She explained that Bebb-Jones had pleaded guilty to second degree murder using a plea bargain.
New York (CNN) -- A New York hardware clerk pleaded guilty Thursday to second degree murder and kidnapping in the second degree, after abducting, smothering and dismembering an 8-year-old Brooklyn boy in the Hasidic Jewish enclave of Borough Park.
On Monday we heard that deputy Chris Long, who was blamed for the shooting death of Peyton Strickland while serving a search warrant over a suspected PS3 theft, had been dismissed from the New Hanover County Sheriff's Office, and that he was to go on trial for second degree murder.
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Bigelow also threw out attempted first-degree murder charges against Officers Mike Hunter Jr. and Robert Barrios and attempted second-degree murder charges against Officer Ignatius Hills.
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In Florida, a conviction for second-degree murder carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.
Bebb-Jones admitted second-degree murder, telling police he killed his wife Sabrina in a "heat of passion".
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He has been in San Quentin more than 13 years on a second-degree murder charge.
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He has been charged with second-degree murder and will plead not guilty, his attorney has said.
Naeem Davis, 30, a homeless man, has been charged with second-degree murder in that case.
Ranta's second-degree murder conviction stemmed from the 1990 killing of a rabbi during a diamond heist.
It is also important to note the stringency of the requirements for a second-degree murder charge.
On April 11, special prosecutor Angela Corey announced that Zimmerman was being charged with second-degree murder.
Prosecutors said Erika Menendez, 31, was charged with second-degree murder as a hate crime.
He is accused of second-degree murder in the February 26 death of Martin, who was African-American.
Zimmerman has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder, claiming self-defense under Florida's "stand your ground" law.
"It will be very difficult to convict him on second-degree murder charges, " he said.
Zimmerman goes to trial next month on a charge of second-degree murder in connection with the killing.
Dr. Jack Kevorkian: He was convicted in 1999 of second-degree murder in the death of a patient.
Spector was convicted of second-degree murder in 2009 for shooting Clarkson in his California home in 2003.
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Morales faces a charge of second-degree murder as a hate crime, authorities said.
She said that Ford and Firestone officials should be charged with second-degree murder.
Weeks later, after a special prosecutor was assigned to the case, he was arrested and charged with second-degree murder.
Zimmerman, 28, is charged with second-degree murder in Martin's February 26 shooting death.
Zimmerman, 28, is charged with second-degree murder for killing Martin in the Sanford neighborhood where the African-American teen was staying.
Jerry A. Lewis, 25, of North Bay Shore, pleaded guilty in a Long Island courtroom to first- and second-degree murder.
This requisite depravity is a necessary element for second-degree murder in Florida, the crime for which Zimmerman has been charged.
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Schuhmacher, who is doing 16 years to life for second-degree murder, says he was inspired by his own experience with fitness.
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In April, Zimmerman was charged with second-degree murder after the case was referred to a state attorney for a review.
Without establishing that the killing was racially motivated, any claim that Zimmerman committed second-degree murder in shooting Martin will not survive.
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The maximum punishment for second-degree murder is a life sentence, but the sentence is left to the discretion of the court.
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