Tag: Homicide
Man whose case helped end death penalty in Illinois dies
CHICAGO — A former Illinois death row inmate whose exoneration became an incentive to end the death penalty in the state has died, his...
Biden with few options to stabilize Haiti in wake of slaying
MIAMI — The last time Haiti was thrust into turmoil by assassination was 1915, when an angry group of rebels raided the French Embassy...
Alabama officer still getting paid after murder conviction
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — An Alabama police officer is still getting paid two months after he was convicted of murder.
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Judge is asked to change ‘trauma’ wording in Chauvin memo
MINNEAPOLIS — Prosecutors have asked the judge who handled former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin’s murder trial in George Floyd’s death to rewrite his...
Doctors to evaluate competency of office shooting suspect
SANTA ANA, Calif. — Criminal proceedings were suspended Thursday for a man charged with killing four people in a shooting at a Southern California...
Sheriff: Arrest in slaying of 3 men found at a golf course
KENNESAW, Ga. — Authorities announced the arrest of a man Thursday in connection with the killing of three men found shot to death on...
Ex-college football player gets 25 years for Texas slaying
FORT WORTH, Texas — A former football player at McMurry University in West Texas has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for his...
Judge jails editor over reporter’s use of recorder in court
RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina Superior Court judge put a small-town newspaper editor behind bars last month after one of his reporters used...
Pharmacy exec resentenced to 14 years in meningitis outbreak
BOSTON — A founder of a now-defunct Massachusetts pharmaceutical facility responsible for a deadly meningitis outbreak will spend 14 and a half years behind...
Police ID 3 men found shot to death at Georgia golf course
KENNESAW, Ga. — Investigators have identified three men found shot to death on the golf course of a country club in the Atlanta suburbs,...