Posts Tagged ‘Murder’

Tokyo man handed life term for murdering, mutilating female neighbor – The Mainichi Daily News

Takanori Hoshijima, 34, a former temporary worker from Tokyo’s Koto Ward, was given a life sentence at the Tokyo District Court on Wednesday for murder and destruction of a corpse.

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Unable to ID Guilty Twin, Judge Spares Brothers Death Penalty

 Saturday, February 07, 2009KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia —  Identical twin brothers escaped the death penalty in a Malaysian drug trafficking trial after the court ruled authorities could not prove which man committed the alleged crime, news reports said Saturday.“I … can’t be sending the wrong person to the gallows,” the New Straits Times newspaper quoted the judge [...]

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Ill. mob boss gets life for ‘unspeakable’ murders

By MIKE ROBINSON, Associated Press Writer Mike Robinson, Associated Press Writer – Thu Jan 29, 6:45 am ETAP – A 1983 photo released by the Chicago Crime Commission shows Chicago crime boss Frank J. Calabrese Sr. …CHICAGO – Reputed mob boss Frank Calabrese Sr., one of five men convicted at Chicago’s biggest underworld trial in [...]

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