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Mexico attorney general choice comes under fire

Arturo Chavez Chavez was a Chihuahua state prosecutor during the 1990s, when hundreds of women were slain in Ciudad Juarez. Before a Senate committee, he acknowledges failures by agents he supervised. President Felipe Calderon's pick for attorney general faced questioning in Congress on Monday amid criticism by human rights groups that he failed as a state prosecutor to solve the killings of hundreds of wo...

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01:40 on September 22 2009

Bruce Lisker won't be retried for 1983 slaying of his mother

L.A. Times - News — The San Fernando Valley man, now 44, walks free after more than 26 years behind bars. 'How can you put this into words? It's unbelievable,' he says. ... more info

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01:45 on September 22 2009

Mexico attorney general choice comes under fire

L.A. Times - News — Arturo Chavez Chavez was a Chihuahua state prosecutor during the 1990s, when hundreds of women were slain in Ciudad Juarez. Before a Senate committee, he acknowledges fai... more info

Monday