Defense: Killer abused as child fuels plea for mercy
In Trenton New Jersey jurors hear from Jesse Timmendequas's lawyer that his client was sexually abused by his father and raised amid violence and alcoholism. The defense argues mitigating factors offset death while prosecutors urge the death penalty for the murder of Megan Kanka.
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Megan Kanka
Jesse Timmendequas
Roy Greenman
Timmendequas
Greenman
Jesse
Megan
Lewis Korngut
Korngut
Kevorkian trial opens in small Ionia setting
In Ionia Michigan a local jury will be chosen for Dr. Jack Kevorkian's first assisted death by own action trial outside Detroit. Prosecutors say Loretta Peabody died from potassium chloride after a videotaped consultation with Kevorkian.
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Dr. Kevorkian
Detroit
Peabody
Ionia
Oakland County
Kevorkian
Global headlines mix elections and ancient fossils
From New Delhi to Harare and beyond, reports note unusual internal elections in India's Congress Party, ivory trade pleas by Botswana Namibia and Zimbabwe, a bribery case for South Korea's president's son, a lost American couple in Malaysia, Oman dinosaur fossils, a 98 year old in Norway’s reserve, Haiti's premier resigning amid election rigging, and regional political tensions shaping runoff outcomes.
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India
Congress Party
Congress
Federal Election Commission
Harare
Zimbabwe
Botswana
Namibia
U.N
Kim Hyun-chul
South Korea
Kim
Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
Rosny
Smarth
Organization of American States
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Aristide
Turkish hijackers surrender on Air Malta jet in Cologne
Two Turkish men claiming a bomb forced entry into an Air Malta Boeing 737 bound for Istanbul from Malta. After three hours, they surrendered to Cologne police with no injuries aboard the 80 passengers and crew. The fake bomb had no danger.
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Germany
Air Malta
Malta
Howard Kreiss
Winrich Granitzka
Mehmet Ali Agca
Italy
Agca
U.N. Human Rights Commission
Juergen Roters
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