He's charged with second degree murder and shooing death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.

他被控二级谋杀，枪杀17岁少年特雷沃恩·马丁。

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The judge reduced the charge to second-degree murder.

该法官将罪名降为二级谋杀罪。

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Mr Bakkedahl said although the accused has been charged with second-degree murder, a grand jury would probably opt for more serious charges.

检察官汤姆说尽管现在被告被指控为二级谋杀，但高级法院很有可能进行更严重的指控。

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She explained that Bebb-Jones had pleaded guilty to second degree murder using a plea bargain.

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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.

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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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