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Love hurts. A Pennsylvania doctor was sentenced to life in prison for killing his best friend thirty years ago, so he could marry the friend's wife. Michael Rubinkam, from the AP staff writes that Dr. Stephen Scher was convicted in Susquehanna County for the first-degree murder of Martine Dillon. Initially, Scher lied about Dillon?s death saying that Dillon had tripped and accidentally shot himself while chasing a porcupine. Prosecutor Patrick Blessington says Scher has a God complex. Missouri: New Assault Law Southeast Missourian reporter Bridget DiCosmo writes that offender Cortez Bell, 30, is the first to be charged under Missouri?s new assault law. Before the law was passed an assault against a police officer was considered a misdemeanor; under the new law it is a felony...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on March 14, 2008 (boomark / email).