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Man who murdered pro-lifer, one other, gets life in prison

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A truck driver who killed a pro lifer and one other man in a Michigan shooting spree was sentenced to life imprisonment yesterday. Credit:sxc.hu/shadgross In a court hearing, Harlan Drake, 34, was charged with first-degree murder for the deaths of pro life activist James Pouillon, 63, and businessman Mike Fuoss, 61. Shiawassee County Circuit Judge Gerald Lostracco handed Drake a life term, the automatic penalty under Michigan law. Drake had also planned that day to kill one other man...Read Full Story

Ill will for slain Mich. activist as trial nears

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In life, anti-abortion activist James Pouillon spent years trying to influence people in his small Michigan city with large signs of dead fetuses. In death, that combative style could make it difficult to find a jury for the trial of the man charged with killing him. Jury selection was scheduled to start Tuesday in the first-degree murder trial of trucker Harlan Drake, who is accused of gunning down Pouillon outside Owosso High School on Sept. 11, then later shooting business owner Mike Fuoss...Read Full Story

Trucker tells Michigan jury he killed 2 gentlemen

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The man who confessed to fatally shooting an abortion protester and a businessman in a small Michigan community told jurors Tuesday he deserves to die for the killings. Harlan Drake testified for hours at his first-degree murder trial in Shiawassee County, about 25 miles west of Flint. He admits killing anti-abortion activist James Pouillon and businessman Mike Fuoss. "I deserve to die for committing those murders. ... Obviously, I've murdered two gentlemen," Drake, 34, said. Michigan does...Read Full Story

Prosecutor: Mich. man killed 2 to avenge his mom

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A prosecutor says a 33-year-old Michigan man killed an anti-abortion activist and a business owner in order to avenge his mother. Jurors in Shiawassee County heard opening statements Monday in the first-degree murder trial of Harlan Drake. James Pouillon (POOL'-yuhn) was shot four times while clutching a sign with a picture of a dead fetus outside Owosso High, 30 miles west of Flint. Gravel pit owner Mike Fuoss (FOOSE) was shot 17 times in his office. Assistant Prosecutor Sara Edwards says...Read Full Story

Insanity defense to be used in protester slaying

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The lawyer for a man accused of killing an abortion protester and a business owner in a small Michigan city says he will press ahead with an insanity defense. Defense lawyer Robert Ashley says an independent mental-health expert has found that Harlan Drake lacked criminal responsibility at the time of the killings. The county prosecutor's office disagrees. Drake is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting of James Pouillon (POOL'-yuhn), who was protesting abortion outside Owosso High...Read Full Story
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