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News, articles and information about the crime of taking another person's life, usually by a violent act such as shooting, strangling, beating, stabbing, drowning, assault or by poisoning.
News, articles and information about the crime of taking another person's life, usually by a violent act such as shooting, strangling, beating, stabbing, drowning, assault or by poisoning.
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Defense for Phoenix 'Serial Shooter' suspect accuses key witness of deaths, lying to save self
Associated Press WriterPHOENIX (AP) _ The former roommate of the man accused of leading the notorious Serial Shooter attacks two years ago is the real person responsible for killing eight people and attacking 20 others across Phoenix, a defense attorney said Tuesday....Tags: Road Accidents, Lawyers, Prosecution, Witnesses, Mountains
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Counselors brace for copycats after LA murder-suicide prompted by financial troubles
Associated Press WriterLOS ANGELES (AP) _ Mental health counselors were on the alert Tuesday for calls from people depressed or possibly suicidal about money woes, after an unemployed financial manager killed five family members and himself. The widely publicized tragedy,...Tags: Suicide, Therapies, Emergency Planning, San Fernando, Sony Corp.
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Mother testifies that she and boyfriend waited for 3-year-old 'Precious Doe' to die
Associated Press WriterKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The mother of a little girl long known as "Precious Doe" testified Tuesday she knew the injured 3-year-old needed medical attention but that she feared going to jail and instead waited for the child to die. Testifying in her...Tags: Michelle Johnson, Trials, Assault, Prosecution
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News from around Wisconsin at 6:58 p.m. CDT
Nevada authorities seized documents and records Tuesday in a raid on the Las Vegas headquarters of a community organization that works to get low-income people to vote. Secretary of State Ross Miller said the raid was part of a monthslong voter fraud...Tags: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Lawyers, Prosecution, Prisons, People
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New indictment in '75 slaying of AIM member days after dismissal; 2 defendants' cases combined
Associated Press WriterSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) _ A new federal indictment has been handed up against a Canadian man who was days from being tried in the 1975 slaying of a fellow American Indian Movement member when a judge threw out the original charges. Federal prosecutors...Tags: Defendants, John Graham, Injuries, Prosecution, Punishment
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Driver in Calif. bus crash didn't have commercial license, officials say
Associated Press WriterSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) _ The bus that crashed and killed eight people on a Northern California road was driven by a man who wasn't properly licensed and owned by another man who had claimed to be the vehicle's only driver, state officials said Tuesday....Tags: Road Accidents, Sacramento, Health and Safety at Work, Public Transportation, Drunk Driving
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Defense says man on trial for murder killed couple by throwing them off yacht in California
Associated Press WriterSANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) _ The attorney for a man accused of throwing a couple off their yacht bound to an anchor told a jury Tuesday his client is guilty of those two murders and a third, but shouldn't be put to death. "My goal is simply to save Skylar...Tags: Orange County (California), Punishment, Lawyers, Trials, Orange (Orange, California)
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Police: 3 people were fatally shot and a 4th victim was beaten before southwest Michigan fire
WRIGHT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) _ Police say a fire at a southwestern Michigan home was intentionally set to cover up the shooting deaths of a mother and her two sons, and the fatal beating of a son's girlfriend. Ottawa County sheriff's Lt. Mark Bennett said... -
Trial begins in shooting of Capac police chief
A jury is being selected to hear the case against a Capac man accused of shooting the village police chief and a sheriff's deputy. The trial of 50-year-old Donald Burke began on Tuesday in St. Clair County Circuit Court. He is charged with three...Tags: Trials, Prosecution
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Man charged with the execution-style murders of teens
The Associated PressAuthorities have arrested a 20-year-old man charged with the execution-style murders of two central Florida teenagers in 2006. The Pasco County Sheriff's Office announced Tuesday that the U.S. Marshals Service arrested Luc Pierre-Charles Jr. in east...Tags: Assault, Juvenile Delinquency, People
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Statements by homicide suspect admissible in court
An Illinois suspect's statements to police will be admissible in court when he is tried next month on charges of killing a Cambridge real estate agent. The ruling by a Jefferson County judge Tuesday means prosecutors can use at least three police...Tags: Brookfield (Cook, Illinois), Real Estate Agents, Prosecution
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Hartford Judge Declares Mistrial In Murder Case
The Hartford CourantA Hartford Superior Court judge declared a mistrial today in the murder case against James Robertson, a former editor at The Courant. Judge Thomas Miano declared the mistrial at 1:12 p.m. after the jury announced it was deadlocked, the third time they...Tags: Judges, Prosecution
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