The actor pleaded not guilty on Monday to four counts against him, including a first-degree murder charge with a special circumstance of "lying in wait" that allowed prosecutors to seek the death penalty.
After leaving the Navy, Lawrence moved to Houston, worked as a medical technician, and totted up a slew of drunk-driving violations, including a conviction for murder by automobile, in 1967.
In October 2010, Randy Soto was arrested and charged with a host of counts, including murder, attempted murder, gang assault and criminal possession of a weapon for his alleged role in the melee, authorities said.
Since then, however, a wave of serious crime, including the rape and murder of a young girl, has reopened the debate on capital punishment.
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Four of them, including a minor tried in a separate court, were convicted of charges including abetting murder.
Martinez pleaded guilty to a number of felonies including solicitation of a violent crime, interstate commerce in murder for hire, witness tampering and mail fraud.
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Yosri Fouda, the Al Jazeera reporter who interviewed Mohammed in Karachi, said that although Mohammed handed him a package of propaganda items, including an unedited video of the Pearl murder, he never identified himself as playing a role in the killing, which occurred in the same city just two months earlier.
Goodwin, of Blackburn Road, Poole, admitted a total of 11 offences including attempted murder.
They apply to 30 serious crimes - including murder, rape, Class A drug offences and war crimes - but double jeopardy remains in force for lesser offences.
Prosecutors have not said whether they will pursue the death penalty against Holmes, who is charged with 166 counts, including murder, attempted murder and other offenses in the July 20 shooting rampage in a movie theater that left 12 people dead and scores injured.
At the time, Assistant U.S. Attorney Lanny A. Breuer called the indictment a "devastating blow" to the organization, which he said used threats and violence -- including murder -- against those who violate its rules or pose a threat to the enterprise.
Robert Jennings, 50, and 37-year-old Scott Snowden, face a total of 22 charges, including murder.
Those arrested in last week's six-day "Cross Check" sweep included 1, 477 illegal immigrants with felony convictions, including for murder, manslaughter and assault with a deadly weapon.
Matthew Tvrdon, 31, faces a total of 19 charges, including murder, 13 counts of attempted murder, four counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and one charge of dangerous driving.
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In December the UK Border Agency said it had met the "tough target" set to remove at least 5, 000 foreign criminals a year - including 50 convicted of either murder or attempted murder - and had staff working in prisons to speed up deportations.
Fourteen police officers, including a newly-appointed chief constable, are being investigated over the handling of a 2002 gangland murder, it has emerged.
The other five accused, all adult men, are facing trial in a fast-track court on charges including murder, rape and kidnapping.
AbdulMutallab faces a federal indictment issued Wednesday, including an attempt to murder the other 289 people aboard.
He said his brother had been "receiving threats of murder for a long time, " including a text message Tuesday.
John Henry Browne, the Seattle attorney directing the soldier's defense, said his client would plead guilty at a June 5 hearing to all charges, including premeditated murder.
Perhaps most notably, Rumsfeld has survived reversals in the war in Iraq, including a post-invasion plan that's been widely criticized as inadequate, a persistent Iraqi insurgency and allegations of murder by U.S. troops in Iraq.
AbdulMutallab, 23, faces a six-count federal indictment, including an attempt to murder the other 289 people aboard Flight 253.
Abu Hamza was convicted in 2006 in the UK of charges including soliciting to murder and stirring up racial hatred, and given a seven-year jail sentence.
One of the men accused of plotting to murder singer Joss Stone wrote a diary with notes including "death", "rob" and "injure", a court has heard.
Valez and Pride are also caught on surveillance cameras in the neighborhood fleeing the crime scene, including one that allegedly shows Mr. Pride ditching the murder weapon under a car, Mr. Taub said.
Rape in Indonesia carries a maximum sentence of 15 years, while several other crimes, including murder, drug trafficking and terrorism, can be punished by death.
"I'm delighted that we're working closely together on issues of mutual interest including having a Metropolitan Police team going to Libya to continue the investigation into the murder of PC Yvonne Fletcher, " he said.
In a court appearance earlier this month he denied three charges, including April's murder and abduction.
The murder charge is accompanied by two "special circumstances, " including killing a police officer on duty and firing a weapon from a vehicle.
In addition to murder charges stemming from the Ileto killing, he faced a dozen other charges including hate crimes violations stemming from the shooting rampage at the North Valley Jewish Community Center's day-care facility west of downtown Los Angeles.
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