Denise Lavoie | Associated Press
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A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction and sentence of a man on federal death row for the racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation.
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Many U.S. police departments limit shooting at moving vehicles because they consider the practice to be ineffective and not worth the risk to human life. But dozens of such shootings still occur each year with deadly results. The latest high-profile case involved an unarmed Andrew Brown Jr. in Elizabeth City.
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The Pasquotank County sheriff says the deputy who shot and killed Anrew Brown Jr. while serving a search warrant has been put on leave pending an investigation.