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Inside the Badge by Dean ScovilleJune 19, 2013

In Praise of Straight-Shooting Brass

"I suspect the only reason 110 rounds was all that was fired was that's all the ammunition they had," Sheriff Grady Judd responded. "We were not going to take any chance of him shooting back."

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 18, 2013

W.Va. Sheriff's Alleged Killer Denied Bail

A judge has denied bail for the suspect who allegedly shot and killed Mingo County (W.Va.) Sheriff Eugene Crum while he ate lunch in his patrol car.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 13, 2013

Fla. Executes Inmate In CO's Death

The state of Florida administered a lethal injection Wednesday to a death row inmate convicted of killing a corrections officer during a botched jail break nearly three decades ago.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 6, 2013

Ore. Cop Killer's Release Rescinded

An ex-logger convicted of fatally bludgeoning a John Day (Ore.) Police officer two decades ago won't be paroled on Friday, after the state's parole board reversed its decision.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 29, 2013

Oregon to Parole Cop Killer

Oregon's parole board has brushed off objections from law enforcement to release a logger convicted of beating to death a John Day Police Department officer. Sidney Dean Porter, 52, is scheduled to go free on June 7.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 16, 2013

Houston Cop Killer Put To Death

A man who killed a Houston Police officer 14 years ago received a lethal injection Wednesday evening after his appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court failed. Jeffrey Demond Williams fatally shot Houston Police Officer Troy Blando in 1999.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 15, 2013

Wash. C.O.'s Killer Gets Death

The Washington inmate convicted of strangling Officer Jayme Biendl in a prison chapel received a death sentence from a jury this afternoon. With the sentence, Byron Scherf becomes the ninth man on Washington's death row.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 13, 2013

Slain NYPD Cop's Partner Chokes Up In Court

The partner of slain NYPD cop Peter Figoski choked up in court yesterday as he testified in the trial of two Brooklyn men accused in the botched robbery that led to the fatal shooting.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 10, 2013

Inmate Guilty In Wash. C.O.'s Slaying

A convicted rapist may face the death penalty after a Snohomish County, Wash., jury on Thursday found him guilty of first-degree murder for strangling a corrections officer.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 20, 2013

Mistrial Declared In Miami Cop's Killing

Eight jurors wanted to acquit Dennis Escobar of the 1988 killing of a popular Miami patrolman. But four, bothered by key facts of Escobar's role in the slaying—some detailed in testimony from his own wife—couldn't agree to a not-guilty verdict

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