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New look at evidence OK'd in fatal 1989 Pa. fire
Sat,28 Jan 2012 02:10 PM PST
Associated Press - A federal appeals court has granted another look at the evidence in the case of a man convicted of killing his daughter in what authorities alleged was an arson fire two decades ago in eastern Pennsylvania. Defense attorneys and some arson specialists say that determination was made using what's now considered flawed science. Full Story | Top |
One of two escaped prisoners arrested
Sat,28 Jan 2012 03:41 AM PST
AFP -  One of two prisoners who escaped from custody this week has been arrested, police said Saturday -- although the other fugitive, described by police as "extremely dangerous", remains at large.
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'Barefoot Bandit' sentenced to 6 1/2 years
Fri,27 Jan 2012 09:38 PM PST
Associated Press -  A federal judge sentences "Barefoot Bandit" Colton Harris-Moore to 6 1/2 years in prison for his infamous two-year, international crime spree of break-ins, and boat and plane thefts that ended in 2010.
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Crime sweep nets five accused New York mob members
Fri,27 Jan 2012 01:51 PM PST
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Five accused mobsters from two of New York City's organized crime families were arrested on Friday on multiple charges including racketeering and extortion, federal law enforcement officials said. Vincent Badalamenti, known as Vinny TV and described as a member of the Bonanno crime family's "administration," was the highest-ranking mafia member arrested in the sweep. He was apprehended at his home on New York City's Staten Island, said Loretta Lynch, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. ... Full Story | Top |
Ala. attorney questions death penalty in new book
Fri,27 Jan 2012 12:25 PM PST
Associated Press - After defending more than 60 people charged with capital murder and getting three men off Alabama's death row, attorney Richard Jaffe wants to get people talking about the death penalty and what he believes are its flaws. Full Story | Top |
Connecticut killer sentenced to die for "unimaginable horror"
Fri,27 Jan 2012 12:12 PM PST
Reuters -  NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (Reuters) - A judge ordered Joshua Komisarjevsky to be executed this summer for the 2007 murders of a mother and her two daughters during a brutal home invasion in Connecticut, saying on Friday that he committed a crime of "unimaginable horror." Judge Jon Blue told Komisarjevsky, 31, that he alone was to blame for his new address on death row after the triple murders of Jennifer Hawke-Petit, 48, and her daughters Hayley Petit, 17, and Michaela Petit, 11, and beating of husband and father Dr. William Petit Jr. ...
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US home invasion killer sentenced to death
Fri,27 Jan 2012 09:52 AM PST
Associated Press -  A U.S. man was sentenced Friday to die for killing a woman and her two daughters during a night of terror in their suburban home, a crime that halted momentum to abolish the death penalty in the state of Connecticut.
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Conn. home invasion killer is sentenced to death
Fri,27 Jan 2012 09:40 AM PST
Associated Press - A Connecticut man expressed regret but steadfastly blamed his accomplice as he was sentenced to die Friday for a deadly home invasion that unsettled suburbia and halted momentum to abolish the state's death penalty. The sole survivor of the attack called the loss of his wife and two daughters a "personal holocaust" as the final chapter closed on the case.
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US has arrested Iranian scientist
Fri,27 Jan 2012 05:29 AM PST
Associated Press - The United States has arrested and charged an Iranian semiconductor scientist with violating U.S. export laws by buying high-tech U.S. lab equipment, a development likely to further worsen Iranian-U.S. tensions. Full Story | Top |
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