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The Phoenix jury that convicted Jodi Arias of first-degree murder last week for killing her ex-boyfriend was deliberating Wednesday whether she should be put to death.The deliberations began after only about two hours of arguments over whether Arias' killing of Travis Alexander in 2008 showed that she was "especially cruel," one of the aggravating factors that Arizona law says justifies the death ...
A 12-year-old boy accused of fatally stabbing his 8-year-old sister appeared in juvenile court to face murder charges on Wednesday.The boy was formally charged with second-degree murder in the death of his sister, Leila Fowler. No plea was entered in the brief hearing, NBC station KCRA reported.Leila Fowler’s death and the boy’s report that an intruder was responsible triggered a two-week manhunt ...
The One Fund Boston, which has raised more than $30 million for victims of the Boston Marathon bombings, on Wednesday announced a final protocol for distributing the funds which they hope to have in claimants' hands by June 30.Claim forms, which are available on OneFundBoston.com, are due by June 15. After that, the requests will be reviewed and distributed on the final day of June."The outpouring...
A Texas woman was free on bail Wednesday on charges that she offered her 3-year-old son up for adoption on Craigslist to ease her anxiety.The woman, Stephanie Christine Redus, of Huffman, near Houston, was freed Tuesday after she posted $1,000 bond on a state charge of advertising the placement of a child, a misdemeanor. She is scheduled to be arraigned in Houston next week.No one answered the doo...
