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Exclusive: Mother of 6-year-old Muslim boy stabbed to death in alleged hate crime speaks out

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Wadea Al-Fayoume, a 6-year-old Palestinian boy who was stabbed to death at his Illinois home, loved all people and "loved to share his love," his mother told ABC News. Wadea Al-Fayoume, a 6-year-old Palestinian boy who was stabbed to death at his Illinois home in what authorities say was a hate crime, loved all people and "loved to share his love," his mother told ABC News in an exclusive interview. Wadea and his mother, 32-year-old Hanan Shaheen, were stabbed repeatedly in their suburban Chicago home earlier this month during a confrontation with their landlord, who allege dly targeted them because they were Muslim, according to the Will County Sheriff's Office. Wadea was stabbed 26 times and succumbed to his injuries at a hospital, the sheriff's office said. Shaheen was stabbed a dozen times, authorities said. Dressed all in black, and with bandages still on her face from the attack, Shaheen told ABC News correspondent Alex Perez on Wednesday that she ...

Alex Murdaugh's attorneys allege court clerk tampered with jury in double murder trial

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Defense attorneys allege Colleton County Clerk of Court Rebecca Hill tampered with the jury in Alex Murdaugh's double murder trial. Alex Murdaugh's attorneys are alleging a court clerk tampered with the jury during his double murder trial in new court documents. The disgraced South Carolina attorney was found guilty of brutally murdering his wife and younger son, Margaret "Maggie" Murdaugh, 52, and Paul Murdaugh, 22, who were found dead from multiple gunshot wounds near the dog kennels at the family's hunting estate in 2021. The jury reached the verdict in March after deliberating for nearly three hours and a judge imposed two sentences of life in prison, to be served consecutively for the murders. MORE: Murdaugh murders and mysteries timeline: Key events in the South Carolina family's scandals and deaths In a 65-page motion for a new trial filed on Tuesday, defense attorney s claim that Colleton County Clerk of Court Rebecca Hill " tampered with the...