Author: Jenifer Goodwin
By Russell Contreras Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The family of a man who killed himself after a shootout with authorities has sued the city of Albuquerque, its police department and two officers, claiming police unnecessarily escalated a 2012 standoff. Attorneys for the estate of Santiago Chavez filed the wrongful death lawsuit Wednesday in U.S. District Court — the latest legal …
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NM police sued after man commits suicide during standoff
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Boston Marathon bomber sentenced to death
Author: Jenifer Goodwin
By Denise Lavoie Associated Press BOSTON — A jury sentenced Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death Friday for the Boston Marathon bombing, sweeping aside pleas that he was just a "kid" who fell under the influence of his fanatical older brother. Tsarnaev, 21, stood with his hands folded upon learning his fate, decided after 14 hours of deliberations over three days in the nation's most closely …
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Boston Marathon bomber sentenced to death