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he New York State Parole Board ruled Monday that Pablo Costello will have to wait until at least August before getting another shot at freedom. Costello and a partner killed Officer David Guttenberg in a botched robbery of a Brooklyn auto repair shop in 1978.
Read More →Holim Lee, identified by family and friends and the suspected shooter of San Diego police officer Christopher Wilson, is a former Coast Guard member whose career included commendations as well as a criminal history.
Read More →Police identified the slain officer as Christopher Wilson, a 17-year patrol officer and field trainer in the Southeast Division. San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders described Wilson to the San Diego Union-Tribune as "popular, funny, extremely bright and a consummate professional."
Read More →The man convicted of the ambush killing of New York Police Officer Russel Timoshenko apparently used the gun he used on the officer to shoot another man a day earlier.
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On June 2, 1965, Dep. O'Neal Moore and Dep. David "Creed" Rogers were patrolling near their homes in Varnado, a very small town on the Mississippi border. The deputies were heading for a stop at the Moores' house for dinner. They never tasted the meal.
Read More →When asked to enter a plea in his trial of the ambush killing of Officer John Pawlowski, Rasheed Scruggs stood and said, "I'm guilty of first-degree murder, and I'm sorry."
Read More →A 23-year-old man who shot and killed a Phoenix police officer who was attempting to arrest him at a check-cashing store in 2007 will face the death penalty.
Read More →Four judges wrote a strongly dissenting opinion to the decision, arguing the death sentence had been properly reached and should not be overturned based on error found "in a handful of words buried in the government's summation."
Read More →Because he stole the trooper's weapon, Edward Wong could face the death penalty under North Carolina's felony murder rule that allows it for anyone who kills someone during a robbery.
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Small town cops are just as likely to be killed as their big city counterparts.
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