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DNA helps free Texas man convicted in wife’s death (AP)

AP – Texas prosecutors agreed Monday to release an Austin man who spent nearly 25 years in prison for beating his wife to death — but always maintained his innocence — after DNA tests showed another man was responsible.

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Gay porn star convicted of attempted murder

A ’90s gay film star with the nom de porn Ryan Idol faces 15 years in prison for a toilet tank lid murder try. Former Playgirl centerfold Marc Anthony Donais was convicted this week of attacking his estranged girlfriend in a jealous rage on Sept. 5, 2009.

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Law school student outed as convicted murderer

A Tulane University law school student has a unique perspective on the legal system compared to his classmates – a murder conviction.

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AP IMPACT: 35,000 worldwide convicted for terror (AP)

In this July 29, 2011 photo, Naciye Tokova, a Kurdish mother and housewife, who was sentenced to seven years in jail for helping rebels who are described by Turkey as terrorists, speaks during an interview in her home in Kurtalan, Siirt in southeastern Turkey. The key piece of evidence against Tokova, who is illiterate, was the sign that she held up at a protest. It said: 'Either a free leadership and free identity, or resistance and uprising until the end.' The punishment stems from the Turkish state's homegrown narrative of terrorism, one that pre-dates the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks and is rooted in the bloody legacy of Kurdish rebel chief Abdullah Ocalan, jailed since 1999. Activists counter that Tokova was denied the right to free assembly and expression and hardly qualifies as a terrorist accomplice.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)AP – At least 35,000 people worldwide have been convicted as terrorists in the decade since the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States. But while some bombed hotels or blew up buses, others were put behind bars for waving a political sign or blogging about a protest.


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Man convicted of murdering daughters, spouse after her lesbian affair, could face death penalty

A fired government worker in Missouri – unhinged over his wife’s lesbian affair — has been convicted of brutally murdering his two teen daughters, spouse, and her grandmother in eastern Kansas.

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Woman convicted of child abuse in hot sauce case (AP)

Jessica Beagley, 36, is shown before court on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011, in Anchorage, Alaska. A jury convicted her of misdemeanor child abuse for squirting hot sauce into the mouth of her adopted Russian son as punishment in what prosecutors said was a ploy to get on the 'Dr. Phil' TV show.  (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)AP – A woman who squirted hot sauce into the mouth of her adopted Russian son for lying about getting in trouble in school was convicted Tuesday of misdemeanor child abuse in what prosecutors said was a ploy to get on the “Dr. Phil” TV show.


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Deal frees 3 men convicted in Cub Scout slayings (AP)

Eddie Vedder of the rock band Pearl Jam, left, embraces Damien Echols, one of three men released Friday, Aug. 19, 2011, at the Craighead County Court House in Jonesboro, Ark., after pleading guilty to crimes they say they did not commit. The three men, convicted of killing three 8-year-old Cub Scouts and dumping their bodies in an Arkansas ditch in 1993, were freed from nearly two decades in prison Friday, after they agreed to plead guilty to secure the release Echols from death row. Vedder became a key supporter of the men after watching a pair of documentaries about the case. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)AP – Sentenced to die for the terrifying slayings of three Cub Scouts, Damien Echols once came within three weeks of being executed.


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