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Today's Crime and Trials News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Georgia executes convict in high-profile case Miss. teen indicted for capital murder, hate crime Goffer sentenced to 10 years for insider trading Oklahoma warden's wife found guilty of helping inmate escape Union protesters arrested at Port of Longview, Washington Jurors hear confession in Conn. home invasion Former CSK Auto executive gets 2-year prison term Canadian serial killer near death: victim's mother Before Troy Davis: A History of Contested Death Penalty Cases Execution exposes divide over death penalty AT&T-T-Mobile antitrust trial set for Feb. 13 APNewsBreak: CA police officer charged with murder Jurors see grim photos in Conn. home invasion Siblings planned life in Mexico after crime spree Mexico's Gangsters Send a Grisly Message on Crime Snipers kill two in Syria, injured arrested in hospital Zimbabwe's first 'Facebook trial' collapses Victim's son objects as Texas sets execution in hate crime death APNewsBreak: State bars polygraph for Troy Davis APNewsBreak: Ga. bars polygraph for condemned man Study: Crime rose in LA near closed pot clinics Prospect of Bloomberg in court makes picking jurors tricky Jury deliberations start in Muslim students' trial FBI says fugitive siblings prepared for gun fight Mexico says key drug cartel figure arrested Georgia executes convict in high-profile case Wed,21 Sep 2011 09:44 PM PDT Reuters - JACKSON, Georgia (Reuters) - The U.S. state of Georgia executed convicted murderer Troy Davis on Wednesday in a case that drew international attention because of claims by his advocates that he may have been innocent. Full Story Top Miss. teen indicted for capital murder, hate crime Wed,21 Sep 2011 08:55 PM PDT AP - A white Mississippi teenager has been indicted for capital murder and a hate crime on charges he intentionally ran over a middle-age black man with a pickup truck. Full Story Top Goffer sentenced to 10 years for insider trading Wed,21 Sep 2011 05:50 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Zvi Goffer, a former securities trader known as "Octopussy" because of his many sources of information, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Wednesday for insider trading. Full Story Top Oklahoma warden's wife found guilty of helping inmate escape Wed,21 Sep 2011 05:47 PM PDT Reuters - OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - An Oklahoma prison warden's wife claimed she was kidnapped when she and a convicted murderer vanished for nearly 11 years, while police were certain she was in love with the man and helped him escape. Full Story Top Union protesters arrested at Port of Longview, Washington Wed,21 Sep 2011 04:11 PM PDT Reuters - PORTLAND, Ore (Reuters) - Twelve longshoremen's union protesters were arrested on Wednesday for trying to block a train from entering a grain terminal in Washington state as labor tensions flared again at the Port of Longview. Full Story Top Jurors hear confession in Conn. home invasion Wed,21 Sep 2011 03:52 PM PDT AP - Speaking matter-of-factly and laughing occasionally, a Connecticut man told police in a recorded confession played for jurors Wednesday how he and another man terrorized a family during a brutal home invasion that left a woman and her two daughters dead. Full Story Top Former CSK Auto executive gets 2-year prison term Wed,21 Sep 2011 03:08 PM PDT AP - The former chief financial officer of CSK Auto Corp. has been sentenced to two years in prison for his role in a scheme to manipulate the company's earnings and double-bill customers. Full Story Top Canadian serial killer near death: victim's mother Wed,21 Sep 2011 01:35 PM PDT AFP - Canadian serial killer Clifford Olson, convicted of 11 murders in the Vancouver area in the early 1980s, has only days to live, the mother of one of his victims told AFP Wednesday. Full Story Top Before Troy Davis: A History of Contested Death Penalty Cases Wed,21 Sep 2011 01:30 PM PDT LiveScience.com - Barring a last-minute reversal, Georgia inmate Troy Davis will face the death penalty tonight (Sept. 21) for the 1989 shooting of a police officer. Full Story Top Execution exposes divide over death penalty Wed,21 Sep 2011 12:51 PM PDT Reuters - ATLANTA (Reuters) - Controversy over the execution in Georgia of a convicted murderer whose supporters say may be innocent has exposed a continuing divide in the United States over the death penalty. Full Story Top AT&T-T-Mobile antitrust trial set for Feb. 13 Wed,21 Sep 2011 12:30 PM PDT AP - A judge has set Feb. 13 to start the trial of the Justice Department's lawsuit to block AT&T's $39 billion purchase of T-Mobile USA. Full Story Top APNewsBreak: CA police officer charged with murder Wed,21 Sep 2011 11:01 AM PDT AP - A police officer has been charged with murder in the death of a mentally ill homeless man in Southern California who was beaten and repeatedly shocked with a stun gun during his arrest, a defense attorney said Wednesday. Full Story Top Jurors see grim photos in Conn. home invasion Wed,21 Sep 2011 10:44 AM PDT AP - Jurors got their first look Wednesday at graphic photos of the victims in a gruesome home invasion that left a woman and her two daughters dead. Full Story Top Siblings planned life in Mexico after crime spree Wed,21 Sep 2011 10:44 AM PDT AP - A sister and two brothers had planned to head to Mexico with money stolen in a Georgia bank robbery, then obtain fraudulent documents and elude authorities before the trio, now accused in a cross-country crime spree, were caught in Colorado, a detective said. Full Story Top Mexico's Gangsters Send a Grisly Message on Crime Wed,21 Sep 2011 09:55 AM PDT Time.com - Rush hour is always a headache for drivers on the congested streets of the steamy towns of the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico region. But those caught in gridlocked traffic of Boca del Rio on the evening of Sept. 20 lived through an authentic nightmare. As commuters tried to get back from work, thugs bearing Kalashnikov rifles stepped out of six vans and ordered people to stay in their cars. The gangsters then parked two white trucks of the sort normally used to carry bananas or water melons and opened their cargo doors. ... Full Story Top Snipers kill two in Syria, injured arrested in hospital Wed,21 Sep 2011 08:45 AM PDT AFP - Snipers killed two civilians Wednesday in Syria's flashpoint province of Homs as security forces arrested three patients from a hospital, a human rights group reported. Full Story Top Zimbabwe's first 'Facebook trial' collapses Wed,21 Sep 2011 08:28 AM PDT AP - Defense attorneys in Zimbabwe say the case against a man accused of inciting a political uprising on Facebook has collapsed. Full Story Top Victim's son objects as Texas sets execution in hate crime death Wed,21 Sep 2011 07:10 AM PDT Reuters - AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - As Texas prepares to execute one of his father's killers, Ross Byrd hopes the state shows the man the mercy his father, James Byrd Jr., never got when he was dragged behind a truck to his death. Full Story Top APNewsBreak: State bars polygraph for Troy Davis Wed,21 Sep 2011 06:36 AM PDT AP - A defense attorney says Georgia prison officials have blocked inmate Troy Davis from taking a polygraph test before his scheduled execution. Full Story Top APNewsBreak: Ga. bars polygraph for condemned man Wed,21 Sep 2011 06:29 AM PDT AP - A defense attorney says Georgia prison officials have blocked inmate Troy Davis from taking a polygraph test before his scheduled execution. Full Story Top Study: Crime rose in LA near closed pot clinics Wed,21 Sep 2011 06:02 AM PDT AP - A new study released Tuesday showed that when hundreds of medical marijuana dispensaries were closed last year in Los Angeles crime rates rose in surrounding neighborhoods, challenging claims made by law enforcement agencies that the storefronts are magnets for crime. Full Story Top Prospect of Bloomberg in court makes picking jurors tricky Tue,20 Sep 2011 09:57 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - On Monday morning, Justice Ronald Zweibel of state Supreme Court in Manhattan had just begun the process of selecting a jury for the trial of a man accused of stealing more than $1 million. Full Story Top Jury deliberations start in Muslim students' trial Tue,20 Sep 2011 07:24 PM PDT AP - Jury deliberations began Tuesday in the trial of 10 Muslim students charged with disrupting a speech by an Israeli diplomat at the University of California, Irvine. Full Story Top FBI says fugitive siblings prepared for gun fight Tue,20 Sep 2011 06:00 PM PDT AP - A sister and two brothers accused in a cross-country crime spree that began in Florida fired at pursuing officers and were prepared for a gun battle, authorities testified Tuesday. Full Story Top Mexico says key drug cartel figure arrested Tue,20 Sep 2011 03:33 PM PDT AP - The Mexican army captured a key figure in the cult-like Knights Templar drug cartel that is sowing violence in western Mexico, a top officer announced Tuesday. Full Story Top

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