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Issues in Minor Murder Cases

November 21st, 2008 · No Comments

In 1991, a 17 year old boy was charged and convicted for the murder of nine Buddhist worshipers in a temple in Arizona. He was questioned for 12 hours without representation, and gave a confession.
Recently, an 8 year old boy  was charged with shooting and killing both his father and his friend. This boy was […]

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OJ Simpson Found Guilty

October 6th, 2008 · No Comments

Exactly 13 years to the day of being acquitted for double homicide, OJ Simpson was found guilty of armed robbery. Now, depending on the sentence, Simpson may be facing life in prison.
OJ Simpson was charged with conspiracy to commit a crime, robbery, assault and kidnapping with a deadly weapon. According to the prosecutors on the […]

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Man Pleads Guilty to Voluntary Manslaughter

September 24th, 2008 · No Comments

Of the five men accused of murdering a father of six in West Belfast, Ireland, one of them has pleaded guilty to manslaughter but not guilty to murder. All five men were accused of stabbing the man to death outside his home in February of 2006. The other four are still facing murder charges.
The prosecution […]

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Rhode Island’s Three Most Wanted

September 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Police are currently seeking three men, John Laires, Julio Merida, and Ronald Fisher, who have made it on Rhode Island’s ten most wanted list.   
John Laires is charged with first degree sexual assault, with the intention to murder.  Known to be from Portugal, he has been wanted since 1987 in connection with rape of a […]

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DNA Mix-up In Murder Trial

August 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Baltimore - The case of an alleged cop killer revealed that DNA evidence of suspected murder weapon has been contaminated.  Technicians in the crime lab discovered the DNA from two people on the gun that police believe was used to kill a local detective outside his home last year in an attempted robbery.
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