Mr Beasley has pleaded not guilty to the charges, including the attempted killing of a fourth man.

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Elements who later became part of the group have also been held responsible for the assassination in February 2001 of a senior official of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Franso Hariri, and for the attempted killing of Burhan Salih, head of the PUK-led Iraqi Kurdistan regional government.

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Mr. McGinty cited possible charges including felonious assault, attempted murder and the killing of an unborn fetus.

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The seven judges also found that the killing of Mr Hayes had been part of an attempted armed robbery and said this was "an aggravating factor".

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The accused shooter, Jared Lee Loughner, 22, is in custody and has been charged by federal prosecutors with attempted assassination of a member of Congress, two counts of killing an employee of the federal government and two counts of attempting to kill a federal employee.

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But Chris Latham's splendid 80m run was halted just short of the try-line as Worcester attempted to go for the jugular and Flood joined Collins in the sin-bin for killing the ball.

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It also moved to realign penalties for murder and attempted murder, eliminating a discrepancy that could lead to a longer sentence for wounding rather than killing someone.

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