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Md. teen to be tried as adult in dad's slaying

HAGERSTOWN, Md. – A judge on Thursday ordered a 15-year-old tried as an adult on a charge of soliciting her father's stabbing death in a case that points toward a showdown over her mental state. While the defense may argue Danielle Black has 05 30 2009 10:57AM (...more)

Teen gets 25 years in prison for killing classmate

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A Florida teen convicted of killing her high school classmate has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. A jury convicted 16-year-old Teah Wimberly of second-degree murder in December,
03 31 2010 8:50PM (...more)

Insanity defense planned for suspect in Smart case

SALT LAKE CITY – Attorneys for the man charged in the 2002 kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart are telling a federal judge they plan to present an 03 14 2010 4:35PM (...more)

Mass. judge turns down 'Rockefeller' new trial bid

BOSTON – A Massachusetts judge has turned down a new trial request by a man who called himself Clark Rockefeller. Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter (GAYR'-hahrtz-ry-tur) was convicted last year of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter and assaulting a 03 10 2010 3:46AM (...more)

DC mother gets 120 years in decaying bodies case

WASHINGTON – Even as Banita Jacks was sentenced to 120 years in prison Friday for killing four daughters whose bodies were found decomposing in her rowhouse, the girls' lives remained
12 20 2009 3:09AM (...more)

Lawyer: Son's child sex admission drove dad insane

HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. – A 15-year-old Michigan boy admitted having sex with a 3-year-old girl, so enraging his father that the man pulled a gun, marched the teen to an empty lot and shot him through the head, the father's defense attorney said Tuesday. The lawyer for Jamar Pinkney
12 2 2009 8:35PM (...more)

NYC man pursues insanity defense in doctor slaying

NEW YORK – David Tarloff lives in a deeply troubled inner world. He was diagnosed as schizophrenic and hospitalized more than a dozen times before hacking a Manhattan psychologist to death with a meat cleaver. He has called himself the Messiah and was known to wander his apartment
11 4 2009 9:59AM (...more)

Conviction in doubt for DC mom who killed 4 girls

WASHINGTON – A woman who was expected to be sentenced Friday to life in prison for murdering her four daughters could instead walk free under a scenario outlined by the judge who found her guilty, though such an outcome still faces
10 29 2009 12:30AM (...more)

APNewsBreak: 'Rockefeller' fights conviction

BOSTON – Lawyers for the man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller are asking a Boston judge to throw out his kidnapping and assault convictions. The defense is challenging the credibility of the state's mental health expert .
06 27 2009 5:19PM (...more)

Kidnap trial starts for German posing as Rockefeller

BOSTON, Massachusetts (AFP) – A German man who fooled friends and family into believing that he was a member of the illustrious Rockefeller clan went on trial Tuesday for the alleged abduction of his daughter. The man that US authorities now say is Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter,
05 27 2009 10:55PM (...more)