Salem school officials warned parents to keep a close watch on their children after a stranger allegedly tried to lure several young girls into his car. Apparently, a breaded chicken finger falls under the Jonesboro School District's zero-tolerance policy against weapons. A Galveston man convicted and sentenced to death in the murder of his toddler stepdaughter had an ineffective lawyer and must get a new trial, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled Wednesday. Combs says he found a bullet fragment fired from the gun that police took from Combs' protege Jamal ''Shyne'' Barrow. The search for the truth about who was behind the 1988 Lockerbie bombing is set to enter a new phase, a day after the conviction of a Libyan intelligence officer for the crime.
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As a juvenile, the maximum penalty he could receive under the law in effect in 1975 is four years. For adults, the law sets a range of a minimum of 10 years to life in prison. Dennis had ruled previously that there was probable cause to allow the case against Skakel to continue. But she considered for months the question of where he should be tried. Martha Moxley case resources and discussion board.