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North Carolina man gets life for shooting 5-year-old dead

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Darius Sessoms, who was found guilty of fatally shooting 5-year-old Cannon Hinnant two years ago, was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole in a recent trial by a Wilson County judge. The North Carolina man was initially charged with capital punishment but was able to avoid the death sentence under the Alford plea, which allowed him to maintain his innocence while acknowledging the prosecutors collect evidence for a conviction. The shooting incident happened …

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Mom Says Demons Told Her To Sacrifice Her 6-Month-Old Son In Gruesome Murder

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Melody Ngawhika told police she saw demons and suffocated her son Elijah, who was only 6 months old, after hearing voices. She told the police that she thought demons were on the television and was called a Jezebel in her head. Retired Detective Jeff Alpe interviewed the murderous mother, which was brought up again during her trial. Alpe asked her what she did to her son, and she said she suffocated him. Ngawhika said she …

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Remains Of 24-Year-Old Man Found In The Woods After He Went Missing At Strip Club

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A man was reported missing in Moncton, N.B., last week. His remains were found in a wooded area of Irishtown on Tuesday. The authorities have identified the remains as those of Max Boudreau. Boudreau was supposed to meet some friends at a pub the night he disappeared, but never showed up. Alyssa Legere Dignard, Max Boudreau’s self-proclaimed best friend, shared additional events of the night with reporters. Instead of meeting the initial group of friends, …

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Teen Shot Dead While Sitting On His Great-Grandmother’s Porch

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A school bus was letting kids out when two teens got out of a stolen gold sedan and opened fire. One student was killed. The DC Attorney General will have to sign off on a deal for the 13-year-old and 15-year-old suspects to avoid being charged as adults. Police were on the hunt for three people who shot and killed 15-year-old Andre Robertson Jr. The shooting appeared to be intentional, but police couldn’t officially confirm …

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Spanish Judge Rules Pop Star Shakira Must Stand Trial

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Pop star Shakira will stand trial for tax fraud, which could land her in prison for more than 8 years, according to a Spanish court on Tuesday. It is alleged that Shakira defrauded the Spanish government of 14.5 million euros ($15 million) between 2012 and 2014. According to her, she spent less than half of each year inside Spain. The judge in Barcelona has now ordered her to appear for trial, but the date has …

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Man Awaiting Trial Euthanized

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Spanish prison authorities on Tuesday euthanized a man who had shot and wounded four people in December and was subsequently wounded in a shootout with the police, rendering him paralyzed and begging to be allowed to die while awaiting trial. Courts allowed the man’s assisted death after rejecting several appeals by his victims, who argued he had to face justice. The case even reached the Constitutional Court, which refused to deliberate on it, saying there …

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Texas Man Accused Of Murdering His Teenage Daughters In ‘Honor Killings’

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Trial of Texas man accused of murdering daughters in ‘honor killings’ for having non-Muslim boyfriends begins – Fox News Yaser Abdel Said, 65, is on trial for capital murder in the 2008 shooting deaths of his two daughters, who were “too American”. Said’s wife previously told Fox News that Said had become enraged that his daughters had boyfriends who weren’t Muslim. Yaser Abdel Said is accused of killing his teenage daughters, Sarah and Amina. Sarah …

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