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Bishop lawyer says Boston case may help defense
Criminal Law 06/18/2010The lawyer for a woman charged with killing three university colleagues in Alabama says a new murder charge brought against her for the 1986 shooting death of her brother could be used in an insanity defense in the Alabama case.Roy Miller said Thursd...
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OJ jury makeup, judge conduct questioned in appeal
Criminal Law 06/14/2010The racial makeup of the jury and the conduct of the judge who oversaw O.J. Simpson's conviction have emerged as key issues in the former football star's appeal for the Nevada Supreme Court to overturn his conviction in a gunpoint Las Vegas hotel roo...
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Cops: Suspect at court tried to sell GPS to owner
Criminal Law 06/10/2010Police say a Connecticut man who appeared at a courthouse to answer a larceny charge broke into several cars in front of the building, took a GPS unit and inadvertently tried to sell it to its owner. Police say the arrest of 50-year-old Thomas Peno o...
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Girl pleads guilty in Seattle bus tunnel beating
Criminal Law 06/09/2010A 15-year-old girl has pleaded guilty to second-degree assault in a Seattle bus tunnel beating of another girl that was captured on surveillance video.The Seattle girl who entered her plea Tuesday had been charged with first-degree robbery in the Jan...
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Mass. sen. who stuffed money in bra pleads guilty
Criminal Law 06/04/2010A Massachusetts state senator caught on video stuffing what prosecutors said was bribe money into her sweater and bra has pleaded guilty to corruption charges.Dianne Wilkerson, a Boston Democrat, entered the pleas to eight counts of attempted extorti...
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NY teen gets 25 years in hate crime stabbing
Criminal Law 05/27/2010A teenager convicted of manslaughter as a hate crime in the killing of an Ecuadorean immigrant received the maximum sentence of 25 years in prison Wednesday, with the judge saying "the proof was overwhelming."Jeffrey Conroy, 19, who was convicted las...
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NY teen faces sentencing in hate crime stabbing
Criminal Law 05/26/2010A New York teenager is facing up to 25 years in prison when he is sentenced in the hate crime killing of an Ecuadorean immigrant.Nineteen-year-old Jeffrey Conroy was convicted last month of manslaughter and other crimes in the November 2008 stabbing ...
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3 members of Midwest militia released from jail
Criminal Law 05/20/2010Three of nine members of a Midwest militia accused of conspiring to overthrow the government were released from jail Tuesday until trial after prosecutors suddenly backed off an intense effort to keep the entire group behind bars.David Stone Jr., 19,...
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Release likely for 3 jailed militia members
Criminal Law 05/18/2010Three of nine members of a Midwestern militia who are accused of conspiring to overthrow the government likely will be released from jail Tuesday until trial, a defense attorney said.Prosecutors notified attorneys for Tina Stone, David Stone Jr., and...
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Fla. man who caused flight diversion due in court
Criminal Law 05/12/2010A Florida man accused of causing a trans-Atlantic flight to be diverted to Maine is due in federal court for a detention hearing.Prosecutors say Derek Stansberry got the attention of the flight crew and passed them a note that said he had a fake pass...
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Attorney accused of setting fire at Martinsburg law firm
Criminal Law 05/07/2010An attorney is charged with setting a fire at the Martinsburg law firm where she worked in September 2007 and then attempting to set another fire there in April 2008, according to Berkeley County Magistrate Court records. Ashley R. Shreve, 28, of 231...
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Teen convicted of Mass. school stabbing gets life
Criminal Law 04/30/2010A teenager convicted of first-degree murder for fatally stabbing another student in the bathroom of a suburban Boston high school has been sentenced to life in prison.John Odgren was sentenced Friday to a mandatory life sentence with no possibility f...