The Chase for Beauty

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A Third Trial?

April 7th, 2008 · No Comments

For those of you who haven’t seen, the case has once again resurfaced in the courts…for a third time: http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/breaking/s_559592.html

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News Coverage: The Clockwork Orange Murder

March 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

News footage about Karen’s death and the trial that became known across the country as the “Clockwork Orange Murder.”

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The Clockwork Orange Defense

March 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Mr. Botula countered the case against his client with the Clockwork Orange defense, which included having jury watch a portion of the motion picture. However, he didn’t have an expert witness testify to support his contention. He told the city’s morning newspaper, the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, that in his estimation the psychiatrists and psychologists he […]

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The Clockwork Orange Copycat Murder - GUILTY

March 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Teen gets life term without paroles for murder of Squirrel Hill girl.
By Jim Cuddy Jr., The Pittsburgh Press
Friday, August 24, 1990
Michale Anderson today promised a packed courtroom to someday tell the “whole story” behind the murder last fall of a Squirrel Hill teenager who had befriended him.
“I have a few things I will not say,” […]

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