A sniper serving life in prison for terrorizing the Washington, D.C., region as a teenager must get new sentencing hearings in Virginia, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. The 3-0 decision by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denies ...
Read More »Verdict slip in meningitis outbreak trial creates confusion
People who lost loved ones in a fungal meningitis outbreak traced to tainted steroids were stunned when a pharmacy executive was acquitted of murder charges in 25 deaths, and some legal experts are questioning whether the vote by the jury ...
Read More »Ex-FBI agent charged with lying during ‘Whitey’ Bulger trial
A former FBI agent who was once second in command of the agency’s Boston office lied on the stand during gangster James “Whitey” Bulger’s trial and overstated his professional accomplishments, federal officials said Thursday in announcing a perjury case against ...
Read More »Bombing trial enters penalty phase amid life or death debate
The guilt phase of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s trial was considered a predictable victory for prosecutors, especially after his lawyers bluntly admitted during opening statements that he participated in the deadly 2013 attack. But the outcome of the next ...
Read More »Dzhokhar Tsarnaev convicted in Boston Marathon bombing
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was convicted Wednesday in the Boston Marathon bombing by a federal jury that now must decide whether the 21-year-old former college student should be executed.
Read More »Prosecution rests its case against Boston Marathon bomber
Prosecutors rested their case against Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Monday after jurors in his federal death penalty trial saw gruesome autopsy photos and heard a medical examiner describe the devastating injuries suffered by the three people who died in the 2013 terror attack.
Read More »Defense admits Tsarnaev carried out Boston Marathon bombing
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev went on trial for his life Wednesday in the Boston Marathon bombing with his own lawyer bluntly telling the jury he committed the crime. But she argued that he had fallen under the influence of his older brother.
Read More »Boston Marathon bombing defense likely to focus on dead brother
The best chance to save the life of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev might be to put his dead brother on trial.
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