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Detectives said they confirmed that suspected killer Nur J. Mohamed asked Kevin Haney, above, to destroy evidence. A classmate of a high school student accused of orchestrating his mother's slaying destroyed evidence from the crime scene ...http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6816299.htmlAP HOUSTON -- A third teenager has been charged in the stabbing death of a woman Houston police say was killed in a plot arranged by her son. Police say 17-year-old Kevin Andrew Haney faces a tamper...

About murder released, chicago police tortured, michael tillman

Michael Tillman, who has served 23 years of a life sentence on a murder conviction, was released from prison today after prosecutors declined to retry him. Tillman claimed he was tortured by former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge into confessing to ...http://chicagoist.com/2010/01/14/alleged_burge_torture_victim_releas.phpMan spent 23 years in prison for murder after he confessed to Chicago police detectives under direction of former Cmdr. Jon Burge By Matthew Walberg Tribune reporter Freed T...

About confessing, murder released, chicago police tortured, michael tillman

Michael Tillman walks out of the Cook County Criminal Courthouse a free man. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune) A convicted murderer serving a life sentence that has kept him in prison for more than 23 years walked out of the Cook County Criminal ...http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/01/alleged-burge-torture-victim-to-go-frBy Anonymous AP CHICAGO — A man who's long claimed Chicago police detectives tortured him into confessing to a rape and murder has been released from custody after more tha...

About van, justin welch, police, arkansas, wisconsin suspect, escaped murder suspect

Authorities in Arkansas are looking for an escaped inmate who was being transported to Wisconsin to be prosecuted in a murder-for-hire plan. Police in Van Buren, Ark., told the OzarksFirst.com website Wednesday that they are looking for Justin P. Welch ...http://www.jsonline.com/81313512.htmlA Wisconsin homicide suspect who escaped Wednesday from a transport van in Dora was recaptured shortly after noon Thursday in Sallisaw. Justin Welch hitched a ride with a trucker Thursday, and the way he was...

About murder released, chicago police tortured, michael tillman

Michael Tillman, who has served 23 years of a life sentence on a murder conviction, was released from prison today after prosecutors declined to retry him. Tillman claimed he was tortured by former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge into confessing to ...http://chicagoist.com/2010/01/14/alleged_burge_torture_victim_releas.phpBy AP CHICAGO (AP) — A man who spent half his life behind bars after Chicago police allegedly tortured him into confessing to murder says he never thought he'd be released f...

About murder released, chicago police tortured, burge torture, michael tillman released

WHAT: Ending a 23 1/2 year ordeal for another victim of torture linked to indicted former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge, a Cook County Circuit Court Judge is expected on Thursday to vacate the wrongful murder conviction of Michael Tillman and ...http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/court-expected-to-order-release-of-innocCHICAGO (AP): A man who was coerced into confessing to a murder in 1986 walked out of a courtroom a free man Thursday, ending the latest chapter in a torture scandal tha...

About police, washington wizards guard gilbert arenas, arenas gun, arenas charged

By Player X I've said it here before on issues like this, and I'm saying it again: We still don't know all the facts. But, really, what in the hell was Gilbert Arenas thinking, bringing guns into the locker room? C'mon, Agent Zero. ...http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/insider/news/story?id=4817266WASHINGTON — Suspended Washington Wizards star guard Gilbert Arenas would avoid jail time on gun charges under a plea deal being discussed by lawyers, the Washington Post reported Thursday. Citing unnamed ...

About northgate double homicide, sketch released, police, seattle

A sketch of one of three men suspected in the slaying Monday of two men in Northgate was released Thursday by police, and investigators are asking for the public's help in identifying him. Police believe that man and the other two ...http://www.seattlepi.com/local/414233_sketch15.htmlSEATTLE -- Seattle homicide detectives released a sketch of a man wanted in a Northgate double homicide and hope the public can identify him. The sketch represents one of three people who are believed to be responsi...

About police, plea deal, gilbert arenas gun, wizards gilbert arenas

There's nothing funny about Josef Stalin's awful reign over the USSR But when you have a demented tyrant doing whatever he can to maintain absolute power, weird things happen. That's how you end up with a book like David King's The Comissarr Vanishes, ...http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/01/14/disappearing-arenas-could-have-consequences/Washington Wizard star Gilbert Arenas is gunning for a sweet plea deal to end his DC weapons case, it was reported last night. The deal -- which would result in no ja...

About school taser, police officer, students, kankakee taser, leave, boys

By AP KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) — Police in Illinois say an officer assigned to a junior high school has been placed on administrative leave after he allegedly shocked three boys during an unauthorized Taser demonstration. Authorities say the incident ...http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-us-unauthorized-taserAP URBANA, Ill. — Two federal lawsuits each seek more than $10 million on behalf of two 12-year-old boys who allege a Kankakee police officer shocked them with a stun gun ...