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Teen pleads guilty to charges connected with fatal Hawk shooting
An Atchison teenager charged in connection with the fatal January shooting at the Hawk pleaded guilty Thursday to three charges of aggravated assault and to one count of attempted trafficking of contraband while in custody.
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Former Lawrence school district para pleads not guilty to child sex crimes
A former Lawrence school district paraeducator pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges related to allegedly grooming and inappropriately touching a student.
Kansas AG has a history of using unreliable expert witnesses in high-profile cases
A woman who testified anonymously in Douglas County court earlier this month is one of several witnesses Kansas AG Kris Kobach has brought forward whose bias and credibility has been questioned.
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Former public defender sworn in as pro tem judge in Douglas County
Gary West, former deputy public defender, was sworn in as the new judge pro tem in Douglas County District Court Monday morning.
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Lawrence speech pathologist charged with child sex crimes is dead at 62
Mark Gridley, the former speech pathologist at Prairie Park Elementary School in Lawrence who was charged with sex crimes against students, has died at age 62.
Public defender to fill judge pro tem vacancy in Douglas County District Court
Gary West, currently deputy public defender, has been selected as judge pro tem in Douglas County District Court.
Kansas Supreme Court turns to new death penalty appeal by serial killer John Robinson
The Kansas Supreme Court took up the latest appeal of serial killer John Robinson Sr. a quarter century after he was sentenced to death and a decade after his capital murder sentence was upheld in the slaying of a woman found in a barrel on his farm near La Cygne.
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Judge denies self-defense immunity for defendant in fatal Hawk shooting
A judge on Thursday denied a request for immunity from prosecution from one of two defendants charged in a fatal shooting at the Hawk and determined the case should proceed to trial.
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Man charged with second-degree murder in fatal stabbing in downtown Lawrence
A Topeka man has been formally charged with second-degree murder and intimidation of a witness in a man’s stabbing death in downtown Lawrence.
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Investigation in fatal downtown Lawrence stabbing is ongoing; suspect still in custody
A man who was taken into custody in connection with a fatal downtown Lawrence stabbing on Sunday has not been charged but is still a suspect as “the investigation remains ongoing,” according to law enforcement.
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Man in custody in connection with fatal stabbing in downtown Lawrence, police say
A man is in custody on suspicion of stabbing 20-year-old McMillin Tutu, of Kansas City, to death in downtown Lawrence after “a bar brawl turned deadly,” according to police.
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