Nathan Hochman casts doubt on sexual abuse claims but declines to say whether he would support resentencingLos Angeles’s new tough-on-crime district attorney made clear on Friday he is taking a much less sympathetic view of Erik and Lyle Menendez’s case, though his office has not yet announced what position it will take on the issue of whether the brothers should be resentenced.Erik, 53, and Lyle, 56, Menendez were found guilty of first-degree murder in the killings of José and Kitty Menendez in 1989, and sentenced to life in prison without parole. Continue reading...

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Luigi Mangione faces state-level murder and terrorism charges, as well as federal countsLuigi Mangione is scheduled to appear in Manhattan state court on Friday in the 4 December killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Mangione, 26, faces state-level murder and terrorism charges, as well as federal counts, for allegedly gunning down Thompson in a brazen street assassination.Mangione has maintained his innocence. The state case against him carries a maximum sentence of life in prison without parole, while his federal case could carry a possible death penalty. Continue reading...

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One victim was left with a punctured lung - with the violence spilling out onto an illuminated dancefloor

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Supporters plan to welcome Native American activist Leonard Peltier back to his North Dakota community after his release from a Florida prison where he had been serving a life sentence in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents

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Vikat Bhagat was sentenced to life imprisonment on Monday, February 17 for the rape and murder of Donegal woman Danielle McLaughlin in Goa, India following an eight-year murder trial

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Vikat Bhagat, 31, was jailed today after being found guilty on Friday of the rape and murder of 28-year-old Danielle McLaughlin in Goa in March 2017.

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The family of the Donegal woman travelled to India for the verdict.

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