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MIAMI (AP) — A Florida man who prosecutors say fired the fatal shot in the 2007 killing of Washington Washington Football Team star Sean Taylor has been sentenced to more than 57 years in prison. Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Dennis Murphy imposed the sentence Thursday on 23-year-old Eric Rivera Jr., who was convicted in November of […]

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MIAMI (AP) — A 23-year-old man was convicted of second-degree murder Monday in the 2007 slaying of Washington Washington Football Team star Sean Taylor during what witnesses say was a botched burglary. The jury deliberated about 16 hours over four days before returning the verdict in the trial of Eric Rivera Jr., who admitted in […]

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MIAMI (AP) — The man accused of fatally shooting Washington Washington Football Team star Sean Taylor during a botched 2007 burglary testified Tuesday that he never went into the player’s home that night and cast his confession as coming only under police pressure and amid purported threats to his family. Testifying in his murder trial, […]

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MIAMI (AP) — A man on trial in the slaying of Washington Washington Football Team star safety Sean Taylor admitted to breaking into the NFL player’s home, kicking down the bedroom door and shooting Taylor, and drew a detailed diagram of the house, labeling himself as the shooter, a Miami-Dade police detective testified Thursday. Defendant […]