Surprise appeal in Canadian serial killer case
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia  - Prosecutors asked for a new trial for Canadian serial killer Robert "Willie" Pickton on Monday, saying he should have faced all 26 murders counts and not just the six he was found guilty of last month.
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A man accused of being the Phoenix Baseline Killer was sentenced to 438 years in prison Friday for the sexual assaults of two sisters. Mark Goudeau still faces trial for the slayings of eight women and a man in 2005-2006, and faces a possible death sentence if he is convicted. He has pleaded not guilty.
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The killer of British tourist Peter Falconio seeks a second appeal against his murder conviction in Australia.
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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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The defence in the multiple murder trial of Canadian pig farmer Robert Pickton is due to begin calling witnesses.
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The man convicted of murdering teacher Jane Longhurst is due to hear if his appeal has been successful.
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The man convicted of killing York backpacker Caroline Stuttle is appealing against his conviction.
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Police appealed for public help in solving the BTK serial killings case again Thursday after tracking down another communication that may have come from the killer.
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The family of a boy who died in an E.coli outbreak want a manslaughter charge against a butcher reconsidered.
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BOWDEN, Alta. (CP) - A Manitoba pedophile who strangled a 13-year-old girl stunned his parole hearing Wednesday by admitting he committed crimes against 16 other people.
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The case of a suspected agent raises questions about security at the U.S.-Canada border and what the alleged agent was after in the first place
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A fresh appeal to track down the killer of Nairn bank manager Alistair Wilson is launched a week after his murder.
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TORONTO (CP) - Convicted Ontario schoolgirl killer Karla Homolka, considered a real danger to reoffend by the National Parole Board, could quietly slip into any community across Canada after her release next July.
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The Supreme Court on Thursday lifted a stay of execution for a serial killer who wants to be put to death, but another court order continued to block what would be New England's first execution in 45 years.
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Canadian police are hunting the killer of a teenager shot dead at a Toronto school, a crime that shocks the city.
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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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DNA found in a car owned by an accused killer may have come from one of his victims, a court hears.