Tag: Cop Killers: Page 49

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Former Ala. Trooper Who Murdered Trooper Girlfriend Leaves Prison

A onetime Alabama trooper who fatally shot his trooper girlfriend as she sat in her patrol car left prison Sunday after serving a 25-year prison sentence for the crime.

October 9, 2012

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Court Upholds Ga. Cop Killer's Death Sentence

A convicted Georgia cop killer remains on death row, after a federal appeals court rejected his argument that he had ineffective counsel. Robert Wayne Holsey's lead attorney, Andrew Prince, drank a quart of vodka every day during trial.

September 19, 2012

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Killers of NYPD Cop Bid for Parole

Four men convicted in the 1988 killing a young New York City police officer will be coming up for parole for the first time in November.

August 29, 2012

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Second Suspect Arrested In Philly Cop's Killing

A second suspect in the murder of Philadelphia Police Officer Moses Walker Jr. was apprehended in Alabama on Sunday at the very hour when hundreds were gathering at a North Philadelphia church to pay their respects to the slain patrolman.

August 26, 2012

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'Onion Field' Cop Killer Dies In Prison

Gregory Powell, who kidnapped two Los Angeles Police officers and killed one of them, has died at a prison medical facility in Vacaville. Powell, 79, fatally shot Officer Ian Campbell on March 9, 1963 in what became known as the "Onion Field" case.

August 12, 2012

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Release of Ind. Cop Killer Outrages Community

A man once given the death penalty for fatally shooting an Indiana town marshal in the back left prison Sunday nearly 30 years after the crime. William Spranger was convicted of killing William Miner and had been given the death penalty.

July 30, 2012

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NYPD Cop's Killer Was Police Informant

One of the three killers of a New York Police Department officer was a registered police informant at the time of the shooting.

July 29, 2012

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Man Charged In Ala. Cop's 2002 Slaying

Birmingham (Ala.) Police this afternoon announced they have filed charges against a man in the 2002 shooting death of Birmingham Police Officer Joseph Jerome Daniels.

July 26, 2012

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Ark. Cop Killer Faces Death Penalty

An Arkansas man was convicted of capital murder Thursday for killing a police officer who begged him not to shoot. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.

July 25, 2012

Special Units

Gang Member Gets Life for Killing Calif. Cop

The Vineland Boys street gang member who shot and killed a Burbank (Calif.) Police Department officer during a traffic stop pleaded guilty to the crime Tuesday and was immediately sentenced to life in prison.

July 24, 2012

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DA to Seek Death Penalty for Killing of Off-Duty N.C. Officer

Marques Brown, 27, is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting that killed Goodson at a local gas station while the officer was attempting to serve a warrant for Brown’s arrest. Goodson was off duty and assisting another officer at the time of the shooting.

July 18, 2012

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Parole Denied To Kansas Trooper's Killer

The Kansas Prisoner Review Board denied parole to George Rainey, who shot and killed a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper in 1981.

July 12, 2012