Hans Reiser Murder Trial Zeros in on Odd Behavior
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Week 5 in the Hans Reiser murder trial concludes with witnesses testifying the Linux programmer was acting strangely following his wife's disappearance. Nina Reiser, who was divorcing her husband, was last seen at his house. A neighbor said he saw Hans Reiser washing his driveway, wearing thick clothes on a warm summer night days after the woman vanished.
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The jury in Phil Spector's trial deliberated another full day without reaching a verdict, but left an intriguing clue about what's happening behind closed doors when they asked for a VCR.
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Namesys owner Hans Reiser will stand trial for the alleged murder of his missing wife. In 27B Stroke 6.
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An 86-year-old Nazi war crimes suspect charged with the killings of 164 Slovak villagers during World War II denied as his trial opened Thursday that he was involved in the shootings of women or children.
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KASSEL, Germany (Der Spiegel) - In his first television interview, German cannibal Armin Meiwes describes the taste of human flesh, provides a decent recipe for steak, explains his fascination with the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel - and insists that he's a normal person. In his first television interview, broadcast Monday night on RTL TV, Meiwes, 46, looked relaxed and healthy as he spoke about his decades-long yearning to consume another man. The case came to light in December 2002, and the grisly details made world headlines. Meiwes filmed himself killing, disemboweling and cutting up the corpse of computer engineer Bernd Brandes, 42, whom he had met after posting messages in Internet chatrooms seeking "men for slaughter." Meiwes, a computer repair man, was originally sentenced to 8 1/2 years for manslaughter but that verdict was overturned by Germany's federal appeals court which deemed it too lenient and ordered him to be retried on a murder charge.  The judge ruled Meiwes had killed to satisfy his sexual urges. The court ruling means Meiwes could be eligible for parole after serving a mandatory 15 years in jail. "I sauteed the steak of Bernd, with salt, pepper, garlic and nutmeg. I had it with Princess croquettes, Brussels sprouts and a green pepper sauce," said Meiwes. He froze meal-sized portions of Brandes, some in the form of minced meat, and ate more than 20 kilograms of it in the months following the March 2001 killing. "The flesh tastes like pork, a little bit more bitter, stronger. It tastes quite good," he said.  He said that when he was a child, he enjoyed his mother reading him the fairy tale "Hansel and Gretel," about a witch who traps two children and prepares to eat the boy. "The bit where Hansel is to be eaten was interesting. You wouldn't believe how many Hansels are whizzing around the Internet." Police estimate that around 10,000 people in Germany alone share Meiwes' fascination with cannibalism - either eating human flesh or being eaten. "He was close to me with every bite," Meiwes recalled, adding that Brandes had encouraged him to seek out other slaughter victims. "Bernd told me he didn't want to be on his own in the freezer for long," said Meiwes, who did indeed keep advertizing for fresh victims on the Internet until 18 months later, December 2002, when police arrested him after receiving a tip from a Web user.
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The way the bodies of five murdered women were left was "inconsistent", the Steve Wright trial is told.
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It took an off-the-cuff reference to a serial murderer/cannibal to punctuate the Robby Gordon storyline. Gordon has been vilified by his peers and put on probation
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A police officerâs death became a symbol for ill ground zero workers, but parts of his story appear not to be accurate.
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The only man ever brought to trial  for the 1986 murder of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme died  on Wednesday, leaving the case an enduring mystery after almost  20 years.
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Actor Robert Blake was seen acting oddly in a restaurant on the night his wife was killed, a court hears.
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Jurors who convicted a suburban housewife in the stabbing death of her millionaire psychotherapist husband decided the killing was not premeditated, but they had a hard time believing her.
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The trial of 29 suspects in the 2004 Madrid terrorist attacks opened Thursday under tight security, and a defendant accused of being one of the masterminds of the bombings said he had no involvement despite ...Comment
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ELKHORN, Wis., Jan. 7 -- A dead woman's letter pointing the finger at her husband helps prove he poisoned her, a prosecutor said Monday as the man's murder trial began. His defense called it a touch of over-the-top theatrics she used to frame him for her suicide as punishment for his cheating.
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âThe Unknown Soldierâ takes on the idea that ordinary German soldiers were for the most part unaware of and uninvolved in the worst crimes of the Nazi regime.
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The Phil Spector trial has been unfolding in all its weirdness in Los Angeles, California, for five months. The case is headed to the jury by Friday. Legal experts say the defendant's flashy dress and odd demeanor are likely to be a factor. Spector is accused of shooting actress Lana Clarkson to death.
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The only suspect ever brought to trial for the shock 1986 murder of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme died on Wednesday, leaving the case unsolved almost 20 years on.