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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A new team of defense attorneys has been appointed to represent one of two suspects charged in the murder of a Montana high school teacher.

State District Judge Richard Simonton appointed Alfred Avignone, Lisa Banick and Eric Brewer as the public defenders for 23-year-old Michael Keith Spell of Parachute, Colo

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CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — A Canadian man who was convicted along with Ronald Smith in the murder of two Montana men 30 years ago says his co-defendant saved his life and deserves to live.

Rodney Munro told The Canadian Press that he thanks God every day for Smith, who is sitting on death row in Montana

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HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Montana Parole Board is recommending that a Canadian man on death row be denied clemency.

Ronald A. Smith's case now goes to Gov. Brian Schweitzer, who has the final say on the matter

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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The suspects in the disappearance and killing of a Montana teacher have pleaded not guilty to murder and attempted kidnapping.

Forty-eight-year-old Lester Van Waters Jr. and 23-year-old Michael Spell were arraigned Tuesday on new charges filed since the March discovery of Sherry Arnold's body in a shallow grave in North Dakota

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There are a lot of crazy laws out there that don’t make a lot of sense at first glance. One such law is a statute in New York against jumping off of a building more than 50 feet tall. And what’s the penalty for such an infraction?

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One of the country’s most infamous killers has once again lost his chance to go free.

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Authorities are trying to determine if a body found in western North Dakota is that of a Montana high school math teacher.

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