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Some jurors questioned Clemens case, judge says
Sat,14 Apr 2012 12:40 PM PDT
Associated Press -  The judge presiding in the new Roger Clemens perjury case said some jurors in the first trial told him that retrying the famed pitcher was a waste of taxpayer money, a newly discovered transcript shows.
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Opening Day in Roger Clemens Retrial Slated for Monday
Fri,13 Apr 2012 04:11 PM PDT
ABC OTUS News - The retrial for seven-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens begins Monday with jury selection as new questions emerge about key evidence prosecutors intend to introduce at trial. Clemens defense attorney Rusty Hardin said today at the final pretrial-motions hearing that he had serious questions... Full Story | Top |
Murder, hate crime charges in Tulsa shootings
Fri,13 Apr 2012 04:03 PM PDT
Associated Press -  Two men accused of going on a shooting spree that terrorized Tulsa's predominantly black north side face murder and hate crime charges, prosecutors said Friday in an announcement praised by community leaders who had called for swift action by authorities.
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Attorney: Tulsa suspect not motivated by race
Fri,13 Apr 2012 03:18 PM PDT
Associated Press - A defense attorney says a man facing murder and hate crime charges in a Tulsa shooting spree that killed three people and terrorized the city's black community wasn't motivated by race.
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Seven arrested in Texas crash that killed nine illegal immigrants
Fri,13 Apr 2012 02:51 PM PDT
Reuters - PALMVIEW, Texas (Reuters) - Authorities have arrested seven people, including a 15-year-old boy, in connection with a late-night wreck that killed nine illegal immigrants in southern Texas earlier this week, police said on Friday. The boy, believed to be the driver who tried to outrun U.S. Border Patrol agents in a minivan overcrowded with 19 illegal immigrants, was tracked down at his rural Hidalgo County home Thursday night, said Chris Barrera, the police chief in Palmview. ... Full Story | Top |
2 Ky. women enter guilty plea in hate crime case
Fri,13 Apr 2012 01:50 PM PDT
Associated Press - Two Kentucky women have pleaded guilty to helping kidnap and assault a gay man in the first convictions using a section of the federal hate crime law that protects against attacks motivated by sexual orientation. Full Story | Top |
Brazil cult members arrested for cannibalism
Fri,13 Apr 2012 01:15 PM PDT
AFP -  Brazilian police announced Friday that they had arrested a man and two women on suspicion of having murdered and cannibalized at least two women in what was described as a purification ritual.
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Military: Guinea-Bissau prime minister arrested
Fri,13 Apr 2012 12:32 PM PDT
Associated Press -  Soldiers have arrested the prime minister of this tiny nation known for transiting cocaine to Europe, a military spokesman said Friday, the latest instability to roil a coup-prone West African country where no leader in nearly 40 years has finished his time in office.
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Pakistani sentenced in U.S. for aiding militant group
Fri,13 Apr 2012 11:48 AM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Pakistani man living in Virginia was sentenced to 12 years in prison by a U.S. judge on Friday for providing support to a militant anti-India group, including making a propaganda video and posting it on YouTube in 2010. A federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia, handed down the sentence for Jubair Ahmad, 24, who pleaded guilty in December. Ahmad, who had faced a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison, also was given five years of probation. ... Full Story | Top |
'Black widow' sentenced to death in Japan
Fri,13 Apr 2012 12:31 AM PDT
AFP -  A Japanese "black widow" who killed three men after dating them for their money was sentenced to death on Friday in a case known by the name of the female spider that eats its partner after mating.
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2 face federal hate crime charge in Ky. gay attack
Thu,12 Apr 2012 07:49 PM PDT
Associated Press - Two Kentucky men have been charged with a federal hate crime in a beating attack on a gay man in an Appalachian park, marking the first time the law has been applied in a U.S. case alleging bias over a victim's sexual orientation, authorities said. Full Story | Top |
Florida executes serial killer who murdered six women
Thu,12 Apr 2012 04:48 PM PDT
Reuters - TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - A Florida serial killer who admitted he murdered six women in the 1980s to satisfy his sexual urges was put to death by lethal injection on Thursday for killing a 17-year-old girl who had been hitchhiking to the beach. David Alan Gore, 58, was pronounced dead at the Florida State Prison near Starke at 6:19 p.m., governor's spokeswoman Amy Graham said. The state executed Gore for the 1983 kidnapping and murder of his final victim, Vero Beach teenager Lynn Elliott. ... Full Story | Top |
Fla serial killer executed for girl's 1983 death
Thu,12 Apr 2012 03:51 PM PDT
Associated Press -  A Florida inmate was put to death Thursday, nearly three decades after the murder of 17-year-old Lynn Elliott, whose failed escape attempt ended a string of rapes and slayings that shook the quiet coastal town of Vero Beach.
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Ohio woman sentenced for dumping daughter's body in trash
Thu,12 Apr 2012 02:38 PM PDT
Reuters - CLEVELAND (Reuters) - A Cleveland woman accused of dumping her young daughter's body in the city trash after she died in unclear circumstances was sentenced on Thursday to the maximum three years in prison. India Parker, 35, was charged with tampering with evidence after police were told by an ex-boyfriend that she confessed that she never contacted authorities after her daughter died in 2005 from falling off a book case. Parker later told a different story to police, saying that in 2006, Kaliyah failed to wake up and was cold to the touch. ... Full Story | Top |
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