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Jury Almost Set for Sgt. Liczbinski Murder Trial
KYW’s Tony Hanson The slow, but at times eventful, jury selection process continues in the trial of two men charged with the murder of Philadelphia police sergeant Stephen Liczbinski in May of 2008....
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Drug Dealing 'Kingpin' Sentenced to Life in Jail
The head of a multi-state cocaine trafficking operation has been sentenced to life in jail. KYW’s Hadas Kuznits reports 39-year-old Maurice Phillips had been convicted of distributing thousands of...
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Rendell Calls For New, Faster Death Penalty Process In Pa.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (CBS) – Governor Ed Rendell is now calling for the state legislature to either reform the death penalty or eliminate it. On this final Friday of his tenure, Governor Ed Rendell signed...
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Death Penalty Mulled In West Philadelphia Abortion Doctor Case
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – The Philadelphia district attorney’s office will open the door Wednesday to the death penalty for a West Philadelphia abortion doctor charged with murdering seven babies and a...
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Stigall Show Log 3.3.11
5:42 Join Chris and Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick for our Red Meat Tour, March 23 at Union Trust Steakhouse. Click here for all the details. 5:45 Philadelphia has been named one of the ten most toxic...
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Appeals Court Grants Mumia Abu-Jamal New Sentencing Hearing
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - A federal appeals court in Philadelphia has once again said that death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal should be granted a new sentencing hearing. But, his conviction for killing a...
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U.S. Supreme Court Won’t Hear Abu-Jamal Death-Sentence Appeal
WASHINGTON (AP) — Philadelphia prosecutors will have to pursue a second death-penalty sentence for convicted police killer Mumia Abu-Jamal or accept a life sentence after the U.S. Supreme Court...
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Delaware Governor Defends Decision To Commute Death Penalty For Convicted Killer
By Mike DeNardo PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The governor of Delaware says it was a gut-wrenching decision to spare the life of a convicted killer scheduled to be executed on Friday. “This was just a judgment...
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Jury Sentences Man To Death For Killing Witness In Separate Murder Case
By Tony Hanson PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A Philadelphia man was convicted and sentenced to death on Wednesday for the murder of a witness in another murder case. Twenty-one-year-old Derrick White was found...
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Prosecutors In Pa. Seek Fewer Death Penalties Due To ‘Broken System’
By Tony Hanson PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Pennsylvania’s death row population is going down, dramatically, and people on both side of the debate over the death penalty say it is a symptom of a broken system....
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Execution Order Signed By Gov. Corbett in 1984 Philadelphia Robbery-Murder Case
By Tony Romeo HARRISBURG, Pa. (CBS) — A former Philadelphia man who has exhausted his appeals is now set to be executed in October. But his attorney is seeking to halt the execution based on new...
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Governor Corbett Ready To Proceed With Convicted Killer’s Execution
By Larry Kane PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – The Philadelphia court hearing on a stay of execution for Terrance Williams, the convicted killer facing execution October 3rd, continues on Monday. A major player in...
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Life-Or-Death Legal Battle For Terrance Williams On Hold Until Monday
By Tony Hanson PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – The life-or-death legal battle of Terrance Williams is on hold until Monday, when a hearing will continue on defense assertions that prosecutorial and police...
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Days Before Oct. 3rd Execution Date, Judge Considers New Evidence In Death...
By Jericka Duncan PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – After hearing closing arguments on Tuesday, Judge Teresa Sarmina says on Friday morning she will make her final ruling on whether to rule a stay of execution for...
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Judge To Rule Today On Stay Of Execution For Terrance Williams
By Tony Hanson PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Just five days before the scheduled execution, a Philadelphia judge will rule this morning on a defense stay of execution for convicted killer Terrance Williams....
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Phila. Judge Overturns Death Sentence In Controversial 1984 Murder Case
By Tony Hanson and Jericka Duncan PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Convicted Philadelphia murderer Terrance Williams is no longer on Death Row. Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas judge Teresa Sarmina this morning...
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Attorneys For Phila. Death Row Inmate Says Pa. Justice Has Conflict In Case
By Tony Romeo PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Pennsylvania Supreme Court chief justice Ronald Castille is refusing to step away from the case of a death row inmate whose capital punishment could be reinstated....
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Judge Grants Delay In Trial Of Northampton Woman Who Killed Father Of Her 4 Kids
EASTON, Pa. (AP) — A judge has granted a delay in the trial of an eastern Pennsylvania woman who could face the death penalty if convicted of killing the father of her four children just hours before a...
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Court Issues Stay Of Execution Hours Before Pa. Inmate To Be Put To Death
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal appeals court has issued a stay, preventing planned execution of Pennsylvania death row inmate Hubert Michael. The stay was issued hours before Michael was to be put to...
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US Supreme Court Halts Pa. Murderer’s Execution
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — A condemned inmate escaped lethal injection Thursday for the murder of a teenage girl after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the execution should be halted. Just hours after a...
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