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Gabrion's lawyer: Sentence not justifiable Like the lawyers who argued in front of them, the jurors who decided Marvin Gabrion should die had their own way of organizing the case, even posting notes on the wall as they measured the evidence. U.S. Chief District Judge Robert Holmes Bell shared an insider's perspective. "The impression I have from them," he said, "was that after they finished the weighing process (and) arrived at the conclusion, they looked at each other and took a deep breath: Can we say it?" They did -- and they made history Saturday in federal court in Grand...

Body of Andre Bosse found in Lapeer County A young girl's body found in a rural area near Lapeer was identified Sunday as that of Andre Bosse, a Muskegon County girl who was kidnapped and murdered in 1997, state police said. The 11-year-old's body, covered by debris, was discovered Saturday by a man walking through a field in Metamora Township, about 10 miles south of Lapeer, said Detective Lt. Curt Schram of the Michigan State Police's Sixth District Headquarters in Grand Rapids. Authorities used dental records to identify the remains as Bosse's. "It was not an obvious find," Schram said....