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murder trial stories: 86 news summaries

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Ex-Cop Guilty
of Murdering Girlfriend, His Unborn Child

Jury can recommend life or death sentence

Feb 15, 08 11:59 AM CST
(Newser) - A former police officer faces the death penalty after a jury convicted him today of murdering his girlfriend and their unborn child, CNN reports. The jury in Canton, Ohio, didn't buy Bobby Cutts Jr.'s argument that he accidentally killed Jessie Davis, who was 9 months pregnant, then panicked. Cutts,... More »

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murder • jury • Jessie Davis • murder trial • violent crime • Bobby Cutts, Jr. • verdict • Myisha Ferrell

Long-Held Secret Takes Man Off
Death Row

Ethics board allows lawyer to speak up

Jan 19, 08 4:11 PM CST
(Newser) - A Virginia lawyer revealed a 10-year-old secret last year that had put a man on death row: Prosecutors coached another suspect to make his testimony match the evidence. When the state's legal ethics board reversed its gag order on Leslie Smith, the lawyer spoke up last week, and the sentence... More »

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death penalty • Virginia • death sentence • murder trial • Leslie Smith • Virginia bar • coaching

Suspects in Carnation Murders Plead Not Guilty

Unclear whether death penalty will be sought

Jan 10, 08 4:11 PM CST
(Newser) - Michele Anderson and Joseph McEnroe pleaded not guilty today to charges of murdering six members of Anderson’s family Dec. 24 in Carnation, Wash., the Seattle Times reports. Friends and Anderson family members wore pictures of the two child victims—3 and 5 years old—and were seen frequently wiping... More »

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murder trial • Carnation, Wash.

Angry Fujimori Denies Charges as Trial Starts

Ex-leader of Peru accused of ordering deaths of opponents

Dec 11, 07 6:23 AM CST
(Newser) - Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori angrily denied charges of murder and kidnapping in court yesterday. "I reject the charges entirely. I'm innocent," he shouted. He is on trial for ordering death squads to kill leftist sympathizers and others in the early 1990s. The trial is considered a watershed... More »

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kidnapping • Peru • murder trial • Alberto Fujimori

After 30 Years, Riviera Murder Case Ends in Conviction

Ex-boyfriend, now 69, draws 20-year sentence

Oct 12, 07 2:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thirty years after his girlfriend disappeared, a onetime playboy lawyer was convicted of her murder yesterday, ending a tangled tale of seduction and bribery that has long fascinated the French Riviera. Although the body of casino heiress Agnes Le Roux was never found, Jean-Maurice Agnelet, 69, was sentenced to 20... More »

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murder trial • French Riviera • Nice • Jean Maurice Agnelet • Agnes Le Roux

Spector Walks After Mistrial

Judge declares mistrial as 2 jurors hold out against majority

Sep 26, 07 7:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jurors announced a 10 to 2 deadlock in the Phil Spector trial today after more than 2 weeks of deliberations, sparking the judge to declare a mistrial. The jury was split more evenly a week ago, and did not reveal the position of its 2 holdouts. As Spector went home,... More »

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Hollywood • Phil Spector • Lana Clarkson • Los Angeles • murder trial

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