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Oct 16, 2024 | 
tspantx.com | Dan Slepian |Erik Ortiz
A Texas board on Wednesday rejected recommending clemency for a condemned man who would be the first in the nation to be executed for a case of “shaken baby syndrome.”Robert Roberson, 57, is scheduled to die by lethal injection Thursday after losing a string of appeals, including on Tuesday when a district court judge declined to vacate his execution warrant. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday also refused another request to halt his execution, as it had done last week.
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
nbcchicago.com | Erik Ortiz
A lawyer for Jay-Z said a “legal ultimatum” to talk show host Piers Morgan was necessary and prompted him to take the unusual step of editing an interview with a guest who claimed the hip-hop mogul and his wife, Beyoncé, are engaged in potentially criminal behavior in line with the allegations against Sean “Diddy” Combs. “Piers Morgan’s irresponsible broadcast filled with lies is so far over the line that a legal ultimatum was warranted,” Jordan Siev, one of Jay-Z’s lawyers, said Friday.
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Jun 27, 2024 | 
telemundoarizona.com | Erik Ortiz
Un juez presentó este jueves un plan para la fecha del juicio en junio de 2025 para el hombre acusado de asesinar a cuatro estudiantes de la Universidad de Idaho hace casi dos años, una señal de que después de meses de discusiones entre abogados sobre mociones legales en el caso de alto perfil, tanto los los familiares de los acusados y de las víctimas están más cerca de tener su día en el tribunal.
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Sep 5, 2023 | 
news.yahoo.com | Haylee Barber |Erik Ortiz |Craig Melvin |Carol Gable |Laura Jarrett
WALTERBORO, S.C. — Lawyers for convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh filed a motion Tuesday seeking a new trial after allegedly uncovering evidence of jury tampering.
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Sep 5, 2023 | 
msn.com | Haylee Barber |Erik Ortiz |Craig Melvin |Carol Gable |Laura Jarrett
WALTERBORO, S.C. — Lawyers for convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh filed a motion Tuesday seeking a new trial after allegedly uncovering evidence of jury tampering.
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Sep 1, 2023 | 
news.yahoo.com | Erik Ortiz
Two sisters and the teenage son of one of them who told family last year they would live "off the grid" died of hypothermia and malnutrition as they endured the elements in the Colorado wilderness, according to newly released autopsy reports. Christine Vance, 41, Rebecca Vance, 42, and Rebecca's 14-year-old son were identified in July after three "partially mummified" bodies were discovered in a remote campsite in the Gunnison National Forest.
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Sep 1, 2023 | 
flipboard.com | Erik Ortiz
Three found dead at remote Rocky Mountain campsite were trying to escape society, stepsister saysDENVER (AP) — The stepsister of a Colorado woman who was found dead along with her sister and teenage son at a remote Rocky Mountain campsite says the women fled into the wilderness after struggling to cope with societal changes in recent years, but they were unequipped to survive off the …
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Jul 21, 2023 | 
news.yahoo.com | Chantal Da Silva |Anthony Cusumano |Erik Ortiz |Abigail Brooks
The execution was carried out by lethal injection at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, the Alabama Department of Corrections said in a statement. Barber was pronounced dead by a physician at 1:56 a.m. local time (2:56 a.m. ET), it said.
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Jul 21, 2023 | 
msn.com | Chantal Da Silva |Anthony Cusumano |Erik Ortiz |Abigail Brooks
Alabama death row inmate James Barber was executed early Friday morning after the U.S. Supreme Court denied his request for a stay over fears that he could be subject to “substantial harm" following a series of failed lethal injection attempts in the state. The execution was carried out by lethal injection at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, the Alabama Department of Corrections said in a statement.
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Jul 17, 2023 | 
msn.com | Erik Ortiz |Brittany Kubicko
Authorities on Monday executed a search warrant of a second storage unit in Amityville, Long Island, related to the Gilgo Beach murders, a sprawling case that had long gone cold until the surprise arrest last week of a suspect in three of the deaths. The Suffolk County Police Department said an initial search warrant had been issued Sunday for a separate storage unit in Amityville.
