Throwing Out a Murder Confession -- and Conviction -- in Virginia
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Almost a decade after admitting he took part in a brutal rape and murder, a former Navy sailor may now go free. His confession, it turns out, could have been false
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Prosecutors withheld evidence that might have led to the dismissal of child pornography possession charges against former JonBenet Ramsey slaying suspect John Mark Karr, defense lawyers told a judge Tuesday.
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The justice department is set to overturn the convictions of three men after it emerged mistakes were made in the case.
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Description: The Justice Department asks a federal judge to throw out convictions against a suspected terrorist cell in Detroit, citing prosecutorial misconduct.
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A judge has dismissed an exonerated prisoner's claim that investigators and a prosecutor violated his civil rights by framing him in a murder for which he spent 17 years on death row.
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John W. Warner of Virginia said include whether suspects can be excluded from their trials and what types of evidence would be admissible.
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WASHINGTON - The Justice Department has asked a judge to throw out the convictions of a suspected terror cell in Detroit because of prosecutorial misconduct, reversing course in a case the Bush administration once hailed as a major victory in the war on terrorism, legal sources said Tuesday.    The department told U.S...
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A New Jersey man who pleaded guilty to murder after his lawyer and prosecutors mistakenly told him that he risked being executed if he didn't confess isn't entitled to a new trial, a federal appeals court ruled.
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Yes, yes, I know. An indictment is not a conviction. We need to observe due process. I know that, too.
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A man who was formally cleared of murdering his ex-girlfriend pleaded guilty on Monday to the killing after a change to Britain's law allowed the concept of "double jeopardy" to be set aside in murder cases.
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By Jennifer Latson, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Jun. 25--NEWPORT NEWS -- Newport News Commonwealth's Attorney Howard Gwynn ruled this afternoon that a police officer who shot and killed a man in February was justified in the shooting.
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Prosecutors seek to admit evidence of what they say are Michael Jackson's  "prior offences" in his trial.
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One of the two men accused of the murder of at least 19 women and children in India makes a confession.
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A US woman who drowned her five children has had her murder convictions quashed on appeal.
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News directors: UPDATES with additional details JARRATT, Va.  _ A Halifax County man who pleaded guilty to killing three neighbors in a long-running dispute over a driveway was executed tonight.
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By Matt Dees, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 15--DURHAM -- A murder suspect with a lengthy rap sheet was released from jail Sunday after giving a police officer and a magistrate a false name.   It's the latest chink in the armor of the Durham County Magistrate's Office.
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FAIRFAX, Va. -- Lawyers for convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad asked a judge to throw out charges against him, saying prosecuting him again violates his right against being tried twice for the same offense.