Tag: Murder Prosecutions: Page 13

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'Hiccup Girl' Charged With First-Degree Murder

Jennifer Mee, who appeared in television shows in 2007 after an unrelenting case of the hiccups, has been charged with first-degree murder for allegedly luring 22-year-old Shannon Griffin to a house where he was fatally attacked and shot by two men.

October 24, 2010

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Phoenix Cop Says He's Not Guilty of Murder

Phoenix Police Officer Richard Chrisman, 36, entered a not-guilty plea to charges of second-degree murder charge for the on-duty shooting death of an unarmed suspect.

October 20, 2010

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Georgia Deputy's Murder Trial Begins

Jury selection has begun in the trial of an ex-DeKalb County Sheriff's deputy accused of murdering his wife and a day laborer.

October 18, 2010

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Oregon Reserve Deputy Indicted for Murder

Steven Monte Crum has been arrested for the murder of Jessica Rae Killian, whose body was discovered on Oct. 4 on a farm. A firearm was used in the crime.

October 13, 2010

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Supporters Rally for ATF Agent Facing Murder Charge in Virgin Islands

Members of FLEOA and other law enforcement officers are gathering to object to a second-degree murder charge against Special Agent Will Clark of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.

October 11, 2010

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Texas Detectives Use Online Database to Locate Murder Suspect

Huntsville detectives entered the name of a suspect in the murder of a 17-year-old girl into LeadsOnline, a database used to track stolen goods. Only days later, the suspect was apprehended in Iowa after police followed a lead using information acquired from the database.

September 22, 2010

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Jury Seated In BART Trial: No Blacks

After a day of questioning of potential jurors on Thursday in the Los Angeles murder trial of the former officer, a judge empaneled a jury of eight men and four women that includes seven whites, four Latinos and one Indian American.

June 8, 2010

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Mehserle's Intent Is the Focus of BART Trial Starting Today

The defense will argue not that Mehserle acted in self defense, but that the shooting was accidental because Mehserle believed he drew his Taser in the four seconds he drew his sidearm and fired.

June 1, 2010

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Subject Killed in New Year's 2009 BART Incident Had Criminal Past

Defense attorneys representing Officer Johannes Mehserle in a murder trial that begins Wednesday in Los Angeles plan to call to the stand a San Leandro, Calif., police officer who says Oscar Grant ran from him and a fellow officer with a loaded pistol in 2006 after a traffic stop, forcing the officers to shock him with a Taser and then kick him when he wouldn't put his hands behind his back.

May 31, 2010

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Jury To Hear Last Words of Undercover Houston Officer Killed by Illegals

Henry Canales recorded the audio using a wristwatch microphone during an operation to sell $35,000 of electronics to a group that included two illegal aliens now on trial as accomplices in the shooting.

May 17, 2010

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Murder Trial of Washington Officer Begins

A Washington jury heard opening statements in the trial of an Everett (Wash.) Police officer who is facing murder and manslaughter charges for firing eight shots that killed a drunk driver.

April 14, 2010

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Trial Date Set For Pittsburgh Cop Killer

The man accused of killing three Pittsburgh officers a year ago will be tried on a multitude of charges beginning Oct. 12 over the objections of the attorney assigned to defend him, an Allegheny County judge has ruled.

April 6, 2010