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Disgraced US lawyer Murdaugh sentenced to life for murder of wife, son

In the culmination of the once-prominent lawyer’s fall from grace, Alex Murdaugh was sentenced to life in prison without parole Friday after being convicted of murdering his wife and son.

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Kohberger endorses public defender as attorney in hearing over possible conflict issue

BOISE, Idaho — The court-appointed public defender for Bryan Kohberger asserted she does not have a conflict of interest representing the University of Idaho homicide suspect after previously acting as attorney for a parent to one of the four stabbing victims, according to a newly unsealed legal filing.

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Chapeltown murder victim named by police as 29-year-old Peter Wass

Peter Wass was stabbed in the street near to the junction of Hamilton Place and Hamilton Avenue in Leeds

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Officer Andres Vasquez-Lasso’s shooting death is a tragic reminder of city’s gun violence

The officer was able to return fire in spite of his wounds, striking the suspect in the head as children playing at a nearby school ran for cover. The suspect, now charged with first-degree murder and several other offenses, had a brush with the law before.

Chicago Sun-Times

Alex Murdaugh sentenced to life in prison in US murder trial

South Carolina judge sentences former lawyer to two consecutive life sentences for murder of wife and son.

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Judge tells Alex Murdaugh his wife and son will ‘visit him every night’ in searing sentencing remarks

Judge Clifton Newman said that the evidence against Murdaugh was “overwhelming”.

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Watch: High Commissioner for Human Rights briefs council on situation in Palestine

Watch as Volker Turk, the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights, briefs the Human Rights Council in Geneva on the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

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South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh gets life in prison in murder of wife, son

The once-prominent lawyer maintained his innocence. “As I tell you again, I respect this court. But I am innocent.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Murdaugh Murders: Alex Murdaugh sentenced to life for killing wife and son

South Carolina lawyer has no hope of parole after being found guilty

Wales Online

Alex Murdaugh jailed for life without parole for shooting wife and son in double murder

Alex Murdaugh was found guilty of two counts of murder after his wife and their son were shot dead at their rural home in South Carolina, US, in a case highlighted in Netflix documentary Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal

Daily Mirror

Alex Murdaugh sentenced to life in prison for murders of his wife and son

Sentencing came little more than 12 hours after South Carolina attorney was found guilty of 2021 killings

The Guardian - US

Pope Francis pays tribute to Irish Bishop shot dead in California

Bishop O’Connell (69) was found dead on February 18 thlast at his home in Hacienda Heights in Los Angeles

Irish Mirror

Watch: Alex Murdaugh sentenced to life in jail after being found guilty of double murder

Watch from the South Carolina courtroom as Alex Murdaugh faces sentencing after being found guilty of double murder.

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh faces 30 years to life for murder of wife, son

South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh faces 30 years to life in prison after being convicted of killing his wife and son in 2021

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Britain's youngest female double murderer Lorraine Thorpe handed first parole hearing

Lorraine Thorpe was 15 when she and Paul Clarke tortured and murdered Rosalyn Hunt and her own father ,and was later jailed for life - but she's up for parole later this summer

The Conversation

3 ways to prevent school shootings, based on research

In the months leading up to his 2012 attack that killed 26 people in Newtown, Connecticut, a 20-year-old man exhibited a cascade of concerning behaviors. He experienced worsening anorexia, depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder. His relationships deteriorated, and he became fixated on mass murders.

Los Angeles Times

It's hard to find a job if you've been in jail. A new program in LA County is trying to fix that

LOS ANGELES — The tight job market has made it easier for millions of Americans to find work in recent years — unless they have a criminal record.

Evening Standard

Chris Kaba: Family demand answers six months on from police shooting

‘We have waited for six months already for the decision. We don’t want to wait for another six months’ - Helen Lumuanganu, Chris Kaba’s mother

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Alex Murdaugh: 5 clues that led police to killer from T-shirt to mystery phone call

Disgraced lawyer Alex Murdaugh shot dead his wife and their son in June 2021 on the family's hunting estate in South Carolina, US, in a case highlighted in the Netflix documentary Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal

Leeds Live

Police make direct plea after man, 29, stabbed to death in Chapeltown

West Yorkshire Police still have a cordon in place at Hamilton Avenue after a murder investigation was launched

The Independent UK

Family of Chris Kaba want action six months on from police shooting

Mr Kaba, 24, was killed on September 5 after a police pursuit of his car which ended in Streatham Hill, London.

Manchester Evening News

Alex Murdaugh found guilty of murdering wife Maggie and son Paul

The disgraced US lawyer was the subject of Netflix documentary Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal

Daily Mirror

Inside murderer Alex Murdaugh's abandoned $4million estate with sinister history

From the mysterious death of a housekeeper to being owned by a suspected drug smuggler, the murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh are just the latest grim details in the history of Moselle estate in Islandton, South Carolina, US

The Guardian - UK

‘Warfare is encroaching’: aid groups may have to cut back services in Haiti as violence grows

Médecins Sans Frontières operations threatened by armed incidents and shootouts at its hospitals, but closure would be a ‘catastrophe’ for Haitians

Evening Standard

Teen, 17, among six charged after New Malden shooting

Six people have been charged with attempted murder after a man was gunned down in a south-west London cul-de-sac.

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