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This is a list of law enforcement officers convicted for an on-duty killing in the United States.The listing documents the date the incident resulting in conviction occurred, the date the officer(s) was convicted, the name of the officer(s), and a brief description of the original occurrence making no implications regarding wrongdoing or justification on the part of the person killed or ...
Virginia v. John Brown was a criminal trial held in Charles Town, Virginia, in October 1859.The abolitionist John Brown was quickly prosecuted for treason against the Commonwealth of Virginia, murder, and inciting a slave insurrection, all part of his raid on the United States federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
They served their sentences but their convictions were set aside in 2002 when DNA evidence cleared them and another man confessed to the crime. [ 23 ] John Bunn was one of 15 individuals whose convictions were overturned during 2013–2019 after long prison terms, in Brooklyn homicide cases involving the retired New York City Police Department ...
The Battle of Fairfax Court House was the first land engagement of the American Civil War with fatal casualties. On June 1, 1861, a Union scouting party clashed with the local militia in Fairfax, Virginia, resulting in the war's first deaths in action, and the first wounding of a field-grade officer.
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Antonio Mallet, right, delivers remarks as he had a wrongful murder conviction from 1990s overturned by Judge Alvin Yearwood at the Bronx Hall of Justice, Sept. 26, 2024.
Convicted for his role in the 2002 DC Sniper attacks and sentenced to multiple terms of life imprisonment in both Virginia and Maryland for the murders of ten victims. He was originally sent to Red Onion State Prison, following conviction, but was transferred to Keen Mountain Correctional Center in 2024. [17] [18] [19]
39-year-old man from Morgantown, West Virginia. One of the two men charged in connection with the death of Brian Sicknick. [117] Court records show that the men, who had grown up together in New Jersey [118] allegedly worked together to spray the officers with a toxic chemical that temporarily blinded them. [119] Devlyn Thompson Federal ...