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Cleveland Suspect Withdraws Insanity Plea
August 2, 2010 · Leave a Comment
A Cleveland man charged with killing 11 women and hiding their remains in and around his home has withdrawn his plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. Anthony Sowell’s plea was changed to not guilty during a pretrial hearing on Wednesday. Defense attorney John Parker tells The Plain Dealer newspaper that the switch was made after the judge asked if Sowell could be sent to a psychiatric clinic for evaluation. Parker says it’s too early for that because the defense still doesn’t have Sowell’s military, medical or prison records. He tells the paper the plea could be changed... [Read the full story]
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Manhattan DA Uses Sting to Stop Blackmailing of Letterman
October 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment
An employee of CBS News was recently indicted on charges of blackmail in a plot against David Letterman. Manhattan’s District Attorney, Robert Morgenthau, reported the indictment against Robert Halderman on Friday, telling authorities that he had used an undercover sting operation to reveal the plot. Letterman reported that he had discovered a package filled with embarrassing photographs and e-mails in his limosine. Letterman’s attorney delivered the evidence to the prosecutor’s office, which set up a sting operation at a hotel. New York police detectives set up recording and... [Read the full story]
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Cleveland Suspect Withdraws Insanity Plea
August 2, 2010 · Leave a Comment
A Cleveland man charged with killing 11 women and hiding their remains in and around his home has withdrawn his plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. Anthony Sowell’s plea was changed to not guilty during a pretrial hearing on Wednesday. Defense attorney John Parker tells The Plain Dealer newspaper that the switch was made after the judge asked if Sowell could be sent to a psychiatric clinic for evaluation. Parker says it’s too early for that because the defense still doesn’t have Sowell’s military, medical or prison records. He tells the paper the plea could be changed... [Read the full story]
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Virginia Company Pleads Guilty to Arms Dealing
August 2, 2010 · Leave a Comment
An Arlington company has pleaded guilty to trying to sell guns, night vision goggles and other military equipment to people in Yemen and Libya. At a hearing Thursday in federal court in Alexandria, a representative for Taipan Enterprises Ltd. pleaded guilty to unlawfully brokering sales of military equipment. The company was ordered to pay a $15,000 fine, the amount recommended by prosecutors. The company was never actually able to sell any equipment. Defense lawyer John Hundley said the small fine is evidence that the company’s conduct was relatively minor. The company’s president... [Read the full story]
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Court Throws Out Death Penalty for Slayer of Three
August 2, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The Arkansas Supreme Court has ordered a new sentencing for a death row inmate convicted of killing his girlfriend and her two young children around the holidays in 2006. Justices on Thursday upheld James Aaron Miller’s murder conviction but ordered that he be resentenced. Miller was convicted of killing Bridgette Barr, 5-year-old Sydney Barr and 2-year-old Garrett Barr while the children visited their mother in Fort Smith for Christmas. The children lived with their father in Oklahoma. Justices ruled that two witnesses should not have been allowed to recommend that the jury impose the death... [Read the full story]
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Cleveland Suspect Withdraws Insanity Plea
A Cleveland man charged with killing 11 women and hiding their remains in and around his home has withdrawn his plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. Anthony Sowell’s plea was changed to not guilty during a pretrial hearing on Wednesday. Defense attorney John Parker tells The Plain Dealer newspaper that the...
[Continue reading: Cleveland Suspect Withdraws Insanity Plea]Court Throws Out Death Penalty for Slayer of Three
The Arkansas Supreme Court has ordered a new sentencing for a death row inmate convicted of killing his girlfriend and her two young children around the holidays in 2006. Justices on Thursday upheld James Aaron Miller’s murder conviction but ordered that he be resentenced. Miller was convicted of killing Bridgette...
[Continue reading: Court Throws Out Death Penalty for Slayer of Three]Virginia Company Pleads Guilty to Arms Dealing
An Arlington company has pleaded guilty to trying to sell guns, night vision goggles and other military equipment to people in Yemen and Libya. At a hearing Thursday in federal court in Alexandria, a representative for Taipan Enterprises Ltd. pleaded guilty to unlawfully brokering sales of military equipment. The company...
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