Court Voids Conviction in 1988 Murders
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The N.Y. appellate ruling means Martin H. Tankleff, in prison for 17 years for the murders of his parents, will get a new trial.
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VANCOUVER (CP) - The National Parole Board has revoked the parole of a man convicted of killing four people near 100 Mile House in 1996.
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Prosecutors moved Friday to drop the murder case against a man freed after nearly a decade in prison, but stopped short of saying he was exonerated by the DNA evidence that led a judge to overturn his conviction.
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A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that a federal judge was wrong to overturn a guilty verdict against a former naval intelligence officer accused of kidnapping and murdering his wife, and found that there was no evidence to support the judge's contention that the prosecution committed misconduct.
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Police in Fort Collins, Colorado, still are arguing about the case two decades after the sexually mutilated body of Peggy Hettrick turned up near Tim Masters' home. When Masters was convicted, prosecutors thought the case was closed. But a judge is re-examining decisions made years ago and the case is dividing the law enforcement community.
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A court Wednesday convicted an author of directing the killing of a businessman in a crime that bore eerie similarities to a murder he described in a novel three years later.
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LOS ANGELES - A federal appeals court today threw out a judge&#39;s ruling that awarded $88.5 million to former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith from the estate of her late husband, a Houston oil tycoon who died at age 90 just over a year after they wed.
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A federal appeals court agreed Tuesday to postpone the execution of a man convicted of a series of murders in the 1980s.
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A judge on Thursday cleared a 38-year-old man of all charges in connection with the 1988 Omagh bombing, which killed 29 people in what was Northern Ireland's worst atrocity in 30 years of violence.
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The Kentucky Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a murder conviction in the 1994 sniper death of a University of Kentucky athlete, saying the prosecutor committed a "flagrant" violation of the U.S. Constitution.
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The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday threw out the state's 1994 death penalty law, ruling that it was unfair because it gave prosecutors an advantage when jurors were asked to balance aggravating and mitigating circumstances at sentencing.
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The Court of Appeal quashes the convictions of five young Muslim men jailed over extremist literature.
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday halted the execution of a man who killed his parents nine years ago.
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A Briton whose US murder conviction was quashed after 18 years on death row has spoken of his anger.
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Prosecutors dropped murder charges Tuesday against a Texas man who spent 17 years on death row for a crime he may not have committed.
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The Suffolk County District Attorney announced on Wednesday that he was dropping the charges against Martin H. Tankleff for the 1988 murders of his parents.
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A federal judge threw out the conviction of Kevin A. Howard, citing a ruling in a similar case in which the juryâs verdict was vacated.