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US Man Executed For Killing College Student, Raping His Sister In 1995
A man convicted of murdering a college student and raping his sister while the siblings were on a camping trip was executed in the southern US state of Florida on Thursday, prison officials said.
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US Prison Guards Beat Woman To Paralysis. Lawyer Says State Dodging Bills
When other inmates saw four guards beating a handcuffed Cheryl Weimar outside the prison compound, they initially thought she was dead. The mentally ill 51-year-old woman was limp as the male correctional officers delivered the blows, a federal lawsuit alleges. Her head bobbed along the ground, eyes rolled back.
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'Go Donald!': Inside The Russian Shadow Campaign To Elect Trump
A group called "Being Patriotic" had organized more than a dozen "Florida Goes Trump" rallies throughout the state - from Clearwater to Jacksonville to Miami. They bought Facebook advertisements for the occasion and hyped a "patriotic flash mob" for Trump. They even paid someone to build a large cage on a flatbed truck that could hold a costumed Hi...
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Florida Man Who Killed 3 Women Scheduled For Execution
Oscar Ray Bolin was first found guilty of murdering three women nearly 30 years ago. In the decades since, every one of the verdicts delivered by juries in three separate trials was reversed at least twice by appeals courts, although ultimately he was convicted again in each case: 10 times by 10 juries, to be exact.
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Life Sentence for US Man Who Shot Teen Over Loud Music
A Florida man who fatally shot a black teenager during an argument over loud music was sentenced on Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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US man fakes burglary to get out of work, lands in jail
Most people would fake illness to avoid going to work, but a desperate US man went so far as to stage a burglary at his house so he would have an excuse to stay home.
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US Man Executed For Killing College Student, Raping His Sister In 1995
A man convicted of murdering a college student and raping his sister while the siblings were on a camping trip was executed in the southern US state of Florida on Thursday, prison officials said.
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US Prison Guards Beat Woman To Paralysis. Lawyer Says State Dodging Bills
When other inmates saw four guards beating a handcuffed Cheryl Weimar outside the prison compound, they initially thought she was dead. The mentally ill 51-year-old woman was limp as the male correctional officers delivered the blows, a federal lawsuit alleges. Her head bobbed along the ground, eyes rolled back.
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'Go Donald!': Inside The Russian Shadow Campaign To Elect Trump
A group called "Being Patriotic" had organized more than a dozen "Florida Goes Trump" rallies throughout the state - from Clearwater to Jacksonville to Miami. They bought Facebook advertisements for the occasion and hyped a "patriotic flash mob" for Trump. They even paid someone to build a large cage on a flatbed truck that could hold a costumed Hi...
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Florida Man Who Killed 3 Women Scheduled For Execution
Oscar Ray Bolin was first found guilty of murdering three women nearly 30 years ago. In the decades since, every one of the verdicts delivered by juries in three separate trials was reversed at least twice by appeals courts, although ultimately he was convicted again in each case: 10 times by 10 juries, to be exact.
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Life Sentence for US Man Who Shot Teen Over Loud Music
A Florida man who fatally shot a black teenager during an argument over loud music was sentenced on Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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US man fakes burglary to get out of work, lands in jail
Most people would fake illness to avoid going to work, but a desperate US man went so far as to stage a burglary at his house so he would have an excuse to stay home.
