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FBI wants public's help in civil rights killings
By SHELIA BYRD Associated Press Writer JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Over the last three years, the FBI scoured faded documents, interviewed aging lawmen and tracked down witnesses from killings that occurred decades ago, many of them involving white police officers who shot black men or teenagers.

NY's top court rejects prison phone rate refunds
By VALERIE BAUMAN Associated Press Writer ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York's highest court ruled Monday that families forced to pay high phone rates to talk to relatives in state prison won't receive refunds for the cost. The lawsuit was first brought by the inmates' families in 2004.

FBI wants public's help in civil rights killings
By SHELIA BYRD Associated Press Writer JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Over the last three years, the FBI scoured faded documents, interviewed aging lawmen and tracked down witnesses from killings that occurred decades ago, many of them involving white police officers who shot black men or teenagers.

NY's top court rejects prison phone rate refunds
By VALERIE BAUMAN Associated Press Writer ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York's highest court ruled Monday that families forced to pay high phone rates to talk to relatives in state prison won't receive refunds for the cost. The lawsuit was first brought by the inmates' families in 2004.

FBI wants public's help in civil rights killings
By SHELIA BYRD Associated Press Writer JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Over the last three years, the FBI scoured faded documents, interviewed aging lawmen and tracked down witnesses from killings that occurred decades ago, many of them involving white police officers who shot black men or teenagers.


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  • U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division Primary institution within the federal government responsible for enforcing federal statutes prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, sex, handicap, religion, and national origin.
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