Man Accused in La. Killings Gets Life
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A man accused of the serial murders of seven women was sentenced Monday to life in prison without parole in the first of a series of scheduled trials.
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Two men found guilty of stabbing a City lawyer to death are due to be sentenced.
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A convicted serial killer was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for the 1974 slaying of a 19-year-old Western Michigan University student.
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A judge spared a double-murderer who was to die Thursday, on a request from the prosecutor's office that helped send him to death row.
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An aging, reputed Ku Klux Klansman is facing life in prison at his sentencing hearing in federal court Friday for his role in the abduction and killing of two black teenagers more than 43 years ago.
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Earlier this week, several police officers charged in a deadly shooting during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina returned to work. Now, some await word about whether they will face the death penalty.
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A confessed serial killer was convicted of murder Wednesday in a case brought by prosecutors desperately trying to keep him from getting out of prison in less than two years.
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A Florida judge handed down death   sentences on Thursday to two men convicted of the brutal   slayings of six people in a dispute triggered by missing   property, including a video game system.
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A race promoter convicted of the 1988 murder of car racing legend Mickey Thompson and his wife was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison with no possibility for parole.
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A man facing execution in Texas for driving the car a murderer escaped in has his sentence commuted to life.
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A confessed serial killer was put away for the rest of his life Tuesday after being convicted in a murder case brought by Michigan prosecutors in a desperate bid to keep him from getting out of prison less two years from now.
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A killer whose life was spared last year when Illinois' governor emptied out death row could again face a death sentence &#151; this time in Missouri &#151; if convicted of murdering his boss in St. Louis.
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A former Ku Klux Klansman is jailed for life in the US for his role in the abduction and murder of two black teenagers.
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Two men are jailed for life for murdering a father-of-two in his own home in a case of mistaken identity.
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A former pawn shop owner was sentenced to life in prison on Friday for the killing of his estranged wife and shooting of the judge who handled their bitter divorce.
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A man who has been on death row for 20 years for the murder of a toddler is to be freed after a plea bargain.
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A man whose death sentence for impulsively killing a woman during a 1992 robbery was opposed even by some capital punishment supporters was executed by injection early Friday.