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Just in: Kelly Soo Park pleads not guilty in Juliana Redding murder

UPDATE / 9:56pm PST, July 6, 2010: KABC-TV *VIDEO* of today’s court hearing
UPDATE / 9:27pm PST, July 6, 2010:
The Los Angeles Times website has just posted a new story about the Juliana Redding murder case.  The headline: “Judge freezes bank accounts of 3 people tied to suspect in model’s killing.” *As I read the [...]

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LA Times: “Prosecutors reveal payments to suspect in model’s killing”

Update: June 28, 2010, 8:38am PST / The Los Angeles Times has just published the following correction:
Model’s slaying: An article in Saturday’s LATExtra section about the case against a woman accused of killing Juliana Redding said that Dr. Munir Uwaydah, whom prosecutors identified as the suspect’s employer, had been convicted in an [...]

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KTLA:  Gang Member Faces Death in Jamiel Shaw case

KTLA: Gang Member Faces Death in Jamiel Shaw case

BREAKING NEWS
KTLA-TV in Los Angeles has just published a report stating that prosecutors will seek the death penalty for accused killer Pedro Espinoza. Espinoza is charged with killing high school football star Jamiel Shaw II last year.
It’s not only an emotionally charged case, but a political one, too. Espinoza, an illegal immigrant, had [...]

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Shaw murder named one of year's top high school sports stories (VIDEO)

Shaw murder named one of year's top high school sports stories (VIDEO)

Rise Magazine has included the murder of 17-year-old high school football star Jamiel Shaw II in its list of top high school sports stories of 2007-2008.  The list was also published today on the magazine’s Web site, RiseMag.com.
In beginning its overview of the Shaw case, Rise Magazine writes:
It seems obvious to label the murder of [...]

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Judge throws out lawsuit against LAPD's Special Order 40

Judge throws out lawsuit against LAPD's Special Order 40

Long before an illegal immigrant was charged with murdering a star high school athlete named Jamiel Shaw II earlier this year, Los Angeles resident Harold Sturgeon had filed a lawsuit aimed at repealing LAPD’s Special Order 40.   Today, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge threw out the lawsuit.
Special Order 40 took effect in 1979 [...]

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Pedro Espinoza

Dramatic testimony emerges in Jamiel Shaw II murder case

ESPINOZA TO STAND TRIAL FOR MURDER

Update (June 20):  LA Times, Defense lawyer seeks to link slain L.A. student to gang
Update (June 19):  Associated Press, Man, 19, to stand trial in LA athlete murder case
Update (June 19):  KNBC, Suspect in Jamiel Shaw slaying to stand trial
Update (June 19):  KABC, Judge orders Espinoza to stand trial for [...]

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