• Murder in West Virginia law constitutes the intentional killing, under circumstances defined by law, of people within or under the jurisdiction of the...
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  • first-degree murder. She expressed no remorse, but was sentenced to life in prison "with mercy"; while sentenced as an adult, West Virginia law (as confirmed...
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  • In the United States, the law for murder varies by jurisdiction. In many US jurisdictions there is a hierarchy of acts, known collectively as homicide...
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    The West Virginia coal wars (1912–1921), also known as the mine wars, arose out of a dispute between coal companies and miners. The West Virginia mine...
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  • executed in the State of West Virginia were Daniel Grogan and Thomas Boice, both convicted of murder and hanged in Wood County in 1866. After West Virginia became...
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  • Murder, as defined in common law countries, is the unlawful killing of another human being with intent (or malice aforethought), and generally this state...
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  • On the morning of April 18, 1872 in Wheeling, West Virginia, Taylor Strauder, a former slave, allegedly murdered his wife Anna by bludgeoning her to...
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    The West Virginia Penitentiary is a gothic-style prison located in Moundsville, West Virginia. Now withdrawn and retired from prison use, it operated...
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  • attempted murder, object sexual penetration, and abduction with intent to defile from an incident that occurred in September 2005 in Fairfax, Virginia. On November...
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    78.4012250°W / 37.2966183; -78.4012250 The Farmville murders occurred in Farmville, Virginia, in September 2009 – the quadruple bludgeoning homicide of...
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