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Jury continues deliberations in corrections officer’s murder trial
A jury deliberated for a full day Wednesday without reaching a verdict in the murder trial of two men suspected of killing Mercer County corrections officer Carl Batie at a banquet hall in 2012.Carl...
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Odd question highlights jury deliberations in Batie murder trial
“Making a Murderer,” anyone?The hit Netflix series that spawned a legion of Internet sleuths may be encroaching upon the thinking of a Mercer County jury, which appears divided about whether two men...
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Trenton murder trial ends in hung jury, third recently in Mercer County
Carl Batie’s family, friends and colleagues dutifully showed up to court day after day over four weeks as prosecutors laid out the case against two men suspected of killing the Mercer County...
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No success in murder trials could impact nomination of Mercer County prosecutor
Shaheed Brown is shaping up to be the new “Boom Bat” of Mercer County.Brown’s murder case has drawn comparisons to convicted murderer and Latin Kings leader Jose “Boom Bat” Negrete because of the...
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'Making a Murderer' making it tough for Mercer County prosecutors
Call it the “Making a Murderer” effect.When jury selection kicks off next week in the second murder trial of two men accused of killing Mercer County corrections officer Carl Batie, prosecutors will...
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Asking jurors about ‘Making a Murderer’ in Trenton homicide retrial a bad...
Lady Justice is supposed to be blind.Prosecutors and Mercer County Superior Court Judge Andrew Smithson, however, may be slipping off the blindfold and tipping the scales in an upcoming murder trial,...
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Brother of slain Mercer corrections officer recounts horror of banquet hall...
Life was good for Carl Batie.The former corrections officer had a flourishing career. He had just bought a new BMW and planned to take it for a spin with his brother, Karshawn, to the Baldassari...
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Crime scene detective goes over finer details in Batie murder retrial
A crime scene detective testified Tuesday about some of the finer details of an investigation that led to the arrest of two city men who are suspected of killing off-duty Mercer County corrections...
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Batie murder suspect's brother mostly mum on witness stand
The tantrum-throwing, paper-tossing twin brother of a suspected killer behaved a bit better on the witness stand the second time around.Marquis SkillmanThe last time he was on the stand a few months...
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Trenton detective tells tale of the tapes in Batie murder retrial
Veteran city police detective Scott Peterson believes he has a keen eye for criminals.But will jurors in the second murder trial of two men suspected of killing off-duty Mercer County corrections...
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Trenton men get life for murder of Mercer corrections officer
Former Mercer County corrections officer Carl Batie had a “heart as big as this world” and the swagger of a GQ model, his colleagues and family members said.Elaine Batie, Carl’s mother, daubed her eyes...
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