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TX Jury Issues $7 Billion Verdict For Cable Man's Murder of Woman, 83
Charter Communications must pay the family of a 83-year-old woman murdered by her cable installer more than $7 billion, a Dallas jury...
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Jul 28, 20221 min read
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NYC DA Drops Murder Charge For Bodega Clerk Who Stabbed Attacker
The Manhattan district attorney dropped a murder charge against Jose Alba, a 61-year-old bodega clerk who fatally stabbed a customer...
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Jul 20, 20221 min read
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Ex-NASCAR Driver Bobby East Fatally Stabbed in California
Former NASCAR driver, Robert “Bobby” East was killed in a stabbing in Westminster, Ca, the New York Times reports. The suspect was killed...
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Jul 18, 20221 min read
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Baltimore Mayor Hosts 'Squeegee' Summit After Murder Case
After a deadly altercation between a man wielding a baseball bat and a group of squeegee workers, Baltimore business leaders convened...
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Jul 15, 20222 min read
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What Was Alex Murdaugh's Motive For Killing His Wife And Son?
Alex Murdaugh—the attorney from a prominent South Carolina family who is suspected of committing a staggering number of crimes that were...
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Jul 15, 20222 min read
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Black Homicide Victimization Rate Nearly Seven Times The White Rate
Guns are the most common weapon used to kill Black homicide victims in the U.S. A Violence Policy Center study found that 88 percent of...
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Jul 13, 20221 min read
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For The Third Time, A Tech CEO Was Charged In A 1992 Murder
A man has been charged for the third time for the 1992 murder of a woman, after forensic technology linked him to the murder weapon, the...
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Jul 13, 20222 min read
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Kaitlin Armstrong Found in Costa Rica, Arrested For Cyclist's Murder
Yoga instructor Kaitlin Armstrong was found in Costa Rica after being accused of killing cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson, reports the Austin...
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Jul 1, 20221 min read
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Unsolved Murder Rate in U.S. At Historic High in 'Backlogged' System
Murders in the U.S. are going unsolved at a historic pace, a CBS News investigation has found. A review of FBI statistics shows that the...
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Jun 30, 20222 min read
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Driver In Times Square Rampage Found Not Mentally Responsible
A New York City jury returned a verdict on Wednesday finding that the U.S. Navy veteran who sped his Honda Accord through three blocks of...
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Jun 23, 20222 min read
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26 Years Later, Trial of Son, Father In Kristin Smart Murder To Begin
Jury selection in the Kristin Smart murder trial is scheduled to start on Monday at the Monterey County Courthouse in Salinas, Ca.,...
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Jun 13, 20221 min read
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After Seven Years, Immigrant To Be Freed in Pier Murder Cited by Trump
An undocumented immigrant acquitted of murder in the 2015 San Francisco shooting death of Kate Steinle was sentenced to time served by a...
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Jun 7, 20222 min read
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Gunman Suspected of Killing Ex-Wisconsin Judge Had Hit List
A gunman suspected of fatally shooting a retired county judge at a Wisconsin home had a lhit ist that included Michigan Gov. Gretchen...
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Jun 6, 20221 min read
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'How to Murder Your Husband' Writer Guilty of Murdering Husband
An Oregon jury has convicted a self-published romance novelist who wrote an essay titled "How to Murder Your Husband" of fatally shooting...
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May 26, 20221 min read
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Man Killed in Unprovoked Shooting on NYC Subway Train
A man shot and killed a passenger on a New York City subway train in what police said appeared to be an unprovoked attack. The incident...
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May 23, 20221 min read
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Ex-Nurse Gets Probation For Killing Patient With Dose of Wrong Drug
RaDonda Vaught, a former Tennessee nurse, was put on probation for fatally injecting a patient with an incorrect drug. Her case became a...
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May 15, 20222 min read
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No One In SC Town Knows Why Accused Murderer Isn't In Jail
After Joseph Brand confessed to killing two sisters in the tiny South Carolina town of Kingstree, he was sent to a mental hospital in...
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May 10, 20222 min read
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Black FL Man Freed After Decades May Be Forced Back to Prison
Crosley Green left a Florida prison in April 2021, more than three decades after he was convicted of a murder he always denied...
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Apr 28, 20222 min read
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Address Place-Based Factors in Homicide Rise, Researchers Urge
The recent rise in homicides around the U.S. is more nuanced than it appears, says a new report from the Brookings Institution. Rather...
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Apr 22, 20221 min read
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Man Gets Four Life Terms for Killing Wife of Black Music Executive
Aariel Maynor, who pleaded guilty to murdering Jacqueline Avant, the 81-year-old philanthropist and wife of legendary music executive...
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Apr 20, 20222 min read
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