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• Gunman kills 3 in US church

  Published: August 12, 2007, 9:41 pm

  Tags: Law Crime Justice, Crime, Police, Murder Manslaughter, United States

  Three people have been killed and up to five others wounded after a gunman opened fire during a church service in Neosho, in the central US state of Missouri, local media reports say.

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• Mill Park man to face court over stabbing murder

  Published: September 4, 2007, 7:21 pm

  Tags: Law Crime Justice, Crime, Courts Trials, Murder Manslaughter, Australia, Vic, Melbourne 3000

  A man is due to face court today, charged over the stabbing murder of a woman in Melbourne's north.

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• Police response to deadly domestic row under investigation

  Published: September 4, 2007, 5:37 pm

  Tags: Police, Murder Manslaughter, Qld, Southport 4215

  An investigation is under way into the delayed police response to a domestic dispute on Queensland's Gold Coast that ended with the death of a 36-year-old woman.

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• Policeman admits changing witness statements in murder case

  Published: September 5, 2007, 2:20 am

  Tags: Law Crime Justice, Courts Trials, Judges Legal Professionals, Police, Murder Manslaughter, Perth 6000

  The Assistant Police Commissioner Mal Shervill has been grilled at a Corruption and Crime Commission inquiry about why conflicting descriptions of a suspicious man near the scene of the 1994 murder of Pamela Lawrence were matched to Andrew Mallard.

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• US general, two officers sanctioned in Haditha killings probe

  Published: September 5, 2007, 7:00 pm

  Tags: Law Crime Justice, Crime, Courts Trials, Unrest Conflict War, Murder Manslaughter, Iraq, United States

  A two-star general and two other officers have been censured for failing to promptly investigate the killings of 24 civilians at Haditha, Iraq, but were cleared of a cover-up, the military said.

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• Family angry over latest Balding murder appeal

  Published: September 6, 2007, 5:00 am

  Tags: Law Crime Justice, Crime, Courts Trials, Murder Manslaughter, Australia, Nsw, Sydney 2000

  Two men convicted of the 1988 murder of Sydney woman Janine Balding are challenging their life sentences in the High Court.

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• Govt 'mishandled' Mokbel extradition

  Published: September 6, 2007, 6:43 pm

  Tags: Government Politics, Foreign Affairs, Law Crime Justice, Crime, Police, Murder Manslaughter, Australia, Melbourne 3000, Greece

  Lawyers for convicted Melbourne drug trafficker Tony Mokbel are arguing the Federal Government has mishandled an application to have him extradited to Australia.

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• Maddie father protests innocence

  Published: September 8, 2007, 7:00 pm

  Tags: Law Crime Justice, Crime, Police, Murder Manslaughter, Portugal, United Kingdom, England

  The father of missing British toddler Madeleine McCann says he and his wife are innocent and "fighting for our lives" after they were named as suspects by police.

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• Geelong man found dead on porch after bashing

  Published: September 9, 2007, 7:24 pm

  Tags: Crime, Murder Manslaughter, Assault, Australia, Vic, Geelong 3220

  Police are investigating the death of a man in the Geelong suburb in Norlane.

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• Serial killer Dupas appeals conviction

  Published: September 10, 2007, 7:06 pm

  Tags: Law Crime Justice, Crime, Courts Trials, Murder Manslaughter, Australia, Vic, Melbourne 3000

  Serial killer Peter Dupas has lodged an appeal against his conviction for the 1997 murder of Melbourne woman Mersina Halvagis.

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• Charges laid over Narre Warren fire

  Published: September 10, 2007, 11:21 pm

  Tags: Disasters Accidents, Fires, Residential Fires, Law Crime Justice, Crime, Murder Manslaughter, Australia, Vic, Narre Warren 3805

  A man who disappeared after fire engulfed his home at Narre Warren, south east of Melbourne, will be charged with attempted murder.

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• Family's frustration at murder appeal: 'Let Mersina rest in peace'

  Published: September 10, 2007, 10:44 pm

  Tags: Crime, Murder Manslaughter, Australia, Vic

  The family of Mersina Halvagis is disappointed that the man convicted over her 1997 murder is appealing against his sentence.

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• Judge reopens Burrell's murder trial

  Published: September 10, 2007, 9:17 pm

  Tags: Law Crime Justice, Crime, Courts Trials, Murder Manslaughter, Australia, Nsw, Mittagong 2575, Sydney 2000, Wollongong 2500

  New evidence has emerged in the trial of Sydney man Bruce Burrell that throws the spotlight on the man the defence says is the real suspect in the murder of a wealthy widow 12 years ago.

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• Don't trust new evidence, Burrell jury told

  Published: September 11, 2007, 1:23 am

  Tags: Law Crime Justice, Crime, Courts Trials, Murder Manslaughter, Australia, Nsw, Sydney 2000

  A Supreme Court jury has been told that new evidence in the murder trial of Bruce Burrell lacks credibility and should be dismissed.

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• De facto partner found guilty of murder

  Published: September 13, 2007, 1:41 am

  Tags: Law Crime Justice, Crime, Courts Trials, Murder Manslaughter, Australia, Vic, Merbein 3505

  A man from north-west Victoria has been found guilty of murdering his de facto partner.

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