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Tuesday, Sep 03, 2013 04:43 PM PDT
Today's Crime and Trials News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Holmes' lawyers broaden challenge to death penalty Lawyers for Colorado theater gunman renew efforts to toss death penalty Montana judge says month-long prison term for rape may be too lenient Holmes' lawyers file new death penalty challenges Elementary school principal arrested for husband’s cold-blooded murder

Holmes' lawyers broaden challenge to death penalty  Tuesday, Sep 03, 2013 04:43 PM PDT DENVER (AP) — Battling to save their client's life, lawyers for theater shooting defendant James Holmes broadened their attack on the death penalty, saying in motions released Tuesday that the sentence is so unevenly imposed in Colorado and so rarely carried out that it is unconstitutional. Full Story	Top
Lawyers for Colorado theater gunman renew efforts to toss death penalty  Tuesday, Sep 03, 2013 03:49 PM PDT By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - Lawyers for accused theater gunman James Holmes, who could face execution if convicted of killing 12 Colorado moviegoers last year, have renewed their push to have the state's death penalty law ruled unconstitutional, court documents showed on Tuesday. In a series of motions, public defenders for the former University of Colorado graduate student challenged the statute on several fronts, saying state lawmakers have passed "a dizzying assortment of overlapping laws" regarding capital punishment. ... Full Story	Top
Montana judge says month-long prison term for rape may be too lenient  Tuesday, Sep 03, 2013 03:41 PM PDT By Laura Zuckerman (Reuters) - A Montana judge who controversially sentenced an ex-teacher to a month in prison for raping a teenage student who later killed herself said on Tuesday his penalty may have been more lenient than allowed by law and called a new hearing. District Judge G. Todd Baugh faced fierce criticism last week for sentencing former Billings high school teacher Stacey Rambold to 15 years in prison, then suspending all but 31 days of the term for the 2007 rape of 14-year-old Cherice Moralez in his home. ... Full Story	Top
Holmes' lawyers file new death penalty challenges  Tuesday, Sep 03, 2013 03:07 PM PDT Battling to save their client's life, lawyers for theater shooting defendant James Holmes broadened their attack on the death penalty, saying in motions released Tuesday that it is so unevenly imposed ... Full Story	Top
Elementary school principal arrested for husband’s cold-blooded murder  Tuesday, Sep 03, 2013 05:10 AM PDT An elementary school principal in Bakersfield, Calif. has been arrested on charges that she shot her husband multiple times. Full Story	Top

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