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Breaking: High Court throws out reduced sentence for teen who killed Emma Lovell

ABC News Australia Top Stories and WMTW8 (Hearst, Portland ME) describe the same event in different terms.

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What happenedThe High Court of Australia throws out a reduced sentence handed to a 17-year-old jailed over the murder of Brisbane woman Emma Lovell.
What changedABC News Australia Top Stories frames it as "Breaking: High Court throws out reduced sentence for teen who killed Emma Lovell". WMTW8 (Hearst, Portland ME) frames it as "Maine high court throws out Portland man’s sentence for second time".
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Still Watching. ABC News Australia Top Stories frames it as "Breaking: High Court throws out reduced sentence for teen who killed Emma Lovell". WMTW8 (Hearst, Portland ME) frames it as "Maine high court throws out Portland man’s sentence for second time".

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Aug 4, 11:08 PM: WMTW8 (Hearst, Portland ME) joined the source map.

Aug 5, 12:41 AM: ABC News Australia Top Stories joined the source map.

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Breaking: High Court throws out reduced sentence for teen who killed Emma Lovell

The High Court of Australia throws out a reduced sentence handed to a 17-year-old jailed over the murder of Brisbane woman Emma Lovell.

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Maine high court throws out Portland man’s sentence for second time

Maine’s highest court has thrown out the sentence of a man convicted in a 2022 Portland shooting, finding for the second time that the lower court did not handle his sentencing correctly.

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