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NEWS ABOUT: cop killer

cop killer stories: 8 news summaries

Ga. Death Row Inmate Wins New Hearing

Supreme Court gives convicted cop killer a stay of execution

Aug 17, 09 12:42 PM CDT
(AP) - The Supreme Court says condemned inmate Troy Davis should get another chance to prove his innocence before the state of Georgia executes him. The high court today ordered a federal judge in Georgia to determine whether there is evidence that proves Davis did not kill a police officer in 1991.... More »

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death penalty • execution • death row • cop killer • John Paul Stevens • US Supreme Court • Troy Davis

Sopranos Actor Gets Reduced Sentence for Deadly Robbery

Brancato gets 10 years for role in cop killing

Jan 9, 09 1:18 PM CST
(Newser) - Lillo Brancato was given a reduced sentence of 10 years in prison for the attempted burglary that ended in the murder of an off-duty police officer, the New York Daily News reports today. The ex-Sopranos actor, 32, also got 5 years of probation for the botched prescription-drug robbery, during which... More »

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NYPD • murder • prescription drugs • probation • cop killer • Sopranos • Lillo Brancato

Cop-Killer in China Inspires Strong Public Support

Many applaud man for taking on abusive arm of state; he confessed, will be executed

Nov 14, 08 10:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Public sentiment in China seems to be coming down squarely on the side of a man convicted of entering a Shanghai police station and stabbing six officers to death, the Washington Post reports. Yang Jia, who confessed to the murders, had twice claimed to be the victim of police brutality;... More »

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China • crime • murder • cop killer • police brutality • Chinese judiciary • Yang Jia

Suspected Md. Cop Killer Was Strangled in Jail

FBI begins civil-rights investigation; racial tensions may heat up

Jul 1, 08 12:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - A man accused of killing a police officer was strangled to death Sunday in a Maryland county jail, coroners have ruled. State police have taken over the case, and the FBI is investigating on civil-rights grounds, the Washington Post reports. “We live in a constitutional democracy, and no one... More »

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Maryland • murder • race relations • cop killer • police brutality • Ronnie White

 Philly Cops
 Caught on Tape
 Stomping Suspects 

City's cops on edge as hunt for cop killer continues

May 7, 08 4:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - A TV news helicopter has filmed six Philadelphia police officers repeatedly kicking and punching three suspects pulled from a car. The city's police commissioner said it "does not look good," but emphasized that the department "won't rush to judgment." Philly cops have been on edge since... More »

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police • Philadelphia • cop killer • police brutality • taped beating

Court Refuses
to Reinstate Mumia's Death Sentence

Pa. judges order life in prison, or new hearing

Mar 27, 08 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Famed death-row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal earned some measure of triumph today as a US appeals court refused to reinstate his death sentence, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Abu-Jamal was convicted in 1982 of killing a Philly cop, and has fought for retrial. The court upheld the conviction but said Abu-Jamal should... More »

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death penalty • crime • murder • US Court of Appeals • cop killer • Batson v. Kentucky • Mumia Abu-Jamal • MOVE • Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal

Suspected
Cop Killer
Shot Dead

Miami-Dade police corner fugitive after daylong dragnet

Sep 14, 07 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Miami-Dade police last night cornered and shot dead the man suspected of killing one cop and wounding three others with an assault rifle yesterday morning. Officers tracked Shawn Sherwin LaBeet to a suburban apartment complex and fired when they saw he was heavily armed. "He's dead and you can... More »

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police • murder • cop killer • Shawn Sherwin LaBeet • Miami-Dade County

Miami Police Hunt Cop Killer

Suspect killed one officer, wounded three others

Sep 13, 07 5:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Miami-Dade police are searching for a suspect who killed one officer and wounded three today, possibly with an AK-47, after his car was stopped while driving erratically. The pursuit was complicated when police misidentified a man whose wallet had been stolen as the gunman, before naming Shawn Sherwin Labeet as... More »

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Florida • police • cop killer • Shawn Sherwin LaBeet • shooting • Miami-Dade County

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