Surprise appeal in Canadian serial killer case
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia  - Prosecutors asked for a new trial for Canadian serial killer Robert "Willie" Pickton on Monday, saying he should have faced all 26 murders counts and not just the six he was found guilty of last month.
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A man accused of killing a model reacted angrily to a  suggestion he should go for DNA screening, a court hears.
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REGINA (CP) - Saskatchewan's highest court has rejected an appeal by two men convicted in a bloody home invasion that killed an senior Regina couple.
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Barry George, killer of TV presenter Jill Dando, has won the right to a new appeal, the BBC understands.
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The Supreme Court on Thursday lifted a stay of execution for a serial killer who wants to be put to death, but another court order continued to block what would be New England's first execution in 45 years.
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A judge on Tuesday ordered the release of a man convicted of murder after DNA evidence pointed to another suspect.
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EDMONTON (CP) - A Manitoba pedophile who stunned his parole board hearing by admitting to other assaults has said two of the crimes were committed within a week of the murder that sent him to jail.
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VANCOUVER, Canada  - A pig farmer accused of being Canada&#39;s most prolific serial killer could be tried for the murder of as many as 31 women, most of them prostitutes, prosecutors said.
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The murderer of an entire family is to apply to the Court of Appeal for leave to try to get his conviction overturned.
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Canadian police are hunting the killer of a teenager shot dead at a Toronto school, a crime that shocks the city.
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The Supreme Court agreed to review a murder case in which a judge excluded reliable evidence that someone other than the defendant was the killer, one of three criminal appeals the justices accepted Thursday.
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The man accused of murdering five prostitutes may not be the only person involved but the truth may never be known, a court heard today
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Lawyers for Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton file an appeal against his six murder convictions.
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In what experts say is a rare occurrence, a man accused of murdering two children and attacking their mother has asked a judge to let him plead guilty and to sentence him to death.
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A Scot who was on death row in the US is to attend an appeal hearing which should see him released.
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The Supreme Court accepted an appeal Tuesday from Arizona, which wants to execute a twice-convicted killer who says his lawyer didn't do enough to ward off a death sentence.
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OTTAWA (CP) - The man convicted of the brutal murder and rape that kept David Milgaard wrongfully imprisoned for 23 years will not be able to appeal his case to the Supreme Court of Canada.