Authorities have not yet released details regarding the evidence against Margaret Sanchez and Terry Speaks, accused killers of Jaren Lockhart, beloved mother, who was earning money for her family as a dancer on bourbon street. Her body parts washed up on the shores of Mississippi, but authorities...
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Subject: Supreme Court holds Ex Post Facto Clause prohibits retrospective application of advisory guidelines
In an opinion by Justice Sotomayor, the Supreme Court held today in Peugh v. United States, No. 12-62, that “[a] retrospective increase in the Guidelines range applicable to...
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The three-year-old boy was found dead under a pile of clothes in a Marrero home on Wednesday morning. When police arrived they noticed that the home smelled of gas.
The Jefferson Parish coroner Dr. Gerry Cvitanovich said the cause of death for was homicidal asphyxiation.
The boys mother,...
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In a court filing Friday, David Warren’s attorneys asked a federal judge to free him on bond while he awaits a retrial on charges he shot and killed Henry Glover without justification in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
District Judge Lance Africk didn’t immediately rule on...
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Dental Records are the number one way a burned body is identified. If dental ex-rays cannot be found, the next step is DNA testing. There are are several ways DNA can be detected. The first is an extraction near a tooth or from bone marrow. Skulls of burn victims are generally left in tact...
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