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Pennsylvania resident Scott Schollenberger Jr., 43, has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for his role in torturing and starving his 12-year-old son, Maxwell. The horrific abuse resulted in Maxwell's death in 2020, with the coroner concluding that he died from dehydration, malnutrition,
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A former soldier who struggled with PTSD and depression descended into violence, attempting to murder his friend after telling him "I'm going to have to kill you." Peter Ormes, 56, was handed a life sentence with a minimum term of seven years and 25 days after
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The US Justice Department has announced a plea agreement with Travis and Greg McMichael, two men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery. However, Arbery's parents have denounced the deal, calling it a betrayal. The agreement, which still requires the approval of US District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood, would
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US District Judge Lisa G. Wood has rejected a plea deal in the federal hate crime case of Travis McMichael, one of the men accused in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. The deal would have limited McMichael's sentence to 30 years in federal prison. The rejection came after
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A new lawsuit has been filed in Michigan over the shooting at Oxford High School that killed four students and wounded six others, including a teacher. The lawsuit, announced by Detroit-area attorney Ven Johnson, is on behalf of the parents of one student slain and others who witnessed the shooting.
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Ryan O'Connor, 26, was attacked and stabbed in Newport in June last year. Lewis Aquilina, Elliott Fiteni, Kyle Raisis, Ethan Strickland, Joseph Jeremy, and a 17-year-old co-accused have pleaded not guilty to murder, manslaughter, and robbery. The court heard transcripts of police interviews with Fiteni and Strickland, detailing
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The federal trial for three former Minneapolis police officers, J. Kueng, Thomas Lane, and Tou Thao, is set to begin Thursday, as they face charges of violating George Floyd's constitutional rights while Officer Derek Chauvin used his knee to pin Floyd to the ground. The officers are broadly
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The federal trial for three former Minneapolis police officers, J. Kueng, Thomas Lane, and Tou Thao, is expected to be a complex case as prosecutors try to prove each officer willfully violated George Floyd's constitutional rights. The trial follows a state trial later this year on counts of
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In a significant breakthrough, the city police in Mangaluru arrested five individuals, including a notorious rowdy-sheeter, Akash Bhavan Sharan alias Rohidas, who has 22 cases, including six for murder, against him. The gang was involved in a robbery case reported at Chelyaru in Surathkal police limits on December 8. The
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A critical investigation led by Scotland's former top prosecutor Dame Elish Angiolini QC will examine whether warnings signs were ignored regarding the behavior of Wayne Couzens, a police officer who murdered Sarah Everard. Couzens was jailed for life after pleading guilty to kidnapping, raping, and murdering Everard. The
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On Friday afternoon, a failed cash-in-transit robbery in Brakpan resulted in the death of a 44-year-old father and injuries to his wife and children, as well as to security guards inside the G4S cash truck. The incident occurred when a Mercedes Benz sedan allegedly rammed the cash truck, causing it
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A 27-year-old cold case in Atlanta has finally seen some resolution, as authorities confirmed they have identified the man responsible for the rape and murder of 14-year-old Nacole Smith in 1995. Although the suspect, Kelvin Arnold, passed away in August 2021, his identification brings a sense of closure for Nacole&
