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Chechen president under fire ahead of murder trial (AP)

November 15th, 2010

AP - An Austrian human rights lawyer says she hopes a trial concerning the slaying of a refugee will help bring about the prosecution of Chechnya’s president.

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Chute To Kill: Jealous Belgian Skydiver Goes Away for Murder (Time.com)

October 21st, 2010

Time.com - In a real-life murder mystery that’s been gripping Belgium, a jealous skydiving teacher is sentenced to 30 years for killing her love rival by cutting her parachute straps

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Saudi prince in lurid murder case sentenced (AP)

October 20th, 2010

In this handout image issued by the Metropolitan Police, Bandar Abdulaziz,a servant who was killed by Saudi Prince Saud Abdulaziz bin Nasser al Saud.  A Saudi prince has been convicted in Britain of murdering a servant. A jury in London's Old Bailey criminal court, on Tuesday Oct. 19, 2010, found Prince Saud Abdulaziz bin Nasser al Saud guilty of murdering Bandar Abdullah Abdulaziz in a frenzied attack in a hotel. The 34-year-old prince faces a possible life sentence. The jury deliberated just 95 minutes before returning its verdict. (AP Photo/Metropolitan Police, HO)  EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - Life in prison, with parole possible after 20 years. That was the sentence handed down Wednesday to a Saudi prince convicted of a killing so lurid it has…

Mexican Police Help Murder Their Own Mayor (Time.com)

August 21st, 2010

Time.com - Santiago, Mexico is a picturesque town of waterfalls, colonial churches and holiday homes for the rich. But no corner of the country is shielded from the relentless rain…

Mexican murder suspect: US consulate infiltrated (AP)

July 2nd, 2010

Jesus Ernesto Chavez, known as 'El Camello' stands as he is guarded by federal police officers during a presentation to the press, in Mexico City, Friday, July 2, 2010. According to the federal police Chavez ordered the March 13 attack that killed a U.S. consulate employee and her husband as they drove in the violent border city. (AP Photo/Carlos Jasso)AP - A drug-cartel enforcer told Mexican police that a rival gang infiltrated the biggest U.S. consulate along the border through a worker who helped get them U.S. visas, and…

Van der Sloot taken to prison on murder charge (AP)

June 11th, 2010

Dutchman Joran van der Sloot, second left, is escorted by police officers in Lima, Friday, June 11, 2010. According to Peruvian police Van der Sloot has confessed to killing Peruvian citizen Stephany Flores in his Lima hotel room on May 30. (AP Photo)AP - Angry Peruvian onlookers shouted “Disgrace!” and “Murderer” at Joran van der Sloot on Friday after a judge ordered him jailed on first-degree murder and robbery charges in the…

Van der Sloot charged with first-degree murder (AP)

June 11th, 2010

A man browses at a newspaper stand selling papers bearing the images of suspected murderer Joran van der Sloot in Lima, Wednesday, June 9, 2010.  Peruvian police have announced that the Dutch citizen Van der Sloot has confessed to killing a young Peruvian woman in his Lima hotel room on May 30. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro)AP - A Peruvian judge on Friday ordered Joran van der Sloot jailed on charges of first-degree murder and robbery in the killing of a 21-year-old Lima woman, determining that…

Dutch murder suspect shows different faces on TV (AP)

June 7th, 2010

FILE - In this June 4, 2010 file photo, Netherland's Joran Van der Sloot looks down before boarding an airplane to be flown back to the Peruvian border in Santiago, Chile. Joran van der Sloot can be charming, angry, deceitful, tearful. The young Dutch man has been all that and more, playing out his troubled drama on TV over the five years since he came under suspicion in the disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway in Aruba. (AP Photo/Roberto Candia, File)AP - Joran van der Sloot can be charming, angry, deceitful, tearful. The young Dutchman has been all that and more, playing out his troubled drama on TV over the…

Van der Sloot seeks own lawyer in Peru murder case (AP)

June 6th, 2010

This image from security footage provided by the Lima police alledgedly shows Joran van der Sloot, left, and Stephany Flores as they enter his hotel room May 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Lima Police Handout)AP - Joran van der Sloot will spend all week at criminal police headquarters being questioned in the death of a 21-year-old Lima woman and has asked to be able…

Dutch murder suspect wants lawyer in Peru (AP)

June 6th, 2010

This image from security footage provided by the Lima police alledgedly shows Joran van der Sloot, as he leaves his hotel room May 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Lima Police Handout)AP - Officials in Peru say murder suspect Joran van der Sloot will spend all week at criminal police headquarters while being interrogated in the killing of a 21-year-old Lima…