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ROBERT BLAKE
Prosecutors in Los Angeles said they won t seek the death penalty in the murder case against actor Robert Blake. Instead, they ll seek life in prison without the possibility of parole if Blake is convicted of killing his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley, in May 2001.
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Blake was arrested on April 18, 16 days shy of the first anniversary of his wife s death.
The decision was announced Thursday after a meeting of the district attorney s Special Circumstances Committee, which routinely reviews potential death penalty cases.
Blake s lawyer, Harland Braun, agreed with the prosecution s decision. It was the right decision and they made it early and quickly and ended the speculation, said Braun. You reserve the death penalty for the most egregious cases.
sleeping protesters. the dow opening up the highest level in more than two years this morning. wall street booming as things you buy get more expensive each and every day. so will it trickle down? happy friday to you. welcome to american morning. it s february 18th, i m kiran chetry. i m t.j. holmes. we want to start this morning with what we ve seen play out in madison, wisconsin. a budget battle that might be coming to your state. a lot of people calling this labor s last stand. take a look. this was the scene yesterday. we have seen the same scene the past few days now in wisconsin. thousands of teachers as well as state workers protesting major budget cuts and also the idea of stripping them of their collective bargaining rights. now, here s the latest we can tell you from here. madison schools are closed once again today. this would be the third straight day that the students have been out of class. meanwhile, 14 wisconsin senate democrats are nowhere to be found