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O.J. Simpson expected to testify in bid to win freedom

O. J. Simpson arrives for the second day of an evidentiary hearing in Clark County District Court, Tuesday, May 14, 2013 in Las Vegas.

/ AP Photo/Reuters, Steve Marcus, Pool
(AP) LOS ANGELES - More than four years after the world last heard from O.J. Simpson in court, one of the nation's most famous prisoners speaks again Wednesday in a bid to win freedom from a sentence that could keep him behind bars until he dies.Continue »

Report: Kira Trevino's husband knew of another man

Kira Trevino and her husband, Jeffery, in an undated personal photo; Jeffery was charged on Feb. 28, 2013 with Kira's murder.

/ Facebook
(CBS/AP) MINNEAPOLIS - New details made public surrounding the murder of Kira Trevino, a 30-year-old St. Paul, Minn. woman, state Trevino's 39-year-old husband, Jeffery, who is charged in her death, knew of a romantic relationship between his wife and another man, CBS Minnesota reports. 

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Boy, 12, charged in fatal stabbing of sister, 8

Leila Fowler

/ CBS San Francisco
(CBS/AP) VALLEY SPRINGS, Calif. - A 12-year-old boy accused of fatally stabbing his 8-year-old sister, Leila Fowler, in their Central California home is due in juvenile court Wednesday after his attorney said the boy had been charged with murder.Continue »

Jodi Arias back in court as jury ponders death option

Jodi Arias looks at her family after being found of guilty of first-degree murder in the gruesome killing her one-time boyfriend, Travis Alexander, in their suburban Phoenix home, Wednesday, May 8, 2013, in Phoenix.

/ AP/The Arizona Republic, Pool, Rob Schumacher

(CBS/AP) PHOENIX - Jodi Arias is scheduled to return to court Wednesday so jurors can consider whether the death penalty should be an option for sentencing the former waitress after convicting her last week of murdering her former boyfriend.

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Wash. St. Cops: Man in custody after bulldozer rampage

One of the homes damaged in a rampage with a bulldozer allegedly by a man in Port Angeles, Wash., Friday, May 10, 2013.

/ KIRO
(CBS/AP) SEATTLE - A man angry at his neighbors went on a rampage in a bulldozer Friday on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, damaging four homes, knocking one off its foundation and cutting power to thousands of people, authorities said.

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Did dying man blink to identify killer in Ohio murder case?

Ricardo Woods

/ File, AP Photo/Hamilton County Sheriff's Department

(AP) CINCINNATI - Ohio jurors deliberating a murder case must weigh whether a dying, paralyzed man identified his shooter by blinking his eyes.  

The jury deliberated for several hours Tuesday after closing arguments in the trial of 35-year-old Ricardo Woods, who is accused of fatally shooting David Chandler in 2010.

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NYC judge to decide if Etan Patz case goes to trial

How the Etan Patz case unfolded

Pedro Hernandez, the confessed killer of Etan Patz, has been charged with second-degree murder. Police say it was a family member that led detectives to him, reports John Miller.

/ CBS News
(CBS/AP) NEW YORK - A man charged with murder decades after one of the nation's most infamous child disappearances is due to learn whether a judge believes there's enough evidence to bring the case to trial.

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Steaks, shrimp, cake: Supermarket feast, then arrest

Trevor Runyan

/ Mount Washington police via WKYT

(CBS/AP) MOUNT WASHINGTON, Ky. - He doesn't look hungry, that's for sure.

Authorities in Kentucky have charged a man who officers say had an overnight feast in a closed supermarket near Louisville.

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Phila. drug lord found guilty of 12 murders

Kaboni Savage

/ CBS Philadelphia

(CBS) PHILADELPHIA - A federal jury has found Philadelphia drug trafficker Kaboni Savage guilty of 12 murders dating back to 1998, according to CBS Philly.

According to the station, 6 of the 12 victims were were members of a North Philadelphia family. Prosecutors said that as revenge against a former gang member who leaked information to the FBI, Savage firebombed a home with four kids and two adults inside, killing them all.

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Confession, or gibberish, on video in Redding murder case?

Juliana Redding

/ Personal photo/CBS
(CBS) LOS ANGELES - As jury selection proceeded in the trial of Kelly Soo Park for the murder of aspiring Hollywood model Juliana Redding, Park's lawyers pleaded with the judge to let them cast suspicion on their supposed "alternate suspect" John Gilmore, a former boyfriend of the victim.

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The defense contends failure to do so could violate Park's constitutional right to put on a full and fair defense.

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