Supreme Court Orders California to Reduce Prison Population

(WASHINGTON) -- On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that California should reduce their prison population by more than 30,000 over two years. By a narrow, one-vote margin, the court upheld the three-judge District Court ruling in 2009 that found in-state prisons were overcrowded.

Justice M. Kennedy wrote for the majority in the 5-4 decision agreeing with the federal judges and saying that California prisons violated the Constitution's Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment by making some inmates wait for months for medical and mental-health treatment.

"As will be noted, the reduction need not be accomplished in an indiscriminate manner or in these substantial numbers if satisfactory, alternate remedies or means for compliance are devised. The State may employ measures, including good-time credits and diversion of low-risk offenders and technical parole violators to community-based programs, that will mitigate the order’s impact," said Kennedy

Justice Antonin Scalia and Justice Samuel Alito dissented. They were joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Clarence Thomas in voting against the decision. 

"Today the Court affirms what is perhaps the most radical injunction issued by a court in our nation's history," said Scalia.

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Dulles Officials Confiscate 88 Pounds of Sheep Meat

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) -- Dulles International Airport confiscated 88 pounds of sheep meat from a passenger last week, according to ABC affiliate WJLA-TV.

The passenger, who was headed to Seattle from Ethiopia, had stuffed 15 bags of cooked meat into his luggage. The meat was marinating in gravy.

Customs and Border Protection agents reportedly confiscate sheep meat on flights from Africa more often than you'd think, the CBP Washington Port Director Christopher Hess told WJLA. The quantity of the meat, however, made this incident extraordinary.

The passenger was let out of detainment and continued on to Seattle, although his fleshy souvenirs  were incinerated by officials.

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Fairfax County Crash Leaves One Dead

(FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va.) -- One man is dead and his brother injured, following a vehicular accident in Fairfax County early Monday morning.

The accident reportedly happened shortly before 1:30 a.m. in the vicinity of Pickett Road and Colonial Avenue. Investigators say the men were travelling in an SUV, which ran off the road and slammed into a tree. One man was pronounced dead at the scene, while his brother was taken to a local hospital for treatment to non-life-threatening injuries.

The cause of the crash is being investigated.

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Father Arrested in Daughter's Murder

(WASHINGTON) -- Police arrested the father of a 17-year-old girl who was found stabbed to death last year.

Rodney McIntyre, 45, was arrested in the murder of his daughter Ebony Franklin. Franklin, who lived with her mother in Prince George’s County, was reported missing by her mother. Her body, having suffered stab wounds, was later found in a trash can in Columbia Heights.

Officials say there was "evidence of a sexual relationship" between the two and that McIntyre was tied to the murder through forensic and DNA evidence.

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Police Investigating Fatal Stabbing in Temple Hills

(TEMPLE HILLS, Md.) -- Police are investigating a double stabbing that left one person dead and another in the hospital in Temple Hills, Md. Thursday night.

The incident occurred just after 11 p.m. in the 3500 block of Leslie Avenue. Authorities say they found a woman lying in the street and a man in a nearby home, both suffering from stab wounds. The female victim was taken to the hospital where she was later pronounced dead.

Police say the male victim is being treated at a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

No charges have been laid in what police believe is the result of a domestic dispute.

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