Murder Conviction Overturned for Mario Casciaro, Illinois Man Convicted of Killing Missing Teen
"The murder conviction of Mario Casciaro, an Illinois man who was sentenced to 26 years in prison for the death of a missing teen, has been overturned by the states appeals court.
A panel of judges with the Second District Appellate Court of Illinois ruled Thursday that prosecutors provided insufficient evidence to prove that Cascairo, now 32, had murdered 17-year-old Brian Carrick, saying "the evidence against defendant was so lacking and so improbable that 'it is simply unreasonable to sustain the finding of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt,'" and reversed the conviction..."
http://abcnews.go.com/US/murder-con...iaro-illinois-man-convicted/story?id=33858873
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Suspected Serial Killer To Be Charged In 6 More Slayings
"Police have secured arrest warrants for William Devin Howell, charging him with killing six individuals and dumping their bodies in the woods behind a New Britain strip mall.
The warrants are being served on Howell Friday. He is currently serving a 15-year sentence for killing Nilsa Arizmendi, whose bones were discovered in the same location.
If convicted, Howell would become the state's most prolific serial killer. Michael Ross killed eight woman, six in Connecticut and two in New York..."
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/suspected-serial-killer-to-be-charged-in-6-more-slayings/ar-AAesofz
WS thread: http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...L-New-Britain-2003-and-possibly-earlier/page5
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Oscar Pistorius 'cannot afford another trial'
"Paralympic athlete says he cannot afford a new trial over the death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, in court documents filed ahead of parole review..."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...al.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
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Appeals court halts Oklahoma mans execution amid new doubts over guilt
"State court of criminal appeals grants Richard Glossips attorneys two weeks to explore new evidence in 1997 beating death of his boss, hours before execution...
An appeals court agreed to halt the execution of an Oklahoma man with just hours to spare Wednesday after his attorneys asked for time to review new evidence, including a fellow inmates claim that he overheard the other man convicted in the case admit he acted alone.
Richard Eugene Glossip was twice convicted of ordering the killing in 1997 of Barry Van Treese, who owned the Oklahoma City motel where he worked. His co-worker, Justin Sneed, was convicted of fatally beating Van Treese and was a key prosecution witness in Glossips trials..."
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/sep/16/oklahoma-richard-glossip-execution-wednesday-protocol
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Arizona inmate sentenced to life for raping prison teacher
"...Jacob Harvey, already serving a 30-year-sentence for rape, received a life sentence from a Pinal County Superior Court Judge Kevin White for the January 2014 attack at the Eyman prison complex in Florence, about 60 miles southeast of Phoenix.
Harvey pleaded guilty in August to rape, aggravated assault with a weapon and kidnapping in what the head of Arizonas prison system called a despicable and cowardly act.
Harvey also was sentenced to 23 years for kidnapping and 16 1/4 years for aggravated assault, said county attorney spokeswoman Tiffany Davila...."
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/15/us-usa-prison-rape-idUSKCN0RF01K20150915
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