Tag: prosecutor

Prosecutor Rejects New Defense Info in Mollie Tibbetts Case

IOWA CITY, Iowa—A prosecutor rejected defense claims Thursday that the 2018 killing of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts could be connected to sex trafficking and other abductions that happened in the rural area where she disappeared while out for a run. A 21-year-old man’s alleged confession that he helped kill Tibbetts after she was…


Prosecutor Seeks Prison Time for French Ex-President Sarkozy, BFM TV Reports

PARIS—French prosecutors have requested a six-month prison term for former president Nicolas Sarkozy at his campaign financing trial, BFM TV reported on Thursday. A spokesman for the prosecutor’s office could not immediately comment on the report. On Tuesday, Sarkozy denied wrongdoing at his trial over the illegal financing of his failed 2012 re-election campaign, saying…


Prominent SC Prosecutor Found Wife and Son Shot Dead: Police

A prosecutor from one of South Carolina’s most prominent legal families found his wife and son killed by gunfire near their property earlier this month, police announced. State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) issued a release about their investigation into the deaths of Margaret Murdaugh, 52, and Paul Murdaugh, 22. Authorities said that on June 7…


Prosecutor: Man Charged With 1 Murder Confessed He Killed 16

WOODBURY, N.J.—A man who is accused of killing a New Jersey man he says sexually abused him in childhood, and who is considered a person of interest in the deaths of his ex-wife and three others in New Mexico, told investigators he is responsible for a total of 16 slayings, prosecutors say. Sean Lannon, 47,…