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Crime and Justice News
Jun 13, 20221 min read
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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Crime and Justice News
Jun 7, 20222 min read
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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Crime and Justice News
Jun 6, 20221 min read
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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Crime and Justice News
May 26, 20221 min read
'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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Crime and Justice News
May 23, 20221 min read
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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Crime and Justice News
May 15, 20222 min read
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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Crime and Justice News
May 10, 20222 min read
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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Crime and Justice News
Apr 28, 20222 min read
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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Crime and Justice News
Apr 22, 20221 min read
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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Crime and Justice News
Apr 20, 20222 min read
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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Crime and Justice News
Apr 12, 20221 min read
NJ Man Gets 375-Year Term For Three Killings Over Facebook Post
A New Jersey man was sentenced to 375 years in prison for a 2016 spree in which he killed one woman and two children over a Facebook...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 11, 20221 min read
Alaska Man Gets Prison Term for Threats to Kill U.S. Senators
An Alaska man was sentenced to 32 months in federal prison for threatening to murder the state’s U.S. senators, Lisa Murkowski and Dan...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 24, 20222 min read
48 States Allow Life 'Felony Murder' Terms For People Who Didn't Kill
“Felony murder” laws hold people liable for murder if they participated in a felony, such as a robbery, that resulted in someone’s death....
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 2, 20221 min read
Sacramento Man Was Out On Bail When He Killed His Three Daughters
A man who police say shot and killed his three daughters and their chaperone Monday at a church in California, was out on bail at the...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 17, 20221 min read
Racist Texts Surface In Arbery Murder Civil-Rights Trial
Two of the three white men convicted of Ahmaud Arbery’s murder in Georgia repeatedly used racial slurs on social media and in text...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 4, 20221 min read
Greg and Travis McMichael To Stand Federal Trial in Arbery Case
Greg McMichael and his son Travis, both convicted in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, have reversed their planned guilty pleas to a federal...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 1, 20221 min read
DOJ Charges NC Man in Explosive Device Case
The website for Tackleberry Solutions tells prospective customers that it “teaches wartime military tactics for home defense” and offers...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 1, 20221 min read
Judge Rejects Deal to Send Killer of Ahmaud Arbery to Federal Lockup
A federal judge rejected a plea agreement that would have averted a hate crimes trial for one of the men convicted in the killing of...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 31, 20221 min read
Prosecutors Make Plea Bargain With McMichaels In Arbery Rights Case
Prosecutors have made plea deals with Gregory McMichael and his son Travis, who were convicted in a state court of murdering jogger...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 26, 20222 min read
Homicide Total Rises More Slowly; Experts: Bloodshed 'Not Acceptable'
A survey by the think tank Council on Criminal Justice finds that the homicide totals in 22 U.S. cities were up five percent last year...
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