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Murder

Martin Luther King Jr

Revisiting MLK's death 45 years later

Ronda Racha Penrice
OPINION - Two years after their re-discovery, restored video footage of Dr. King’s convicted assassin, James Earl Ray, in custody in Memphis as well as on trial, have been released just in time for the 45th anniversary of Dr. King’s murder. ..
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Former Los Angeles Lakers guard Javaris Crittenton (R) appears in Los Angeles Superior Court for an extradition hearing with his attorney Brian Steel August 31, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. The hearing wasin connection with a warrant from Atlanta charging him with murdering a 22-year-old woman. (Photo by Al Seib-Pool/Getty Images)

Ex-NBA player indicted on murder, gang charges

Adam Howard
ATLANTA (AP) - Former NBA player Javaris Crittenton has been indicted on charges of murder and gang activity...
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With police officers who solved the case behind him, Chicago Police Superintendant Garry McCarthy announces arrests have been made in the murder of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton during a press conference at Area Central on February 11, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Suspected gang members Micheail Ward and Kenneth Williams have been charged in the murder. McCarthy said the two thought they were shooting at rival gang members in retaliation for a July 2012 incident when Williams was shot. Hadiya's murder was the 44th murder in Chicago in January. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Are Chicago cops driving the murder rate down?

Renita D. Young
theGRIO REPORT - Dubbed the deadliest city in America, Chicago showed signs of improvement through the first quarter of 2013, a move Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy say is a direct result of a coordinated strategy among the city and police...
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Crime scene tape is seen outside the home of Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland Monday, April 1, 2013, near Forney, Texas. McLelland and his wife Cynthia were murdered at their home Saturday. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Suspicion in DA death shifts to white supremacists

Juan A. Lozano and Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press
KAUFMAN, Texas (AP) — Suspicion in the slayings of a Texas district attorney and his wife shifted Monday to a violent white supremacist prison gang that was the focus of a December law enforcement bulletin warning that its members might try to attack police or prosecutors.
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Anton Watson (C) and other children participate in a peace vigil in the Washington Park neighborhood on November 30, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. About 75 children, teachers, and parents were joined by area residents and religious leaders as they marched in the streets to draw attention to the violence that plagues their Southside neighborhood. Through the end of October 436 people were murdered in Chicago, surpassing the 435 murders for all of 2011. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Murders fall 42 percent in Chicago

Tracy Connor, Staff Writer, NBC News
CHICAGO - Three months after Chicago notched the most murders in the nation, officials are touting a dramatic downturn in crime...
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Kenneth Williams, 20, (left)/Michael Ward, 18, (right) (AP Photo/Chicago Police Department)

2 plead not guilty in Hadiya Pendleton death

Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) - Two men have pleaded not guilty in the shooting death of a 15-year-old Chicago girl who performed at President Barack Obama's inaugural festivities about a week before she died...
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A Glynn County Sheriff's Deputy directs 17 year-old De Marquise Elkins out of the courtroom in the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Ga. after Elkin's first appearance hearing in Magistrate Court Monday, March 25, 2013. Elkins and a 15 year-old were arrested Friday, March 23 and charged by warrant in the shooting death of 13-month-old Antonio Santiago. (AP Photo/The Brunswick News/Bobby Haven)

Teen indicted in Ga. baby slaying and 2nd shooting

Russ Bynum, Associated Press
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia teenager shot a 13-month-old baby in the face while trying to rob the child's mother, according to an indictment returned Wednesday that also charged the suspect with shooting another person in an unrelated robbery attempt earlier this month...
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Day 4 of testimony in the trial of Philadelphia abortion doctor, Kermit Gosnell. (Courtesy NBC Philadelphia)

Philly abortion clinic inspection reveals 'filthy' conditions

Vince Lattanzio and Emad Khalil
NBC Philadelphia - Dr. Kermit Gosnell's abortion clinic went nearly two decades without being inspected by Pennsylvania health officials. It's the latest revelation to come from the abortion doctor's murder trial as it moves into a second week...
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A Glynn County Sheriff's Deputy directs 17 year-old De Marquise Elkins out of the courtroom in the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Ga. after Elkin's first appearance hearing in Magistrate Court Monday, March 25, 2013. Elkins and a 14 year-old were arrested Friday, March 23 and charged by warrant in the shooting death of 13-month-old Antonio Santiago. (AP Photo/The Brunswick News/Bobby Haven)

Baby murder brings racial tensions to the surface

Kunbi Tinuoye
theGRIO REPORT - Just days after two teenagers were charged with the murder of 13-month-old Antonio Santiago, the emotionally-charged case is starting to put a strain on race relations in the city of Brunswick...
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A photo, toys and candles are placed at a makeshift memorial for slain 13-month-old Antonio Santiago in Brunswick, Ga., Saturday, March 23, 2013. Antonio was shot dead in his stroller on Thursday. (AP Photo/Florida Times-Union, Terry Dickson)

Tip led to arrests in Ga. baby killing

Associated Press
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Police in Georgia say an anonymous tip helped them make arrests in the shooting death of baby who was killed in a stroller...
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