday.
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All charges against a doctor accused of murdering four patients in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina have been dropped, a spokesman for the state prosecutors office said on Tuesday.
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A federal jury in Chicago acquitted two men yesterday of charges that they were part of a long-running conspiracy to finance Hamas activities in Israel -- marking the latest defeat for the Justice Department in cases involving support for radical Palestinian groups.
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CHELSEA, Vt. - A prosecutor has dropped charges against a woman who was arrested for staring at and making faces at a police dog. "Prosecuting a woman for `staring' at a police dog is absurd," said her lawyer.
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Reports that CS gas may have contributed to the death of a police officer are dismissed by the Metropolitan Police.
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Two cases against men charged with dissident republican activity are dropped over low copy number testing fears.
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A child abuse case against a former US bishop is dropped, hours after he was charged.
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Charges against a man accused of planting a listening device at Nicole Kidman's home are dropped.