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10 people have been charged with crimes committed during the Palisades and Eaton fires, Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced at a news conference Monday, Jan. 13.
Anthony Edward Martin (16 December 1944 – 2 February 2025) was an English farmer who shot a burglar dead in his home on 20 August 1999. [1] [2] There was sympathy for Martin from people who supported the right to defend their own homes, but prosecutors cast doubt on his evidence and pointed out that he did not have a valid firearms certificate. [3]
Hunter was also found guilty of first-degree murder of all six victims, conspiring to commit aggravated battery, tampering with physical evidence, abuse of a dead human body, and armed burglary of a dwelling. [6] He closed his eyes as the first "guilty" verdict was read, and stared straight ahead as he was further condemned to death.
After the protest, columnist Leonard Pitts dismissed claims that the crime was under-reported. He cited a 2001 report by the Berkeley Media Studies Group, which found that "Blacks and Latinos are underrepresented in news media as victims of crime and significantly overrepresented as perpetrators."
Feb. 29—LIMA — Judge Terri Kohlrieser handed down a sentence of a minimum of 13 years in prison to Hezekiah Williams for counts related to a November 2022 incident. Williams, 23, pled guilty ...
Jill Saward (14 January 1965 – 5 January 2017 [2]), also known by her married name Jill Drake, was an English campaigner on issues relating to sexual violence.. She was the victim of a violent robbery and rape in 1986 at a vicarage in Ealing, London, a crime for which the perpetrators' relatively lenient sentences led indirectly to changes in the law.
Past studies by the Justice Department revealed that burglary victims knew the burglar 30 percent of the time and the burglar was a stranger in 24 percent of the crimes. Most of the time (46 ...
Larry Gene Bell (October 30, 1949 [1] – October 4, 1996) was an American murderer and suspected serial killer in Lexington County, South Carolina, who was executed by electrocution for the murders of Sharon Smith and Debra Helmick.