second degree murder – World Justice News

New York Man Found Guilty of Family’s Triple Shotgun Murders: ‘Justice Finally Is Done’

June 22, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Chris Harris This week, for the second time in five years, jurors returned guilty verdicts against a New York man who fatally shot his mother, stepfather and stepbrother during the summer of 2011, PEOPLE […]

Sarra Gilbert convicted of murder; ‘she was … aware of what she was doing,’ juror says

April 28, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Patricia R. Doxsey, Daily Freeman KINGSTON, N.Y. >> Sarra Gilbert was convicted of second-degree murder Thursday in the brutal stabbing death of her mother — a repudiation of the defense claim that she was […]

Baby Kate accused Sean Phillips acquitted of first-degree murder

October 12, 2016 World Justice News 0

A judge has acquitted Sean Phillips of first-degree murder charges in the case of the disappearance of Katherine (“Baby Kate”) Phillips. Judge Peter Wadel issued a directed verdict on the first-degree murder charges midday Tuesday, Oct. […]

Canadian legal profession resists cameras in court

September 18, 2016 goattank 0

In what was probably the most watched moment in a criminal trial in Canadian history. Justice Denny Thomas read his reasons for finding Travis Vader guilty of second degree murder as more than 100,000 people watched […]

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Report finds ‘clear human rights failures’ in southern Scotland

October 7, 2026 0

A new report has found “clear human rights failures” across the south of Scotland with basic obligations on food, health and housing not being met. The study was carried out over eight different local authority […]

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Christa Pike set to be first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years still alive after two lethal injections

October 1, 2026 0

A Tennessee death row inmate set to be the first woman to be executed by the state in more than 200 years is still alive after being administered two lethal injections, her lawyers have said. […]

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Killer Christa Pike is to be executed within days – but her defence say she’s a victim too

September 27, 2026 0

Ashlee Sellars last heard from her friend Christa Pike earlier this week, when Pike texted her from her cell on death row as she prepares to be killed by lethal injection by the US state […]