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Christian Taylor found guilty in merchants' deaths
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A jury found a D.C. man guilty in the murders of a father and son in their Northeast store, Lida Wholesale Market, on June 23, 2010.
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Jerry Sandusky trial: Case shows missed chances; cover-up suspected
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The Sandusky story, the way authorities have framed it, is one littered with missed chances to stop a rapist who preyed on children for years.
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Aaron Thomas, accused East Coast rapist, denied second competency evaluation
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A judge agreed with prosecutors that there was no reason for a new evaluation for the suspected East Coast rapist. A prior report concluded Thomas was feigning mental illness.
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John Haston convicted in murder of David Williams
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After deliberating for two and a half hours, a jury found a Clinton man guilty of killing David Williams. One of the suspects in the case gained entry into Williams' home the day before his death by posing as PEPCO employees.
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Men convicted in Fuller murder fight for new trial
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Six men, convicted in a 1984 murder in Northeast, will soon learn if they will get a new trial or be freed all together.
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Ann Jenene Cinnamon sentenced for murder-for-hire plot
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The woman behind a plot to kill her boyfriend's mistress will spend six years in prison for the plan.
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Eight men convicted in 1984 D.C. murder case back in court
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Lawyers for a group of men who went to prison for a 1984 murder in Washington are challenging their clients' convictions.
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Don Brooks may be a free man
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A man previously convicted of killing a Metro transit mechanic may soon be a free man. And the victim's family is devastated.
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Metro workers Horace McDade, John Haile plead to robbing fare machines
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A former WMATA revenue technician and Metro Transit Police officer will be sentenced in June after pleading guilty to their roles in a scheme that saw them steal as much as hundreds of thousands of dollars from the agency.
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Pfc. Bradley Manning, U.S. soldier accused in Wikileaks case, due in court
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Military prosecutors say a U.S. Army private aided al-Qaida by leaking hundreds of thousands of military and other government documents to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks.
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Ellsworth Colbert, campaign volunteer accused of killing neighbor, pleads not guilty
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A D.C. Council campaign volunteer pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder charges Monday, a day after police say he stabbed a neighbor to death.
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Sulaimon Brown traffic case postponed until March 7
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Sulaimon Brown's trial on the traffic charge was supposed to be Monday in D.C. Superior Court, but it was rescheduled to March 7.
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Sulaimon Brown in court for traffic charges
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The former mayoral candidate who sits at the center of multiple controversies in D.C. pleaded not guilty Tuesday to traffic charges. He'll be back in court for a Nov. 14 trial.
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Cleo Powell, Va.'s first black female justice to be sworn in
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An official swearing-in ceremony is set for the Virginia Supreme Court's first black female justice.
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Cheng Yi Liang, FDA chemist in court on insider trading charges
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A chemist with the Food and Drug Administration accused with his son in an insider trading scheme is scheduled to appear in federal court to answer to the charges.
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Men charged in Army Corps bribe case denied release
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Two Army Corps of Engineers employees and two other men charged in a $20 million fraud scheme will remain in jail.
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Judge Thomas Hogan to be new courts administrative officer
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Senior U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan is the new director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
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D.C.'s gun restrictions upheld
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A federal appeals court has upheld restrictions on gun ownership in the District of Columbia.
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