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Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez has been found guilty of first-degree murder.

A Massachusetts jury on Wednesday found Hernandez killed Odin Lloyd on June 17, 2013. Lloyd was dating the sister of Hernandez’s fiancee. He was found shot six times in an industrial park less than a mile from Hernandez’s home.

At the time, Hernandez had a $40 million contract with the Patriots.

Hernandez’s lawyer acknowledged during closing arguments that he was there when Lloyd was killed. But

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Ricky Jackson, 57, leaves the courthouse in Cleveland, Ohio, November 21, 2014. REUTERS/Kim Palmer

A man who was sentenced to death for a killing he didn’t commit and spent nearly four decades behind bars will receive more than $1 million from the state for wrongful imprisonment, a court ruled Thursday.

Ricky Jackson, 58, was one of three men sent to death row in 1975 after being convicted of aggravated murder in the slaying of a businessman outside a corner store in Cleveland. Cuyahoga Count

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Rapper Cool C to be Executed Next Year

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Rapper Cool C is set to be executed in January (15) after he was found guilty of killing a police officer in 1996.

Cool C, real name Christopher Roney, was convicted of first-degree murder after shooting Officer Lauretha Vaird during a bank robbery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Roney was originally scheduled to be put to death in 2006, but he was granted a stay of execution.

He will now be executed by lethal injection on 8 January (15) at a maximum security prison in Franklin Township, Penns

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People magazine tweet Sept. 25, 2014, regarding Viola Davis’ performance in premiere of How to Get Away With Murder 

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Thursday night was a huge night for prime-time television, with season premieres of Shonda Rhimes’ Scandal and How to Get Away With Murder. With both shows proving to be hits on social media, various media outlets live-tweeted the premieres. But People magazine didn’t exactly win over the crowd with some of its tweets. Apparently the person behind People’

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If there really were some “how to” on creating an entertaining TV show, more people would use it.

Still, you could do worse than following the path blazed by Pete Nowalk, creator of the wild and wildly entertaining How To Get Away with Murder (ABC, Thursday, 10 ET/PT; *** out of four). And the first step is to hire a terrific actor to star — though good luck finding one as good as Viola Davis. Bringing every ounce of her considerable talent to bear in Wednesday’s opener, Davis convincingly m

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Heather Mack and her boyfriend Tommy Schaefer are angry over the way they are being treated, claiming prison officers in Bali are racist for offering them a KFC fried meal

The pregnant teenager accused, along with her boyfriend, of the gruesome murder of her socialite mother has complained about the couple’s ‘racist’ treatment after they were given a KFC meal in jail.

Heather Mack, 19, and Tommy Schaefer, 21, are both behind bars in Bali after being charged with murdering Sheila von Wiese Ma

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A Texas grocery store employee who spent nearly 25 years in prison in his wife's beating death walked free Tuesday after DNA tests showed another man was responsible. His attorneys say prosecutors and investigators kept evidence from the defense that would have helped acquit him at trial.

Michael Morton, 57, was convicted on circumstantial evidence and sentenced to life in prison for the August 1986 killing of his wife, Christine. Morton said he left her and the couple's 3-year-old son to head

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