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Cuban immigrant Juan Carlos Chavez was killed by lethal injection as punishment for his horrific crimes against Florida native, schoolboy Jimmy Rice, Reuters said in a report.

The constitutional court of Italy shut down the harsh drug law that classifies marijuana and cannabis at par with heroin and cocaine, and said the law was unconstitutional.

A former federal prosecutor said that the conviction of ex-New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin could be a sign of change in the community of New Orleans, said a Christian Science Monitor report.