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Inmate charged with manslaughter in fellow prisoner's death

James Buyard, 24, was charged with manslaughter after punching John Demoret, 25, who died two weeks after the fight.
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Four charged in daycare van death UPDATE on 'sensitive' daycare outbreak

WMC in Memphis reports that four people have been charged with manslaughter in the death of Christopher Gardner Jr., 5, who was left in van all day at Ascent Children's Health Services on Monday.
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Hastings files to be reinstated with the LRPD

Less than 24 hours after manslaughter charges against him were dismissed, former LRPD officer Josh Hastings has filed for a hearing with the Civil Service Commission which could help him regain his position with the department. Little Rock attorney Bill James tells KTHV that he will represent Hastings in his hearing before the commission, and will submit evidence that the jury wasn't allowed to hear.

Bobby Moore's mother speaks out about Hastings case dismissal

The mother of Bobby Moore III, the 15-year-old shot by former Little Rock Police officer Josh Hastings in Aug. 2012, is speaking out about the dismissal of manslaughter charges against Hastings yesterday. Sylvia Perkins, Moore's mother, told THV This Morning today that the dismissal of the charges has been a nightmare for her family. Perkins said that she prays that Josh Hastings isn't able to regain his position with the police department. Hastings' attorney Bill James said yesterday that Hastings plans to seek a civil service hearing to try and get his job back. "Closure and justice," Perkins said. "That's all I want. That's all I ever wanted."
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Hastings seeks dismissal of manslaughter charges

Former Little Rock Police Officer Josh Hastings has asked Judge Wendell Griffen to throw out charges against him to spare Hastings another trial on a charge of manslaughter. Hastings has already been tried twice in the death of Bobby Moore, Jr, 15. who Hastings shot during an early-morning burglary call at a West Little Rock apartment complex. Both of Hastings' earlier trials — the first in June 2013 and the second in September 2013 — ended in hung juries. A retrial in the case is scheduled for next month.

Andi Davis, lawyer involved in 'inappropriate relationship' with McDaniel, charged with manslaughter

Former Hot Springs attorney Andi Davis, whose "inappropriate relationship" with Attorney General Dustin McDaniel sank McDaniel's hopes for the governor's chair, has been charged with manslaughter in
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Hastings jury selection continues today

Jury selection in the retrial of former LRPD officer Josh Hastings resumes at 9:30 a.m. this morning.

Judge Griffen denies another motion that he get off Hastings manslaughter case

Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen today denied another motion from defense lawyers for Josh Hastings that he step down from hearing Hastings' trial on a manslaughter charge in the killing of a 15-year-old fleeing from him in a west Little Rock parking lot.;
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Former LRPD cop Josh Hastings pleads not guilty

Josh Hastings, the former Little Rock Police Department officer who was charged with manslaughter in January in the August 2012 shooting death of a 15-year-old boy during a burglary call at a West Little Rock apartment complex, plead not guilty to the charge today.

Billy Bob's daughter gets 20 years in prison

Amanda Brumfield, the daughter of Arkansas-born actor Billy Bob Thornton, was sentenced yesterday in Florida to 20 years in prison in the death of a one-year-old girl she was babysitting.
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Billy Bob Thornton's daughter convicted

Arkansas-born actor Billy Bob Thornton's estranged daughter was convicted on Friday in Florida on a charge of aggravated manslaughter of a child.
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