Word: murdered
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...York City resident charged with murdering a Cambridge man in a Harvard University dorm had his probable cause hearing, originally scheduled to take place yesterday, moved to Oct. 19. Jason Aquino, who has been charged with murder, firearm use in a felony, accessory after the fact, and armed robbery, is accused of participating in the killing of Justin Cosby, a 21-year old Cambridge resident unaffiliated with the University, in Kirkland House earlier this year. Authorities arrested Aquino this July in his Harlem apartment, and he was arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court the next day. He pled not guilty...
Blayn “Bliz” Jiggetts, 19, was arrested in Harlem in early June and is the second man to be apprehended by police. He was arraigned in Manhattan over the summer but refused to return to Massachusetts voluntarily to face charges, which also include first-degree murder. Prosecutors have thus far failed to obtain the warrant needed to extradite Jiggetts to Massachusetts...
Jabrai J. Copney, 20, was the first to be arrested and arraigned after he turned himself in to police in late May. He’s since been indicted on five charges including first-degree murder, and he pleaded not guilty to all the charges. Police say that Copney, an aspiring songwriter, pulled the trigger on Cosby...
...International Cooperation Siala told reporters in Tripoli that Libya thinks now is a good time to ask Britain to investigate an assassination plot several years ago against Gaddafi - a plot which British officials deny ever existed. For its part, Britain wants Libyan officials to divulge information about the murder of British police officer Yvonne Fletcher, who was shot outside the Libyan embassy in 1984. What happens next between Britain and Libya could reveal whether al-Megrahi's release was the start of closer ties or the beginning of a long political...
...Washington The Supreme Court Steps In On the Death Penalty Troy Davis, a Georgia man sentenced to death in 1991 for the murder of an off-duty cop, has long maintained his innocence. In the first decision of its kind in nearly 50 years, the U.S. Supreme Court is giving him a chance to prove it. The court ordered a federal judge in Georgia to hear new evidence in the case, including the fact that seven of nine key witnesses have recanted their original testimony. The ruling highlighted the Justices' divergent views on death-row appeals: "The substantial risk...