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Duke Lacrosse Accuser Indicted for Murder [VIDEO]

Apr 20th 2011 – 10:01AM
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Ohio to Execute Man for Killing Fellow Jail Inmate

Apr 12th 2011 – 7:35AM
AP

AP

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio plans to put a man to death Tuesday who killed a fellow Cincinnati jail inmate over the changing of a TV channel as he awaited sentencing for the aggravated murder of a fellow drug trafficker over stolen money, drugs and incriminating documents. Clarence Carter, 49, is to be executed by lethal...

Sailor Charged With Murdering Officer on British Nuke Sub

Apr 11th 2011 – 9:00AM

LONDON -- A Royal Navy sailor appeared in court Monday, charged with murdering an officer and shooting at three other crewmen in a gun spree aboard a British nuclear-powered submarine. Able Seaman Ryan Donovan, 22, spoke only to confirm his name, age and address during the brief hearing at Southampton Magistrates' Court...

Man Gets 20 Years to Life in Death Wish Murder of Motivational Speaker

By David LohrApr 4th 2011 – 1:47PM
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The man convicted of murdering a debt-ridden motivational speaker who prosecutors say wanted to arrange his own death was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison today in New York. Kenneth Minor, 36, had been found guilty of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of 52-year-old Jeffrey Locker. Minor argued that Locker...

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Youth Radio -- Youth Media International: One Teen's Fate: The Math Of A 100-Year Sentence

Jun 01st 2012 - 09:26PM

SAN FRANCISCO - Should a judge be able to sentence a 16-year-old to 110 years in prison if he didn't actually kill anyone?

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Josh Sugarmann: Seattle Mass Shooting Latest by a Concealed Handgun Permit Holder

Jun 01st 2012 - 03:45PM

Another day, another mass shooting committed by a private citizen legally allowed to carry a concealed, loaded handgun in public.

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Ray Allen Brown Allegedly Used Prosthetic Arm To Beat Robert Brindley To Death

Jun 01st 2012 - 12:39PM

An Arkansas man is accused of using his prosthetic arm and a rock to beat another man to death.

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Luka Rocco Magnotta Dismemberment: Jun Lin Allegedly Killed By Porn Actor

Jun 01st 2012 - 11:38AM

The man killed in a videotaped attack that was discovered after body parts were mailed to Canada's top political parties was a Chinese student, police said Friday, as authorities in France searched for the suspect, a Canadian porn actor.

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Doctor On Trial For Overdose Deaths Of Three Patients

Jun 01st 2012 - 11:02AM

Prosecutors will begin presenting evidence Friday in the case against a Southern California doctor accused of second-degree murder in the prescription drug overdose deaths of three patients.

murder News From the Web

  • 06/02/12 Egypt's Mubarak to be transferred to Cairo prison Source: NBC - WCNC NewsChannel 36 - Charlotte NC Egypt's state TV says that the country's prosecutor general has ordered ousted leader Hosni Mubarak to be transferred to a Cairo prison to serve his life sentence.
  • 06/02/12 Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak gets life in... Source: Press & Sun-Bulletin - Binghamton NY CAIRO (AP) Egypt's ex-President Hosni Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison Saturday for his role in the killing of protesters during last year's revolution that forced him from power, a verdict that caps a stunning fall from grace for a man who ruled the country as his personal fiefdom for nearly three decades.
  • 06/02/12 Egypt's Mubarak to be transferred to Cairo prison Source: Minden Press-Herald - Minden LA Egypt's state TV says that the country's prosecutor general has ordered ousted leader Hosni Mubarak to be transferred to a Cairo prison to serve his life sentence.
  • 06/02/12 Zimmerman credibility could be issue in legal case Source: CW - KTLA 5 - Los Angeles CA The credibility of Trayvon Martin's shooter could be an issue at trial after a judge said that George Zimmerman and his wife lied to the court about their finances to obtain a bond, legal experts say.
  • 06/02/12 Top Stories: Man says he'll stand by lover accused of... Source: Birmingham Mail - Birmingham - West Midlands - UK A BOYFRIEND pledged to stand by his partner – minutes after she stood in a Midland dock accused of trying to kill him by running him over.

Background on murder

Murder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human, and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide (such as manslaughter).

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