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Former Doctor Convicted in DWI Crash That Killed Carolina Ballerina

A former North Carolina doctor has been sentenced to at least three years in prison for causing the 2009 drunken driving crash that killed 20-year-old ballerina Elena Bright Shapiro. Raymond Cook, once a prominent plastic surgeon, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, felony death by motor vehicle and driving...

Watch Mehserle Sentencing [LIVE STREAM]

(Nov. 5) -- After being found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of unarmed African-American commuter Oscar Grant, Johannes Mehserle, a white police officer for the BART commuter railway in the San Francisco Bay Area, appeared in an Oakland courtroom today to learn his sentencing. Grant had been riding BART...

Johannes Mehserle's Apology Letter [Full Text]

(July 9)--Four days before he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter by a Los Angeles jury, former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle wrote a handwritten letter in which he described his feelings toward Oscar Grant, the man he shot and killed on a train platform. On Friday, Mehserle's lawyer, Michael Rains,...

Opinion: The Mehserle Jury Got It Right

(July 9) -- The death of Oscar Grant seems clear cut. Lying face-down on a BART train platform in Oakland, he was shot in the back by a uniformed security officer and killed. Thursday, the trial of the shooter, Johannes Mehserle, concluded. The verdict: guilty -- of involuntary manslaughter. The result: protests in the...

Mehserle Guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter

(July 8) -- A jury has found BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Oscar J. Grant III. Mehserle, who is white, shot Grant, who was black, in the back at close range as he lay face down on a Bay Area Rapid Transit platform. Following the incident riots erupted in downtown...

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05/31/12 Family of Woman Killed in Texting Accident Shows... Source: Fox4kc.com - Kansas City KA A 16-year-old girl charged in April with involuntary manslaughter, third-degree assault, and operating a motor vehicle while texting in a crash that killed a woman in September 2011, was sentenced Thursday in a Platte County court.
10/14/11 Conrad Murray trial: Jury off, lawyers meet with judge Source: ABC - KABC 7 - Los Angeles CA Jurors got a day off in the Conrad Murray trial Friday, but attorneys from both sides must appear before the judge.