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SCOTUS rejects appeal from cop killer Golphin

The nation’s highest court will not take up the case of a North Carolina man serving a life sentence without parole in the murder of two law enforcement officers in 1997. The US Supreme Court rejected Kevin Salvador Golphin’s appeal along with dozens of other cases Tuesday. Justices offered no commentary about the decision.

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Full Appeals Court will not hold new hearing for cop killer Golphin

The state Court of Appeals will not hold a full “en banc” rehearing of the latest appeal from convicted murderer Kevin Salvador Golphin. An order released Tuesday showed that no judge on the 15-member court voted to grant the rehearing Golphin requested after his latest legal loss.

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Unanimous Appeals Court upholds life sentence for cop killer Golphin

A unanimous three-judge panel of the state Court of Appeals has upheld a life sentence without parole for Kevin Salvador Golphin, one of two brothers who killed two law enforcement officers in Cumberland County in 1997.

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