FALL RIVER, Mass. — Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez’s conviction in a 2013 murder can be erased because he died before his appeal was heard, a judge ruled Tuesday. Judge E. Susan Garsh said case law in Massachusetts has long ...

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A Buffalo man convicted of killing a 15-year-old girl in 2010 will get a hearing to consider possible new evidence that someone else committed the crime and to address the claim that the defense lawyer provided inadequate legal representation. Kevin ...

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BATH — A former minor league hockey player has been found guilty in a murder-for-hire killing of his wife nearly two years ago in the Southern Tier. Forty-five-year-old Thomas Clayton was found guilty of first- and second-degree murder on Thursday ...

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Jordan Evans, 18, of Rochester, was convicted of second-degree murder on Friday in State Supreme Court. Keith Brown, 19, was walking with a friend from a convenience store on June 30, 2015, when shots were fired from across the street. ...

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The plan was to rob Justin Back’s place and kill him. Austin Myers would distract him, giving Timothy Mosley an opening to choke Back with a garrote made out of two handles and a wire cable. Then, the two 19-year-olds ...

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Jose Torres was convicted of second-degree murder Friday in the death of Miguel Cruz on July 4, 2001. A state Supreme Court jury deliberated for a total of about four hours before reaching a verdict about noon, said Assistant Monroe ...

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CHARLESTON, S.C. — Dylann Roof was convicted Thursday of last year’s grisly massacre at a historic black church in South Carolina that left nine parishioners slain at a Bible study. A federal jury found Roof guilty of all 33 counts, ...

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In a 3-2 decision, the Appellate Division of state Supreme Court has granted a new trial to an Erie County man convicted of sexually abusing and killing a child. Although the Fourth Department dismissed defendant Matthew Kuzdzal’s claims that there ...

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The Monroe County District Attorney’s Office plans to re-try a man whose 2002 murder conviction was overturned Wednesday. State Supreme Court Justice Francis A. Affronti vacated the conviction and granted a new trial to Jose Torres, 48, who is serving 25-years-to ...

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Shaquill Battle, 22, was found guilty today of second-degree murder for the death of 21-year-old Jemel Lockhart who was shot during an Oct. 9, 2013 robbery at his home. The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney David Dys of ...

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A Monroe County jury Thursday found Khaleef Reed, 34, guilty of second-degree murder in the March 31 death of 27-year-old Sir-Cordae Hightower who was shot four times in the driveway of a Wilkins Street residence in the city of Rochester. ...

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ALBANY — One sleepy juror didn’t deprive a convicted murderer of his constitutional right to a jury of 12, New York’s highest court ruled Tuesday. The trial judge did enough questioning when told a juror was sleeping during deliberations, the ...

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