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Mar 06 2023
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Minneapolis man pleads guilty to killing 9-year-old girl in drive-by shooting
The man responsible for a gang-related shooting that killed 9-year-old Trinity Ottoson-Smith as she was jumping on a trampoline in North Minneapolis two years ago pleaded guilty to murder on Monday. Jury selection was set to begin that morning for D'Pree Shareef Robinson, but the 20-year-old changed his plea, waiving his right to a trial and instead agreeing to 37 1⁄ year prison sentence,
Star TribuneMay 17 2023
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Why is it still so hard for us to use the word “rape”?
On May 9, a jury found Donald Trump liable for sexual battery against the journalist E. Jean Carroll in a civil trial, ordering the former president to pay her $5 million. They did not, however, find Trump liable for rape. The murky, vexed distinction the jury made in that verdict speaks to what has been one of the central conflicts since Carroll came forward in 2019 — and to America’s
VoxMar 06 2023
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Alex Murdaugh faces brutal new legal battles including dozens of fraud charges
He was swiftly of his wife and son's murder after a six-week trial watched by the entire nation, and to two consecutive life sentences. But disgraced former South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh's legal battles are only just getting started, CNN on Monday. "Murdaugh, the 54-year-old disbarred attorney, is still charged with 99 counts of embezzlement, computer crime, money laundering,
Raw StoryMar 05 2023
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Mexico’s head of consular protection, Vanessa Calva, said Mexico wants first-degree homicide charges against Arizona rancher - The Sonora Post
NOGALES, SONORA.- A Mexican official said Friday that her government thinks Arizona rancher George Alan Kelly should have faced first-degree murder charges for allegedly killing a Mexican migrant who was crossing his property. An Arizona Justice of the Peace ruled last week that Kelly should face trial on charges of second-degree murder and aggravated assault in the death of Gabriel Cuen-
Mexico Daily PostFeb 18 2023
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A woman escaped the man who abducted her for a year by running barefoot into a New Jersey gas station
• A woman ran into a New Jersey gas station store and locked the door behind her on February 7. • According to the New Jersey Attorney General's office, she was escaping her kidnapper of a year. • James W. Parrillo Jr., 57, is currently being held awaiting trial on charges of kidnapping. A woman escaped a man who'd held her captive for a year by running into a New Jersey gas station and
Business InsiderFeb 28 2023
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'He grabbed him by his head and slit his throat': Girlfriend of slain news anchor provides grisly details of terrifying attack
The man accused of killing Michigan radio news anchor Jim Matthews in front of his family and critically injuring his 10-year-old son with a hammer last year will stand trial on numerous felony charges, authorities announced. According to a press release from the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office, the case against Arthur Levan Williamson, 55, on Monday was bound to the Macomb County Circuit
Law & CrimeFeb 22 2023
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Five major moments to have happened since Netflix's "Murdaugh Murders"
Netflix's new true crime series Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal examines the deaths of Margaret "Maggie" Murdaugh, 52, and her 22-year-old son Paul Murdaugh, who were killed on June 7, 2021. It looks at the case against Alex Murdaugh, 54, who is currently on trial for their murders, as well as the shocking alleged crimes that surround the Murdaugh family in South Carolina's Lowcountry. In
NewsweekFeb 22 2023
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No change of venue for man accused of killing Arizona prof
No change of venue for man accused of killing Arizona prof TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A judge has denied a change of venue motion for a man accused of fatally shooting a University of Arizona professor on campus last October. During a court hearing Tuesday, Murad Dervish’s attorneys said their client’s right to an impartial jury would be threatened if the trial was held in Tucson because of high
Associated PressFeb 22 2023
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Murdaugh’s defense team to hear testimony Wednesday
COLLETON COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – Defense is expected to continue calling witnesses in the Alex Murdaugh murder trial Wednesday after only making it through two on Tuesday. Murdaugh is accused of killing his wife Margaret and youngest son Paul at their family property in June of 2021. Get caught up on the Alex Murdaugh investigations Murdaugh’s only surviving son, Buster, was the first to take
WGNFeb 21 2023
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Alex Murdaugh's surviving son says his dad was 'heartbroken' by the fatal shootings of his wife and son
Alex Murdaugh, the disgraced South Carolina lawyer on trial accused of murder in the shooting deaths of his wife and one of his sons, was barely able to speak the first time his surviving son, Buster Murdaugh, saw him after the killings, the younger Murdaugh testified Tuesday. Buster Murdaugh, who testified in the morning as the first witness for the defense, said his father cried heavily
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