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Hours Before Release,
Killer Dies in Prison

Jun 4, 2012 3:00 PM CDT

Hours Before Release, Killer Dies in Prison

Carl Wade was terminally ill with heart, lung diseases

(Newser) - Good things don't always come to those who wait: Last Tuesday, a California appeals court finalized its ruling that would have granted Carl Wade, a 66-year-old convicted killer, compassionate release. Wade, who was serving a 32-years-to-life sentence for a 1986 murder and suffering from heart and lung disease, was...

Alleged Body-Parts Killer
Caught in Berlin

Jun 4, 2012 10:22 AM CDT

Alleged Body-Parts Killer Caught in Berlin

Porn actor Luka Rocco Magnotta nabbed in German cafe

(Newser) - The international manhunt for Luka Rocco Magnotta ended today at an Internet café in Berlin, where police nabbed the porn actor/alleged killer, sources tell German newspaper Bild . Magnotta, who is accused of killing and dismembering a man on camera and then mailing the body parts to Canadian political parties, was...

Deputies Find
Dead Body in
Mountain
Bunker

fugitive standoff

Apr 28, 2012 1:14 PM CDT

Deputies Find Dead Body in Mountain Bunker

Seems Peter Keller shot himself during standoff with deputies

(Newser) - Authorities in Washington state say they've found a body in an elaborate bunker they had surrounded in the Cascade Mountains, and it appears to be that of a man wanted for killing his wife and teenage daughter last weekend. The King County Sheriff's Office sent word via Twitter...

Booming 'Murderabilia'
Sales Spur Outrage

Dec 30, 2011 12:44 AM CST

Booming 'Murderabilia' Sales Spur Outrage

Victims' rights advocates slam 'insidious and despicable industry'

(Newser) - Sales of the personal effects, letters, and even fingernail clippings of mass murderers and serial killers are stronger than ever thanks to the Internet, but victims' rights advocates say it's time to end the trade in "murderabilia," the Washington Post reports. Only eight states have laws banning...

Inmate Demands Calif. Pay for Sex Change

Inmate Demands California
Pay for Sex Change

Apr 20, 2011 2:20 AM CDT

Inmate Demands California Pay for Sex Change

Lyralisa Stevens sues for surgery to move to safer women's prison

(Newser) - A murderer is suing California, demanding the state pay for her sex change operation and move her from a men's prison to a safer women's prison. The state has provided Lyralisa Stevens, who lives as a female, with sex hormones since 2003 when she began a 50 year-to-life...