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Sniper's ex felt guilty about shootings

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:05:44 EST

The former wife of D.C. sniper John Allen Muhammad says she was the real target and felt guilty after he guned down 10 people.

Virginia set to execute infamous 'D.C. sniper'

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:16:57 EST

John Allen Muhammad, the mastermind of the 2002 sniper attacks that terrorized the suburbs of the nation's capital, is scheduled to die by lethal injection Tuesday evening at a state prison near Jarratt, Virginia.

Suspect held in high school hostage standoff

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:11:37 EST

A gunman was holding a school principal hostage Tuesday at a high school in Pine Plains, New York, about 90 miles north of New York City, police and the town supervisor told CNN.

Plea deal offered in astronaut love triangle case

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:13:58 EST

A plea deal has been offered in the case of a former astronaut accused of being involved in a well-publicized, violent love triangle, prosecutors said.

Mayor's niece lived at Cleveland's house of horrors

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:52:42 EST

The niece of Cleveland's mayor once lived with the sex offender suspected of murder at a house where the remains of 11 people were found.

Fort Hood investigators look for missed signs

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:18:14 EST

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the suspect in last week's Fort Hood mass shooting, is conscious and talking, a spokesman for the Army hospital where he is being treated told CNN on Monday.

Teens charged as adults in burned boy case

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:49:46 EST

Three teens who allegedly set a 15-year-old friend ablaze were charged Monday as adults, and with attempted murder, prosecutors said.

Family: Texas executed an innocent man

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:03:15 EST

Todd Willingham's sister and cousins work to clear his name amid allegations that Texas is covering up the execution of an innocent man.

Justices debate life sentences for juveniles

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:50:08 EST

The Supreme Court wrestled in often emotional terms Monday over whether sentencing juvenile criminals to life in prison without parole is "cruel and unusual" punishment, especially when their crime is not murder.

Students who clear wrongly convicted targeted

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:40:10 EST

It was two-and-a-half days before Illinois Gov. George Ryan was to leave office in 2003. I sat in a crowded auditorium in Northwestern University's Law School in Chicago, where Ryan was expected to make a major announcement on capital punishment.