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Opinion: Not Mental. Not Muslim. Just a Killer

Over a hundred years ago, President Theodore Roosevelt launched a profound concept of social justice by stating: "I shall see to it that every man has a square deal, no more and no less." And now with the release Thursday of a Senate report on Maj. Nidal Hasan and the Fort Hood shooting, and the tragic shootings in...

Ala. Professor Won't Be Charged in 1993 Mass. Mail Bomb

BOSTON (Sept. 30) -- A former professor accused of killing three colleagues in a shooting rampage in Alabama earlier this year won't be charged in an attempted mail-bombing in Massachusetts 17 years ago. The chief federal prosecutor in Boston said the initial investigation into two pipe bombs that were mailed to a...

Woman's Alleged Shooting Spree Rarity in Workplace Violence

(Sept. 10) -- The woman police say went on a deadly shooting rampage at a Pennsylvania factory Thursday night represents a rarity in the annals of workplace violence. Shootings like the one in which a woman is alleged to have killed two people and wounded two others at a Kraft Foods plant in Philadelphia account for fewer...

Police: Man, 81, Set Off Bomb in Ala. Senior Complex

(Sept. 7) -- Authorities in Alabama are trying to determine why an 81-year-old man made a bomb that detonated in his apartment at an 8-story-tall senior center, killing him. Residents of the Summer Manor Apartments in northeast Decatur were evacuated, but no injuries were reported. "It is kind of hard to say what his...

Accused Professor Attempts Suicide in Jail, Source Says

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (June 18) - The biology professor charged with killing three Alabama university colleagues in a shooting rampage attempted suicide in jail early Friday, a source with knowledge of the case told The Associated Press. Amy Bishop, 45, survived and has been returned to a cell at the Huntsville jail after...

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05/23/12 Memorial Day: The short story of Miss Amy Bishop and... Source: Vernon County Broadcaster - Viroqua WI Her name is cast on the plaque, a concrete marker located on the lawn of the Vernon County Courthouse.
05/11/12 Alabama Supreme Court rejects request to delay... Source: The Montgomery Independent - Montgomery AL The Alabama Supreme Court Friday rejected a request by James Anderson, the husband of accused UAH shooter Amy Bishop, to delay discovery in a civil lawsuit until Bishop's murder trial is complete.

Background on amy bishop

At the University of Alabama in Huntsville in Huntsville, Alabama, three people were killed and three others wounded in a shooting on February 12, 2010. During the course of a routine meeting of the biology department attended by approximately 12 individuals, a professor stood up and began shooting those closest to her with a 9-millimeter handgun.

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