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Reporter at The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) | 🇦🇺 in 🇺🇸 | jack.morphet@wsj.com

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Joined September 2011
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By the time police made the connection between the mass shooting at Brown University and the murder of an MIT professor, the suspect, Claudio Neves Valente, was already dead. Five Days of Mystery: How the Brown University Shooter Evaded Capture wsj.com/us-news/law/five-day…
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The university relies on internal proceedings to handle sexual assault allegations. Some students say the system failed them. on.wsj.com/46TDpNA
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Sex crime allegations at Cornell are often dealt with in-house and never reach law enforcement, even after a Title IX panel finds the accusations are likely true. Two former students who went through the process explain how and why. 🎁🔗: wsj.com/us-news/law/cornell-…
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▫ A nation remembers 9/11 ▫Memorial ceremonies commemorate victims of illnesses linked to terrorist attacks and people who died in 2001 ▫@JackMorphet @jdeavila ▫tinyurl.com/2co5gq4k @WSJ #frontpagestoday #USA
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A mistrial has been declared after a Massachusetts jury deadlocked in the trial of Lindsay Clancy, who killed her three children while in the grip of what she said was postpartum psychosis.  wsj.com/us-news/lindsay-clan…
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Lindsay Clancy’s case ends in mistrial after the jury deadlocked over whether she is criminally responsible for killing her three children. Read more: on.wsj.com/4zXV4Ru
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Tyler Robinson could be sentenced to death if he’s found guilty of killing Charlie Kirk. A judge found there’s sufficient evidence that the lethal shot from 400 feet was a risk to others, warranting an aggravated murder charge (capital felony). wsj.com/us-news/law/charlie-… via @WSJ
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A former Crips gangster accused of orchestrating the drive-by shooting of Tupac nearly 30 years ago is on trial for the unsolved murder. Duane "Keffe D" Davis bragged about it in his book. His own defense lawyer now says the book is "bullshit". Gift link: wsj.com/us-news/tupac-shakur…
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If the cover of the New York Post isn’t this photo with this headline “SACREBLEU IT” then what are we even doing anymore?
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Markwayne Mullin, a Republican senator from Oklahoma, will be the new head of the Department of Homeland Security. Here's what to know. on.wsj.com/4rW8oRO
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Nomadic upbringing separated from her father. Dropped out of school at 14. Gender transition at 15. Set her house on fire while high on mushrooms. Made a videogame simulating a mall shooting. What we know about the 18yo Canadian mass shooter. wsj.com/world/americas/teen-… via @WSJ
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A judge has issued a temporary order blocking the Trump administration from “destroying or altering evidence” related to the fatal shooting of Minneapolis resident Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive-care nurse killed by Border Patrol officers. wsj.com/us-news/in-battle-fo…
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Tough-on-crime local cops from Florida to Maine and Minnesota supported the mass deportation of criminals in the U.S. illegally. Now that they've seen ICE's tactics up close, they're not happy with some of the "bush league" policing on show. wsj.com/us-news/police-who-o… via @WSJ
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A Border Patrol agent was standing in front of a moving car when, out of fear, they stepped aside and fired into the driver's window. This time in Oregon. The driver, a Venezuelan with alleged ties to Tren de Aragua, was in the U.S. illegally. wsj.com/us-news/venezuelan-m… via @WSJ
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The ICE agent who killed Renee Nicole Good is an Iraq war veteran and firearms instructor. This wasn’t Jonathan Ross' first traffic stop to end in violence. He recently tased a driver in the face while his other arm was trapped in their moving car. wsj.com/us-news/what-we-know…
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Nick Reiner’s been dropped by high profile lawyer Alan Jackson. Jackson said he couldn't legally or ethically say why but added he thinks Reiner's innocent. The public defender who took over only spoke to Reiner for 30 seconds this morning. wsj.com/us-news/law/nick-rei… via @WSJ
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“You can take this to the bank – pursuant to the laws of this state, pursuant to the law in California, Nick Reiner is not guilty of murder,” Jackson said. “Print that.”
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An 18-year-old Burger King worker who pledge support for Islamic State planned to commit a terrorist attack with knives and hammers at a grocery store or fast-food restaurant near Charlotte, N.C., on New Year’s Eve, the FBI said. wsj.com/politics/national-se…
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