Case of slain girl, 10, goes to trial
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Jury selection began Tuesday for the trial of the man accused of killing a 10-year-old girl whose mutilated body was found stuffed into a plastic tub.
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Physical evidence, including DNA from blood and fingerprints, will link a convicted sex offender to the abduction and murder of 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford, a prosecutor told jurors Thursday as the man's trial opened.
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A child killer is to be quizzed over the disappearance of a Devon schoolgirl and the murder of a Northern Ireland girl.
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A 17-year- old will appear in court charged with the murder of Nassirudeen Osawe.
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Prosecutors on Thursday charged a man with kidnapping and aggravated murder in the death of a 5-year-old girl, saying he confessed to smothering the girl, then sexually assaulting her &#151; a crime that could bring the death penalty.
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A child killer is to be quizzed over the a Devon schoolgirl's disappearance and the murder of a Northern Ireland girl.
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The trial of a man who is accused of murdering five women in Suffolk during a 10-day period in 2006 is due to begin.
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By Josh Richman  SAN FRANCISCO -- A long legal battle over a proposed Christian school near Castro Valley finally went to trial Monday, with a 10- person jury ready to decide whether the situation is a civil-rights violation or sound suburban planning.
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A woman who spent about two years in prison for the stabbing death of her 10-year-old son was acquitted at her retrial Wednesday, after the defense insisted the murder was carried out by a masked intruder, possibly a Texas death-row inmate who has confessed.
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A 14-year-old boy accused of fatally slashing a classmate in a school restroom may stand trial despite having a mental illness, a judge ruled Wednesday.
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A year after he was taken into custody, a man goes on trial this week on charges he held a 14-year-old girl captive in an underground bunker until she summoned help with a cell phone text message.
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A 16-year-old boy is due to go on trial charged with the murder of schoolgirl Jodi Jones.
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Almost five years to the day after 14-year-old Chauntae Jones was stabbed, beaten with a rock and buried alive, a second man went on trial Monday in her killing and the death of her unborn daughter.
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Jurors began deliberating Monday in the murder trial of a 15-year-old boy who claims the antidepressant Zoloft drove him to kill his grandparents three years ago.
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A woman accused in the grisly slaying of a pregnant friend and suspected in the killings of the friend's three young children lost custody of her own daughters for a time several years ago, newly released court records show.
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A 14th person has been charged in the case of an 11-year-old girl who police say was coached by an older girl as she was sexually assaulted by as many as 20 males.
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A court ruled Thursday that a suspect in the killing of two schoolgirls whose bodies were found hidden in a storm drain must remain jailed, despite his lawyers arguing there is no evidence linking him to the girls&#039; disappearance and slaying.