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Legislator wants to eliminate 'not guilty by reason of insanity' option

Legislator wants to eliminate 'not gulty by reason of insanity' option. A Massachusetts state representative...
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Wonder what the sentence would be if he'd killed the man with a Chevy?

Wonder what the sentence would be if he'd killed the man with a Chevy? A South Carolina man has been sentenced to three years probation for killing...
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21 years ago this week the smell of rotting flesh led to another killer

21 years ago this week the smell of rotting flesh led to another killer. Twenty-one years ago this week, neighbors...
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Killing suspect says he was threatened with death penalty if he didn't confess

Killing suspect says he was threatened with death penalty if he didn't confess. Curtis Lavelle Vance, charged in the October 2008 of an Arkansas TV...
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Insane killer escapes from field trip to county fair

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In 1987 Phillip Arnold Paul killed an elderly woman in Sunnyside, Washington. He doused her body with gasoline, to throw off search dogs, and buried...
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Murder suspect checks himself out of the hospital

Murder suspect checks himself out of the hospital. Winston Dillon, 39, is one of two men who allegedly shot and...
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Female inmate dies after spending 4 hours in a 108-degree holding cell

Female inmate dies after spending 4 hours in a 108-degree holding cell. A 48-year-old woman inmate at the...
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Court throws out woman’s 24-year-sentence for accident that killed four people

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Court throws out woman’s 24-year-sentence for accident that killed four people. Melissa Helton plead guilty...
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Angry man convicted of murder erupts in Kansas courtroom

Angry man convicted of murder erupts in Kansas courtroom. Kelvin Phillips Jr., 22, was convicted of first degree...
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Man convicted of second-degree murder sentenced to four weekends in jail and probation

Man convicted of second-degree murder sentenced to four weekends in jail and probation. George Guild, 60, of St....
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