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The Herald
| 11 months ago
Zimmerman seeks new judge The ex-neighborhood watch volunteer charged with killing Trayvon Martin asked for a new judge on Friday, claiming the current one is biased because he said George Zimmerman had "flaunted the system." Zimmerman said in a...
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Charlotte Observer Online
| 11 months ago
The wife of a West Virginia man accused of torturing and abusing her for years says he did not intentionally hurt her. Stephanie Lizon testified Friday at a preliminary hearing for her husband, 37-year-old Peter Lizon. She denies allegations that...
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
| 11 months ago
W.Va. (AP) A defense lawyer's comments in a high-profile case of abuse and torture in West Virginia could make domestic violence victims think twice about asking for help and discourage bystanders from offering it, an advocate said Thursday. Peter...
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Sacramento Bee
| 11 months ago
South Central Regional Jail / AP Photo This photo provided by the South Central Regional Jail in Charleston W.Va., shows Peter Lizon from Leroy W...Authorities say Lizon tortured and enslaved his wife for much of the past decade, forcing her to...
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Tulsa World
| 11 months ago
He has been accused of malicious wounding and is jail on $300,000 bond. Court papers say his wife had been held captive for years, beaten, burned and shackled. "This appears to go beyond abuse to what I would consider torture," a sheriff's deputy...
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NY Daily News
| 11 months ago
Peter Lizon of Leroy, W.Va. was arrested last Thursday for allegedly enslaving his wife Stephanie and physically abusing her for about 10 years. Jackson County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Tony Boggs told msnbc.com that Lizon will likely be sentenced to...
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The New Zealand Herald
| 11 months ago
A criminal complaint against Peter Lizon, 37, says one baby was stillborn and buried on the family farm in West Virginia. The other survived but apparently has never had medical care. Lizon was in jail Wednesday (local time) on USD$300,000 bond. He...
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United Press International
| 11 months ago
A West Virginia man was charged with malicious wounding for allegedly injuring and torturing his wife while holding her in virtual slavery for a decade. TV, Huntington, W.Va., reported. "This is a case that is tenfold of what our average domestic is...
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SF Gate
| 11 months ago
W.Va. (AP) Authorities say a West Virginia man tortured his wife and kept her in chains for a decade, treating her as his slave. A criminal complaint says the 43-year-old victim was burned on her back and breasts with irons and frying pans, and her...
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Mail Online UK
| 11 months ago
Peter Lizon allegedly tortured his wife and made her kneel in front of him A husband is accused of enslaving his wife for 10 years, chaining her up and beating her in a brutal catalogue of abuse. Peter Lizon, of Leroy, West Virginia, is charged with...
