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manslaughter stories: 33 news summaries

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 Ex-NBA Star Cops Plea 
 in 2002 Shooting 

Jayson Williams averts retrial, expected to serve 18 months

Nov 19, 09 12:09 PM CST
(Newser) - Former New Jersey Net Jayson Williams has agreed to a plea bargain in the 2002 shooting death of a limo driver and the subsequent attempt to cover up his involvement. Under the deal, he will plead guilty tomorrow to aggravated assault, receive a sentence of 3 years, and serve a... More »

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NBA • basketball • New Jersey Nets • manslaughter • plea bargain • shooting • criminal charges • Jayson Williams • cover-up • Jayson Williams plea bargain

Dad Busted for Kidnapping Daughter's Killer

German was trussed up, dumped at French courthouse

Oct 22, 09 3:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - A French man has been arrested after the German convicted of killing his daughter was found bound, gagged, and dumped in front of a French courthouse. Cardiologist Dieter Krombach was found guilty in absentia by a French court for killing 14-year-old Kalinka Bamberski in 1982, but German authorities refused to... More »

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Germany • France • kidnapping • extradition • manslaughter • Andre Bamberski

Ex-Fiancé of Reality TV Star Beaten to Death

Atlanta cops arrest suspect in slaying of Housewives figure

Oct 3, 09 3:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Police have arrested a suspect in the high-profile beating death of a man formerly engaged to one of the Real Housewives of Atlanta. AJ Jewell died of massive head injury last night after a fight outside a strip club he partly owned. He appeared on several episodes of the reality... More »

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reality TV • Atlanta • manslaughter • Real Housewives of Atlanta • Kandi Burruss • AJ Jewell

 High-Profile 
 Murders 
 Haunt Yale 

Race and class issues feature heavily in killings from past

Sep 15, 09 5:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Graduate student Annie Le's murder is just the latest in a series of high-profile killings to rock Yale University in recent history, reports Gawker, which dubs the university "Murdertown of the Ivies." The Yale killings too often feature a troubling mix of race, class, and bungling by authorities,... More »

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Yale University • Ivy League • crime • murder • New Haven • manslaughter • Annie Le

 Family Member 
 Tipped Off Cops 
 to Jackson Drugs 

Cops suspected murder early on, warrant shows

Aug 28, 09 1:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Police searched Michael Jackson’s rented mansion in Bel Air the day after he died when a family member told them they’d found what looked like heroin there, AP reports. Tests found that the substance was not heroin, but investigators discovered other drugs in Jackson’s home: pot, generic... More »

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heroin • marijuana • Valium • Bel Air • manslaughter • Michael Jackson • search warrant • Conrad Murray

 Jacko Doc 
 Will Face 
 Manslaughter: 
 Fox Source 



Dermatologist will also be charged: law enforcement

Aug 19, 09 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Jackson doctor Conrad Murray will be charged with manslaughter in the next two weeks, a law enforcement source tells Fox News. Authorities want to carry out a final search warrant next week, probably at a Los Angeles pharmacy, to build evidence against Murray before they make an arrest. Jackson’... More »

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medical malpractice • manslaughter • Michael Jackson • warrant • Conrad Murray • celebrity death • Arnold Klein

 Jackson Doc: 
 'I Have Faith 
 the Truth 
 Will Prevail' 

'I told the truth,' Murray says in YouTube post

Aug 18, 09 3:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dr. Conrad Murray posted a YouTube message today thanking friends and patients for support through the trial-by-media that has all but convicted him of complicity in Michael Jackson’s death, the Los Angeles Times reports. Murray says that the current frenzy means he can’t return calls or use email.... More »

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LAPD • American media • manslaughter • Michael Jackson • Conrad Murray

 Browns' Stallworth 
 Suspended for 
 '09 Season 

Broke league's 'substance-abuse,' 'personal conduct' rules

Aug 13, 09 11:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Donte’ Stallworth has been suspended without pay for the 2009 NFL season, the Plain Dealer reports. The Browns wide receiver, who pleaded guilty in June to DUI manslaughter committed in Miami in March, violated league policies on personal conduct and substance abuse. Stallworth is banned from taking part in any... More »

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NFL • Cleveland Browns • football • DUI • substance abuse • manslaughter • suspension • Donte' Stallworth

(AP) - A law-enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation into Michael Jackson's death says the star's personal doctor administered the powerful drug authorities believe killed him. Jackson regularly received the anesthetic Propofol to go to sleep. The official, who requested anonymity because the probe is ongoing, said today that Dr. Conrad... More »

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entertainment • overdose • manslaughter • Michael Jackson • anesthetic • Conrad Murray • celebrity death • Propofol

Marseilles Cops Probe Madonna Stage Collapse

Company behind it made LA stage that caved in last year

Jul 17, 09 7:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Police in Marseilles have launched a manslaughter investigation into the Madonna stage collapse that killed two and injured ten others, the Times of London reports. Police plan to question dozens of witnesses, analyze videotape, and read over commercial contracts. The company that built the stage—and constructed a Madonna stage... More »

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France • collapse • manslaughter • Madonna • fatalities • injuries • stage

Doctors Could Face Charges in Jackson's Death

Anyone who gave the
pop star Diprivan was 'reckless, outrageous'

Jul 14, 09 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - If all the reports and rumors swirling around Michael Jackson’s death are accurate, his doctors should be worried, Time reports. Police have indicated that they’re considering criminal charges, and the investigation reportedly centers on those doctors. TMZ has reported that Jackson may have been administered Diprivan, which... More »

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prescription drugs • manslaughter • Michael Jackson • coroner's report • Los Angeles County Coroner • toxicology • celebrity death • Diprivan

Jackson Doc Gives LAPD
the Brushoff

Murray may face manslaughter charge
if linked to anesthetic

Jul 11, 09 3:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - The doctor by Michael Jackson's side when he went into cardiac arrest may face manslaughter charges if the LAPD concludes he gave the pop star a powerful anesthetic, TMZ reports. Dr. Conrad Murray isn’t cooperating with authorities, sources say, but investigators have evidence linking him to Propofol, a drug... More »

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prescription drugs • LAPD • manslaughter • cardiac arrest • Michael Jackson • police investigation • Conrad Murray • Propofol

(Newser) - Donte’ Stallworth pleaded guilty to DUI manslaughter today, the Miami Herald reports, as part of a deal that will send him to prison for 30 days. After that, the Browns receiver will serve two years of house arrest and eight years' probation in the March 14 crash that killed... More »

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Cleveland Browns • football • DUI • vehicular manslaughter • drunk driving • manslaughter • Donte' Stallworth

(Newser) - Three families of victims in the Air France crash have signed on as plaintiffs in a manslaughter probe into the Air France crash, reports the BBC. Under French law, they'll now have access to investigative files. The Paris prosecutor launched the probe last week, which is routine in such cases.... More »

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investigation • prosecutor • crash • plane crash • manslaughter • probe • records • airplane • Air France • Air France Flight 447 • plaintiff

 Hubby to Serve 
 Year in Newlywed 
 Wife's Dive Death 

Alabama man admits letting his bride sink to her death off the Great Barrier Reef

Jun 5, 09 3:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Alabama man will serve 12 months in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the death of his wife off Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the Guardian reports. Gabe Watson, an experienced diver trained in rescue procedures, made no attempt to save his wife, a novice diver, as she sank... More »

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Australia • murder • drowning • manslaughter • diving • Great Barrier Reef

Praying Pilot Gets 10 Years
for Fatal Crash

16 died after Tunisian pilot failed to take emergency measures

Mar 25, 09 1:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - A pilot who appealed to Allah instead of taking emergency measures has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in a crash that killed 16 people, the Guardian reports. When the plane's engines stopped, the Tunisian pilot panicked, prayed and crash-landed in the sea when he should... More »

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Tunisia • Italy • plane crash • manslaughter • prayer

 Closing Arguments  
 Begin in Spector Retrial 

Music producer could get lesser manslaughter charge

Mar 23, 09 10:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Attorneys begin closing arguments today in the second murder trial of music producer Phil Spector—proceedings which drew little attention after a media frenzy surrounding the first, which ended with a hung jury, the AP reports. Spector, 69, faces a second-degree charge in the 2003 death of actress Lana Clarkson,... More »

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Phil Spector • Lana Clarkson • crime • murder • manslaughter • murder trial

US Doc Faces Charges in 13 Aussie Deaths

Manslaughter hearings set against former surgery boss

Feb 8, 09 4:56 AM CST
(Newser) - An American doctor faces charges of negligence and manslaughter in 13 patient deaths in an Australian hospital, AP reports. Dr. Jayant Patel, former head of surgery in a state-run Queensland hospital, failed to disclose disciplinary measures taken against him by medical boards in both New York and Oregon. Patel faces... More »

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Australia • surgery • extradition • manslaughter • negligence • Jayant Patel

(Newser) - William Zantzinger, the white Maryland tobacco farmer immortalized in a Bob Dylan song for the 1963 killing of a black Baltimore barmaid, has died. Zantzinger, inebriated from a night on the town, struck Hattie Carroll with a cane when she was slow bringing him a bourbon. Carroll, a 51-year-old mother... More »

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Maryland • Bob Dylan • racism • Baltimore • song • civil rights • manslaughter • William Zantzinger • Hattie Carroll

Big Dig Manslaughter Charge Dropped After $16M Deal

Company made epoxy whose failure resulted in death in Boston tunnel

Dec 17, 08 3:02 PM CST
(Newser) - The legal wrangling around a 2006 Boston tunnel collapse that killed one woman appears to finally be over, the Globe reports. In exchange for a $16 million fine, prosecutors have dropped manslaughter charges against Powers Fasteners, which manufactured a supposedly fast-setting epoxy that failed to support ceiling panels. Powers must... More »

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Boston • construction • collapse • Big Dig • manslaughter • manufacturer • settlement • tunnel • highways • punitive damages

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