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Former MIT researcher who killed Yale graduate student sentenced to 35 years in prison

Apr. 23, 2024 15:31 PM EDT

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A former researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was sentenced Tuesday to 35 years in prison for the killing of a Yale University graduate student found shot outside his car on a Connecticut street. Qinxuan Pan, 33, who pleaded guilty to...

Judge rejects officers' bid to erase charges in the case of a man paralyzed after police van ride

Mar. 28, 2024 17:44 PM EDT

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Four former Connecticut police officers accused of mocking and mistreating a man after he was paralyzed in the back of a police van in 2022 were denied bids Thursday to enter a program that could have erased criminal charges against them and let them avoid trial. ...

Former MIT researcher pleads guilty to 2021 killing of Yale grad student

Mar. 01, 2024 15:19 PM EST

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A former researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has pleaded guilty to the 2021 killing of a Yale University graduate student found shot outside his car in Connecticut. Qinxuan Pan faces 35 years in prison following his guilty plea Thursday...