An allegation last year by a provincial police commander that top officers and officials were colluding with organized criminals led Ramaphosa to announce a national investigation into police corruption.
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Michelle Gumede,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2026
Roman emperors, sometimes urged on by the crowd, were known to grant pardons (to criminals) and freedom (to the enslaved) after an especially noteworthy performance.
The program, which is likely to run in the afternoons or evenings, and would be open anyone looking to change careers, returning veterans and ex-offenders, Awwad said.
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Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
14 June 2026
All colors change under different lights, but white is one of the biggest offenders due to its highly reflective quality.
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Sophie Flaxman,
Better Homes & Gardens,
13 June 2026
The overpowering moral authority of wronged women, #MeToo’s skeptics alleged, would allow cynical wrongdoers to weaponize claims of victimhood for their own gain.
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Moira Donegan,
New Yorker,
9 June 2026
Greylord was a watershed moment in its use of eavesdropping devices and a mole to obtain evidence instead of relying on wrongdoers to become government informants.
Kochen’s defense attorneys argued that the magnitude of their client’s crime was not nearly as egregious as that of hundreds of other Medicare fraud felons in South Florida, which is recognized as the healthcare-fraud capital of the United States.
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Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
10 June 2026
While body armor is legal for most Americans to own, felons with a history of violence are barred from possessing it.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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