[0] Court TV Covers NFL Star Linebacker Ray Lewis On Trial for Murder.

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NEW YORK--(BW SportsWire)--May 5, 2000

Live Comprehensive Coverage slated to begin Monday, May 22(a)

Court TV will provide live coverage from Atlanta, GA as Baltimore Ravens

The Baltimore Ravens are a professional American football team based in Baltimore, Maryland. They compete in the Northern Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). standout Ray Lewis faces two counts of murder, two counts of felony murder The felony murder rule is a legal doctrine current in some common law countries that broadens the crime of murder in two ways. First, when a victim dies accidentally or without specific intent in the course of an applicable felony, it increases what might have been manslaughter (or , and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon Assault with a Deadly Weapon is the term used to describe the act of threatening to harm one or more people by using a weapon (usually a firearm). Here, assault must be differentiated from battery as they are often confused. Assault is threatening to use force. ; all stemming from a Super Bowl Party fracas in the early hours of January 31. Lewis, Reginald Oakley and Joseph Sweeting sweet·ing
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2. Archaic Sweetheart. are accused of fatally stabbing two men - a 21-year old aspiring artist and a 24-year old barber - in a fight outside a trendy nightclub in the Buckhead area. Lewis is the first active NFL NFL
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NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga player to stand trial for a murder charge. If convicted of murder, Lewis and his co-defendants face life sentences.

Jury selection is scheduled to begin on Monday, May 15; with opening statements expected to begin on Monday, May 22. Court TV will cover the proceedings live, with expert analysis, daily from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. (Eastern Time). Court TV reporter Clara Tuma will report from the Fulton County Superior Court.

In addition, Court TV online (www.courttv.com) will have extensive coverage of the trial, including video clips and chats with Court TV commentators and special guests. Crier CRIER. An inferior officer of a court, whose duty it is to open and adjourn the court, when ordered by the judges; to make proclamations and obey the directions of the court in anything which concerns the administration of justice. Today (1 p.m./ET) and Pros & Cons (6 p.m./ET) will also contribute analysis of the trial.

Court TV (www.courttv.com), a basic cable network, provides a window on the American system of justice through distinctive programming, that both informs and entertains. As the first and only cable network dedicated to crime and justice, Court TV broadcasts live trials by day and crime stories in the evening. A service of Time Warner Entertainment and Liberty Media Corp., Court TV's current subscriber base is over 40 million.

(a) Start of trial subject to rescheduling or postponement.

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