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witness stories: 20 news summaries

 Lone AP Reporter 
 Logs 300 Executions 

Writer has seen more deaths than...anyone, perhaps

Oct 21, 09 10:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The fever pitch of executions in Texas since the 1980s has made the taking of a life at Huntsville’s prison almost de rigueur. Newsrooms that used to send a reporter every time an inmate was put to death now rely on the AP—and one AP writer in particular:... More »

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death penalty • newspaper • Texas • execution • reporter • Associated Press • witness

Knox Lied About Sex Murder Under Stress: Witness

Forty-hour interrogation disoriented suspect, neurologist testifies

Sep 25, 09 3:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Amanda Knox was telling the truth when she said she was lying, a neurologist testified today. Professor Carlo Caltagirone, the final witness in Knox's 8-month trial, backed up the suspect's claim that she had confessed to overhearing Meredith Kercher's murder because of stress, the Daily Mail reports. "Situations of... More »

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Italy • trial • stress • interrogation • Amanda Knox • Patrick Lumumba • witness • questioning

Jaycee Likely to Testify Against Garridos

Lawyer says she's doing 'remarkably well' with family reunion

Sep 24, 09 1:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jaycee Lee Dugard will likely testify against the couple who held her captive for 18 years, says her family’s lawyer. “Jaycee will, in all likelihood, be a witness for the prosecution,” he told CBS’ Early Show. “She’s aware of that and understands that. That... More »

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kidnapping • testimony • witness • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido • Nancy Garrido

(Newser) - Investigators see yesterday's guilty plea of Bernard Madoff's right-hand man as a major breakthrough in their efforts to untangle the elaborate Ponzi scheme, BusinessWeek reports. Frank DiPascali, chief financial officer at Madoff's firm, has promised to cooperate with prosecutors and is expected to name other people involved in the scam... More »

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Ponzi scheme • securities fraud • witness • defrauding investors • Bernard Madoff • Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities • Frank DiPascali

 US Used 
 Mentally Ill 
 Witness 
 at Gitmo 


Detainee with antisocial personality disorder testified against others

Apr 7, 09 7:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Justice Department lawyers withheld records detailing the mental illness of a witness used against numerous fellow Guantanamo detainees, McClatchy Newspapers report. "How can this court have any confidence whatsoever in the United States government to comply with its obligations and to be truthful?" asked a federal judge, who ruled... More »

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Department of Justice • Guantanamo Bay • mental illness • Yemen • federal judges • witness • detainees

(Newser) - Witnesses in the Amanda Knox trial testified today that they heard screams and the sound of multiple people fleeing the scene the night of Meredith Kercher’s murder, ABC News reports. An elderly woman who lives near the crime scene said she heard a scream that “made my skin... More »

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Italy • testimony • murder trial • Perugia • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • Raffaele Sollecito • witness

(Newser) - An Italian shopkeeper has contradicted Amanda Knox's claim that she slept in the day after her roommate was murdered, ABC News reports. Marco Quintavalle testified in Italy yesterday that Knox, 21, dropped by his store early on the morning of Nov. 2, 2007—when Knox says she was at the... More »

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Italy • testimony • murder trial • Perugia • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • Raffaele Sollecito • witness

Peterson's Stepbrother: I
Helped Dump Stacy's Body

Lack of progress spurs witness to go public

Mar 10, 09 11:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - When Thomas Morphey helped stepbrother Drew Peterson load a blue barrel into his car, there was no doubt in his mind what was inside: Stacy Peterson’s body. A distraught Morphey tried to kill himself, then turned state’s evidence. But 17 months later, he’s never appeared in court,... More »

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murder • Stacy Peterson • Drew Peterson • witness • Thomas Morphey

DOJ Pulls Prosecutors Off Stevens Case

Judge finds lawyers
in contempt for withholding documents

Feb 17, 09 8:46 AM CST
(Newser) - The Justice Department has yanked the team that prosecuted Ted Stevens off any future action in the case, Politico reports, after the judge found four of the lawyers—including chief prosecutor Brenda Morris—in contempt. Morris and company raised the judge’s ire by withholding documents related to FBI agent... More »

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Department of Justice • Alaska • FBI • Ted Stevens • prosecutors • whistleblower • witness • corruption trial • Mary Beth Kepner

Knox, Kercher Feuded Over Boys, Chores: Housemate

Accused killer showered in bloody bathroom, she said

Feb 7, 09 11:42 AM CST
(Newser) - British student Meredith Kercher and her accused killer Amanda Knox got along well when they first moved into their shared house in Italy, but tensions grew over boys and housework, another housemate testified. She said Knox frequently brought men home, while Kercher never did, and Knox sometimes “missed her... More »

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Italy • murder • testimony • Perugia • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • sexual assault • witness

Agent, Witness in Stevens Case Had a Fling, Defense Says

Ted's team wants new trial over secret-sharing

Jan 27, 09 7:36 AM CST
(Newser) - Lawyers for former Sen. Ted Stevens say the head FBI agent in his corruption case got a little too cozy with a key witness against Stevens, Politico reports. The defense lawyers cite an FBI whistleblower's memo that “strongly suggests that the inappropriate relationship” between the agent and an oilman... More »

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Alaska • FBI • Ted Stevens • Bill Allen • senator • whistleblower • witness • corruption trial • Mary Beth Kepner

 Crew Still 'Jailed' Year 
 After SF Bay Spill 

Chinese witnesses fight to return to families

Nov 4, 08 2:44 PM CST
(Newser) - Six crew members from the ship crash that caused San Francisco Bay’s largest oil spill in 20 years remain detained a year later, unable to return to families in China. Though they live rent-free in San Francisco, get $1,200 monthly plus their salaries, and are free to roam,... More »

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China • San Francisco • oil spill • Bay Bridge • Cosco Busan • witness • detainees • John Cota

OJ Victim Alleges Tape Tampering

Dealer thinks recording was doctored to hurt Simpson's defense

Sep 26, 08 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - One of the alleged victims in OJ Simpson's memorabilia-theft trial has turned into a boon for the defense, suggesting that another victim doctored a key piece of evidence. Alfred Beardsley, a witness for the prosecution, accused auctioneer Thomas Riccio of editing out parts of a recording Riccio made during their... More »

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celebrity trials • OJ Simpson • memorabilia • armed robbery • witness • criminal trial

Wire's Snoop Released From Jail After Arrest

Felicia Pearson accused of being uncooperative witness

Aug 23, 08 1:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Wire actress Felicia “Snoop” Pearson was briefly detained this week by Baltimore police in connection with a murder trial, the Baltimore Sun reports. Pearson, who herself served time for second-degree murder as a juvenile, is thought to have witnessed a knife attack that left one man... More »

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homicide • Baltimore • The Wire • murder trial • witness • Felicia "Snoop" Pearson

Witness: I Had Threesomes With Kelly, Girl

Defense accuses her of extortion, theft, lying; prosecution rests

Jun 3, 08 7:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - A key witness in R. Kelly's child porn trial told the court yesterday how the singer on three occasions videotaped himself having threesomes with her and a girl then believed to be 13, reports the Chicago Tribune. Lisa Van Allen, now 27, believes the sex tape at the heart... More »

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celebrity trials • trial • underage sex • child pornography • witness • R. Kelly

'Super' Mafia Witness Gunned Down in Naples

Slain informant was helping cops bust garbage gangs

Jun 3, 08 2:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - The boss of a garbage disposal firm with Mafia links who had turned informant was gunned down in a bar near Naples yesterday, the Guardian reports. The murdered man had been helping police target gangs that control waste disposal in the city, currently gripped by a garbage crisis. He had... More »

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organized crime • Italy • garbage • Naples • Mafia • Silvio Berlusconi • witness

Eleventh-Hour Witness Holds Up R. Kelly Trial

But expect fireworks today as prosecution's big gun testifies

May 29, 08 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The R. Kelly trial will resume today, after the defense called a 24-hour halt so it could interview a surprise new witness. The defense said yesterday that someone called them, promising to undermine the prosecution’s key witness, who is expected to testify that she had a threesome with Kelly... More »

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celebrity trials • child pornography • witness • R. Kelly

Witness IDs Kelly In Child Porn Tape 

Singer's former assistant '110%'
certain it's him

May 28, 08 5:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Witnesses in the R. Kelly child-porn case have identified the singer and a young teen girl in a sex tape, reports the Chicago Sun-Times. “I didn't want to think it was them,” said Kelly’s former assistant, but on a second viewing, she was “110%” certain. The... More »

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trial • child pornography • sex tape • witness • R. Kelly

Senator Won't Testify in 'DC Madam' Case 

Defense rests without calling witnesses;
Vitter off the hook

Apr 14, 08 11:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Louisiana Sen. David Vitter will be spared an embarrassing trip to the witness stand in the trial of Deborah Palfrey, the so-called “DC Madam,” CQ Politics reports. The defense and prosecution both rested today, with the defense declining to call any witnesses. The Republican lawmaker, who has admitted... More »

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DC Madam • Deborah Jeane Palfrey • trial • David Vitter • witness

Divorce Judge Blasts Mills as 'Inaccurate'

Sir Paul's ex 'less than candid' in case but 'kindly', he says

Mar 18, 08 9:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Heather Mills was an “inconsistent and inaccurate” witness in her divorce hearings with Paul McCartney, the case judge said today. He described the ex-Beatle’s ex as “less than candid” and “less than impressive,” but tempered his critique by noting that Mills is a “kindly... More »

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Heather Mills • Paul McCartney • Beatles • divorce settlement • witness

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