Miraculously, Mr Matthews survived to testify against Mr Hankton in July at the trial for the first murder.
This is the first murder of a police officer in NI since 1998.
And the third is a longtime favorite of mine, the first murder case I ever covered, Texas Love Triangle Murder, set in the Big Thicket.
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Last October John Matthews, owner of the Jazz Daiquiri Lounge on South Claiborne and a witness to the first murder, was shot 17 times in his own house.
The Vineyard recently had its first murder in 20 years, when a man from Oak Bluffs was stabbed to death in what is thought to have been a drug-related crime.
Dr. Gosnell, dressed in a suit, didn't show a visible reaction after the jury foreman said "guilty of murder in the first degree" in response to the first murder count against him.
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Almaleki, an Iraqi immigrant, was acquitted of more serious first-degree murder and first-degree attempted murder charges.
Alexander Kinyua, 21, was being held without bail at the Harford County Detention Center after being charged with first-degree murder, first-degree assault and second-degree assault.
But instead Kevorkian administered the fatal "death potion" to Youk himself, inviting prosecutors to charge him with first-degree murder for the first time.
If convicted of first degree murder, Woodward faces a sentence of life in prison without parole.
McLean was charged with first degree murder in the shooting of 18-year-old year-old Sean Powell.
"Someone needs to stop it, " he told the Associated Press at the time of the first inmate murder.
Did places like the Crich tram museum - the scene of the first grisly murder - realise what they were letting themselves in for?
Another member of the defense team also put a not guilty spin on the fast verdict saying to find him guilty would require them to spend time debating whether it was first degree murder, second degree or a combination of both.
He's being held without bond on charges of first-degree murder and abuse of a dead body.
He was convicted this month of first-degree murder in the deaths of three infants born alive.
Minehart threw out three of the seven first-degree murder charges against Gosnell last week.
If convicted of first-degree murder in Youk's death, Kevorkian would face life in prison without parole.
Hooper is charged with first-degree murder and aggravated assault, said county dispatcher Vanessa Schaeffer.
Styers was convicted of first-degree murder in the boy's killing and sentenced to death.
He faces one count of first-degree murder and six counts of attempted murder, according to police.
The same jury of eight men and four women convicted Arias of first-degree murder two weeks ago.
The other three suspects are held without bond at the Franklin County Jail on first-degree murder indictments.
Mr. Page was found guilty of first-degree murder and was a prime candidate for the death penalty.
"The charges on which the court found cause included first-degree murder, " she told reporters outside the courthouse.
Along with Marvin Potter, Jamie Curd, 38, has also been charged with two counts of first-degree murder.
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No one, that is, until Friday, when Kamal "Six- pack" Thomas was arrested and charged with first-degree murder.
They have been charged with first-degree murder, two counts of attempted murder and aggravated battery with a firearm.
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The boys pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and were sentenced to life imprisonment.
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