For my first novel, "Murder One, " I wanted my protagonist, a lawyer, to defend a woman accused of murder, but I'd never handled a criminal case.
In 1997, South African white supremacist Eugene Terre Blanche was sentenced to six years in jail for trying to murder one black man and assaulting another.
He has been charged with one count of murder and one count of attempted murder and has been remanded in custody, to appear at Hull Magistrates' Court on Monday.
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He denies murder, one count of attempted murder and causing an explosion.
Neftaly Platero guilty of two counts of premeditated murder and one count of attempted premeditated murder after a weeklong trial.
Lane pleaded guilty to three counts of aggravated murder, two counts of attempted aggravated murder and one count of felonious assault.
Lane pleaded guilty last month to three counts of aggravated murder, two counts of attempted aggravated murder and one count of felonious assault.
In addition to first-degree murder, Blake is charged with two counts of solicitation of murder and one of conspiring with his bodyguard, Earle Caldwell, 46.
Who ordered the murder remains one of Haiti's great unsolved crimes, and the mystery became the basis of the 2003 documentary, The Agronomist, by the Oscar-winning US film director Jonathan Demme.
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His appeal against additional convictions on six counts of attempted murder and one of possession of firearms and ammunition with intent to endanger life, was also allowed by the Court of Appeal.
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The famous Mississippi Burning incident where three civil rights workers were lynched in 1964 involved the murder of one black civil rights worker James Earl Chaney and two Jewish civil rights workers, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwermer.
On the British mainland, frustration with police investigations in some high-profile cases - the Stephen Lawrence murder is one - has led to the issuing of a private prosecution to bring the alleged perpetrators of a crime to court.
Only one murder has been committed this year in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.
Her murder also sparked one of the greatest manhunts in California history.
Once again, Batman proves to be the smartest man in the room, reminding Superman that justification for one murder is merely the first step.
Hines will face 10 counts of attempted murder -- one for each of the eight victims, and two more for what authorities believe to be his two intended victims, who were still being sought Thursday, Bratton said.
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For the moment, it is still being assumed that the Dando murder was a grotesque one-off.
Yet the capital's murder rate has been one of the few criminological constants of the past two decades, having held steady at around 200 per year.
He was found guilty on 11 counts of war crimes, relating to atrocities that included rape and murder and described by one of the judges as "some of the most heinous crimes in human history".
In 2007 he was acquitted of her murder, for lack of conclusive evidence, but sentenced to life in prison on eight other counts of rape and one of rape and murder.
Former car salesman Manssor Arbabsiar, 58, admitted two charges of conspiracy and one charge of murder-for-hire.
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They are investigating the 1972 murder of Jean McConville, one of the so-called disappeared.
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Meanwhile, detectives investigating the murder are planning to interview one of the main suspects in the case.
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He could claim that no one bent on murder would, as he did, call the police in advance.
The murder rate in Caracas is one of the highest in the world.
The dental nurse denies one count of murder in January this year.
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But in November 2010, a jury convicted Guandique of one count of murder with kidnapping and a second count of murder with attempted robbery.
Michael Ward, 18, and Kenneth Williams, 20, were each charged with one count of murder and two counts of attempted murder, Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said.
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