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John Emil List (September 17, 1925 – March 21, 2008) was an American mass murderer [ 1] and long-time fugitive. On November 9, 1971, he killed his wife, mother, and three children at their home in Westfield, New Jersey, and then disappeared. He had planned the murders so meticulously that nearly a month passed before anyone suspected that ...
Mandatory Sentencing. Second Degree Manslaughter. Maximum of 10 years in prison (5 years for clean record) First Degree Manslaughter. Maximum of 15 years in prison (7-10 years for clean records) Third Degree Murder. Maximum of 25 years in prison (12.5 years for clean record) Second Degree Murder.
Wesson's victims were his own children, fathered by incestuous relationships with his daughters and nieces, as well as the children by his wife. David Alan Westerfield: Kidnapped and murdered 7-year-old Danielle van Dam. 21 years, 215 days Daniel Wozniak: Murder of PFC Samuel Eliezer Herr and his friend, Juri Kibuishi. 7 years, 320 days
2000. 15 life sentences plus 4 years. United Kingdom. Medical doctor believed to be one of the most prolific serial killers in the world, with more than 218 victims. Died by suicide at HM Prison Wakefield in 2004. [40] Robert Hanssen. 2001. 15 consecutive life sentences without parole.
v. t. e. In the common law, spousal privilege (also called marital privilege or husband-wife privilege) [ 1] is a term used in the law of evidence to describe two separate privileges that apply to spouses: the spousal communications privilege and the spousal testimonial privilege. Both types of privilege are based on the policy of encouraging ...
Wayne Bertram Williams (born May 27, 1958) is an American convicted murderer and suspected serial killer who is serving life imprisonment for the 1981 killings of two men in Atlanta, Georgia. [ 1] Although never tried for the additional murders, he is also believed to be responsible for at least 24 of the 30 Atlanta murders of 1979–1981, also ...
This is a list of miscarriage of justice cases.This list includes cases where a convicted individual was later cleared of the crime and either has received an official exoneration, or a consensus exists that the individual was unjustly punished or where a conviction has been quashed and no retrial has taken place, so that the accused is legally assumed innocent.
Death; reduced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole after appeal. Laci Denise Peterson ( née Rocha; May 4, 1975 — c. December 24, 2002) was an American woman murdered by her husband, Scott Lee Peterson (born October 24, 1972), while eight months pregnant with their first child. She disappeared in 2002, from the couple's ...