California Jury Recommends Death Penalty For Serial killer
Jurors in Los Angeles recommended the death penalty for Ivan Hill, dubbed the 60 Freeway Slayer, after convicting him of six counts of first degree murder in 1993 and 1994 killings of six women. Deliberation lasted four days amid testimony from relatives urging mercy.
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Man gets 26 years for journalist killing in DC
Michael C. Hamlin, 24, was sentenced to 26 years in prison after pleading guilty to second degree murder in the January 6, 2006 attack that killed veteran New York Times reporter David I. Rosenbaum. He testified against cousin Percey Jordan, 42, who was convicted of first degree murder in October and faces potential life without parole. Rosenbaum, 63, had retired.
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Girl Recovers After Rare Tumor Surgery In Indiana
A six pound infant named Ann Therese Felts is recovering from a rare heart tumor operation performed at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis. Doctors removed a racquet ball size tumor the day after her birth, with initial tests showing it benign and remaining cells unlikely to grow. Her parents describe the period as a gigantic episode while she remains on a ventilator.
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Attorneys urge court to uphold revised lethal injection rules
Lawyers for condemned killer Michael Taylor ask the 8th U.S. Circuit in St. Louis to back Judge Fernando Gaitan Jr. order requiring Missouri to fix its lethal injection protocol. They say the state abdicated control to an incompetent physician who altered anesthetic doses and failed to provide safeguards to prevent excruciating pain. The state contends lethal injections are humane and constitutional without a doctor's anesthesia supervision.
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New Jersey panel urges death penalty abolition
A 13 member commission created in 2005 recommended abolishing capital punishment in New Jersey and replacing it with life imprisonment without parole, citing higher costs and evolving standards of decency. The governor and Legislature support abolition, while some death row survivors oppose the report.
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New York weighs locker solution to school cell phones
Amid fury over a citywide cellphone ban in the nation’s largest school system officials explore lockers outside schools to store devices delaying court arguments. Critics say 4,300 lockers per James Madison High is unfeasible while students seek covert ways to keep phones during class.
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One Dead In 25 Car Pileup On I 10 East Of El Paso
A 25 car pileup on an icy foggy Interstate 10 near El Paso left one person dead and closed about 30 miles of the highway for hours. Investigators say a hit and run may have started the crash. The incident began in the eastbound lanes about 90 miles east of El Paso as snow dusted the area and ice formed on the highway. Traffic moved slowly in both directions by late Wednesday morning.
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Interstate 10
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Department of Public Safety
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Man gets prison for threatening kids
Christopher Young 36 was sentenced to one to 15 years for three counts of child abuse after pleading guilty. He had threatened to drive his three children off a cliff during a dispute with his wife over divorce, while jurors failed to reach a verdict on attempted aggravated murder.
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Donna Kelly
Young
Student dies in high school shooting in Tacoma hallway
A 14 year old freshman named Sam Sao witnessed the first day back at Fess High School when a student shot and killed another student in a hallway at 7:30 a.m. Police captured the suspected shooter about two hours later wandering in a nearby neighborhood. The motive remains under investigation.
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Fess High School
Mark Fulghum
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Fess
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