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Police: Former police officer fatally shot son

Oct 4, 12:00PM by Camille Mann Topics Daily Blotter

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(CBS/WKMG/AP) APOPKA, Fla. - Tim Davis Sr., a former Orlando police officer who owns three local daycares, is facing first-degree murder charges after he shot and killed his son, police say.

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Amanda Knox found not guilty of murder on appeal

Oct 3, 4:26PM by Camille Mann Topics Daily Blotter

Knox collapsed in tears after the verdict was read out Monday, Oct. 3, 2011.

(CBS/AP) PERUGIA, Italy - A jury has overturned Amanda Knox's 2007 conviction for the murder of her British roommate Meredith Kercher in Italy, and Knox is to be freed immediately.

Timeline: Amanda Knox Case
Pictures: Amanda Knox Appeal
Pictures: Amanda Knox Personal Photos

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Victim's family satisfied with 1st Knox verdict

Oct 3, 12:16PM by Camille Mann Topics Daily Blotter

Meredith Kercher's mother Arline, sister Stephanie and brother Lyle

(From L) Meredith Kercher's mother Arline, sister Stephanie and brother Lyle hold a news conference in Perugia, Italy, on Oct. 3, 2011, ahead of the expected verdict in the appeal of the Amanda Knox murder conviction

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(CBS/AP) PERUGIA, Italy - The sister of slain British student Meredith Kercher says the family was satisfied with the original conviction in the Amanda Knox trial and believes the Italian justice system is "quite good."

Timeline: Amanda Knox Case
Pictures: Amanda Knox Appeal
Pictures: Amanda Knox Personal Photos

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West Memphis Three describe life in prison

Sep 30, 11:26AM by Camille Mann Topics Daily Blotter

Damien Echols, of West Memphis Three, says "I hadn't seen daylight in almost a decade," in TV interview

Damien Echols, left, Jessie Misskelley, Jr., center, and Jason Baldwin at a news conference in Jonesboro, Ark., Aug. 19, 2011.

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(CBS) - The West Memphis Three, a group of men who were convicted in 1994 for killing three 8-year-old Cub Scouts in Arkansas, spent 18 years behind bars for a crime they say they did not commit. The men, who were allowed to walk free last month, spoke to CNN's Piers Morgan in an interview that aired Thursday describing their years behind bars.

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NBA star charged with DUI and concealed weapon

Sep 29, 3:41PM by Camille Mann Topics Daily Blotter

Ben Wallace

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(CBS/WWJ/AP) DETROIT - Detroit Pistons' star Ben Wallace has been charged with drunken driving and unlawfully carring a concealed weapon after a traffic stop, authorities in suburban Detriot say.

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Man dies after minister's sex and drug party

Sep 29, 2:16PM by Camille Mann Topics Daily Blotter

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(CBS/WWJ) FERNDALE, Mich. - Mark Bidwell, a volunteer chaplain at the Ferndale police department, has been relieved of his duties after a man died at his home of a drug overdose.Continue »
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Explicit photos of youngest Petit shown in court

Sep 29, 11:01AM by Camille Mann Topics Caught on Tape

Conn. Home Invasion: Petit Killer Jury To Continue Deliberations

The Petit family

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(CBS/AP) NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Jurors on Wednesday in the Connecticut home invasion trial of Josh Komisarjevsky viewed graphic photographs he took with his cellphone of the youngest victim, 11-year-old Michaela Petit.

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Pop star's assistant gets frantic call from Dr.

Sep 28, 4:00PM by Camille Mann Topics Daily Blotter

Conrad Murray watches the court proceeding on the second day of his involuntary manslaughter trial in the death of pop star Michael Jackson in Los Angeles on Sept. 28, 2011.

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(CBS/AP) LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson's former personal assistant, Michael Amir Williams, told jurors that he received an urgent phone call from Dr. Conrad Murray, who is charged in the singer's death, but was never told to call 911.

Pictures: Who's who in the trial of Dr. Conrad Murray
Video: Dr. Conrad Murray manslaughter trial begins

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Police: Killer behind 5 Ind. deaths at large

Sep 28, 11:23AM by Camille Mann Topics Daily Blotter

The mobile home of Roy Napier where four people were found dead in rural Franklin County near Laurel, Ind., Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011. A fifth person was found dead across the street.

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(CBS/WISH/AP) LAUREL, Ind. - Investigators probing the fatal shootings of five people in rural southeastern Indiana said Tuesday that no suspects have been identified. It also appears that the killer or killers wasn't among the dead.

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Audio of Michael Jackson on propofol heard at trial

Sep 27, 8:41PM by Camille Mann Topics Daily Blotter

(CBS/AP) LOS ANGELES - Jurors at the trial of Dr. Conrad Murray, who is charged in Michael Jackson's death, heard an audio recording of the pop superstar slurring his words and talking about his upcoming concerts while under the influence of the very powerful anesthetic propofol.

Pictures: Who's who in the trial of Dr. Conrad Murray

Video: Dr. Conrad Murray manslaughter trial begins

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