Experts: Verdicts unusual in murder case
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An unusual verdict in the case of a former police officer accused of killing his pregnant lover opens up possible grounds for appeal if he's sentenced to death, some legal experts say.
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The fact that jurors did not immediately return a sentence recommendation for Scott Peterson bodes well for the man convicted of murdering his wife and her fetus, legal observers said.
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Twelve years ago, forensic scientist Henry Lee mesmerized jurors with his analysis of scientific evidence in O.J. Simpson's murder trial. Holding up a photo of what he said was a shoe print he declared ominously: "Something's wrong."
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One murder case has attracted special attention amid a debate over the safety of antidepressant use in children and teenagers.
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Andrea Yates, the Houston mother  serving life in prison for drowning her five children in a case  that shocked America, had her murder convictions overturned by  a state appeals court on Thursday because of flawed testimony  by an expert witness.
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Expert: $135 million verdict in alcohol liability case should send wakeup call to teams
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The consultant who guided prosecutors in the selection of a jury in the Scott Peterson trial said Saturday the guilty verdict vindicates the way the Stanislaus County district attorney prosecuted the case.
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Special prosecutors in Colorado said Friday that DNA found on a murder victim does not match the man convicted for her murder. Tim Masters should be freed immediately while he awaits a new trial, they added. The case of the horrific 1987 killing and 1999 trial has pitted cop against cop and raised many questions about whether an innocent man was convicted.
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Two people are found guilty of murdering a 45-year-old woman whose battered body was dumped in a lay-by.
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There's not much middle ground in the legal community when it comes to opinions of local prosecutor Mike Nifong's most famous case.
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As they prepare to wrap up their murder case against Scott Peterson in the death of his pregnant wife, Laci, even prosecutors have acknowledged that their case has at times left jurors scratching their heads.
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It is hard to think of a case in which a murderer should become a medical doctor. Murder and medical practice are simply incompatible.
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The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned a man's death sentence and murder conviction in the slayings of two college students, saying the murder count should have been tried in Pennsylvania where they were killed.
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TORONTO (CP) - Jurors convicted an innocent man of murder on the basis of an absurd Crown theory, a key witness whose testimony changed under hypnosis and the strong likelihood the real criminal was notorious sex killer Paul Bernardo, Ontario's highest court heard Wednesday.
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An investigator had serious misgivings about decisions being made on the case by senior S.E.C. officials.
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A divided appeals court Wednesday overturned the conviction and death sentence of a man condemned for killing and beheading his common-law wife's three children.