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Sentencing phase next after Arias conviction for murder-one

Jodi Arias reacts after she was found of guilty of first degree murder in the gruesome killing her one-time boyfriend, Travis Alexander

Jodi Arias reacts in Phoenix, Ariz. courtroom, May 8, 2013, after she was found of guilty of first-degree murder in the June 2008 killing her one-time boyfriend, Travis Alexander.

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(AP) PHOENIX - The jurors who found Jodi Arias guilty of first-degree murder Wednesday will be back in court Thursday to begin the sentencing phase of the case, with the death penalty a possibility for Arias, now convicted of the June 4, 2008, killing of Travis Alexander, her one-time boyfriend, at his suburban Phoenix home.

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Official: Ricin suspect released from jail

Facebook page photo of Paul Kevin Curtis, 45.

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(CBS/AP) OXFORD, Miss. - A federal official says Paul Kevin Curtis, the man charged with sending poison letters to President Barack Obama, a U.S. senator and a Mississippi judge, has been released from jail.

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FBI: No ricin found in home of Mississippi suspect

Facebook page photo of Paul Kevin Curtis, 45.

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(CBS/AP) OXFORD, Miss. - Investigators say they haven't found any ricin in the home of Mississippi man accused of mailing poisoned letters to President Barack Obama, a U.S. senator and a local judge.

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Hearing to continue Monday in ricin letter case

Facebook page photo of Paul Kevin Curtis, 45. Curtis was arrested at his home in Corinth, Tenn., April 17, 2013. He is accused of mailing letters with suspected ricin to to national leaders.

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(CBS/AP) OXFORD, Miss. - The man charged with mailing ricin-laced letters to President Obama and a Mississippi senator was expected back in court Monday, and the hearing could reveal what evidence authorities have collected from searches of his home and vehicle.

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Amanda Knox awaits decision from Italy's top court

Amanda Knox

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(AP) ROME - Amanda Knox was "very anxious" as Italy's top criminal court heard arguments Monday from prosecutors appealing her acquittal in the murder of her roommate, her lawyer said. 

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Lindsay Lohan due in NYC court for nightclub case

Actress Lindsay Lohan arrives at a party to celebrate Lifetime's "Liz & Dick" at the Beverly Hills Hotel on November 20, 2012 in Beverly Hills, California.

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(AP) NEW YORK - Actress Lindsay Lohan is scheduled for a brief courthouse appearance in connection with a fight at a Manhattan nightclub.

PICTURES:  Lindsay Lohan in trouble with the law

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2012 Year in Review: Mass shootings

A mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. left 27 people dead

(CBS) - From moviegoers gunned down in Colorado, to a congregation of Sikhs under fire in Wisconsin, to a classroom full of first-graders slaughtered last week in Connecticut, Crimesider has reported on more than a dozen public shootings that left at least 80 victims dead in 2012.

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'Scarface' actor arrested on suspended license

Actor Steven Bauer is shown on Dec. 18, 2012, in this arrest photograph made available by the Miami Beach Police Dept. Bauer, whose real name is Steven Ernest Echevarria, was arrested in Miami Beach, Fla., and charged with driving with a suspended license.

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(AP) MIAMI - "Scarface" actor Steven Bauer has been arrested in the Miami area, accused of driving with a suspended license. The 52-year-old Bauer's real name is Steven Ernest Echevarria and he was booked into the Miami-Dade County Jail early Tuesday morning. Continue »

2012 Year in Review: Crimes against animals

The owner of "OP" allegedly shot the dog 12 times, choked him with an electrical cord and threw him in a dumpster.

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(CBS) -- From a dog shot and choked by his owner, to mutilated dolphins, to a monkey clubbed to death at an Idaho zoo, Crimesider looks at back at animal cruelty that made the news in 2012.

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Zimmerman's lawyers release bloody nose photo

This photograph shows George Zimmerman, accused of killing unarmed teen Trayvon Martin, the night of their confrontation. It was made public by Zimmerman's lawyers on December 3, 2012.

This photograph shows George Zimmerman, accused of killing unarmed teen Trayvon Martin, the night of their confrontation. It was made public by Zimmerman's lawyers on December 3, 2012.

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(CBS) -- The defense team for George Zimmerman, charged with killing unarmed black teen Trayvon Martin in February, released a color photo of Zimmerman with a bloody nose.

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