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		<title>Blacknell sentenced to life without parole for 2009 crime spree</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/05/18/blacknell-sentenced-to-life-without-parole-for-2009-crime-spree/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 22:17:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joe “Fatter” Blacknell III was sentenced to life in prison plus more than 200 years without possibility of parole for the March 2009 murder of an up-and-coming East Bay rap artist and a September 2009 shooting and carjacking spree in Richmond and Oakland. Blacknell, now 21, was arrested after a brief foot pursuit with Richmond...]]></description>
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		<title>Jailhouse interview with Joe &#8216;Fatter&#8217; Blacknell, who faces life in prison for &#8217;09 slaying</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/05/15/jailhouse-interview-with-joe-fatter-blacknell-who-faces-life-in-prison-for-09-slaying/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do you say hello to a convicted murderer? The thought darted through my head as I strode through the Martinez Courthouse jail facility’s winding corridors of concrete and steel. In moments I would be face-to-face—albeit divided by two-inch thick Plexiglas—with Joe Blacknell III, the young man described by police and District Attorney’s Office officials...]]></description>
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		<title>Accused takes stand in trial of killing of Gene Deshawn Grisby-Bell</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/04/27/accused-takes-stand-in-trial-of-killing-of-gene-deshawn-grisby-bell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For Tyris Franklin, the rest of his life could depend on what was going through his 16-year-old mind when he shot Gene Deshawn Grisby-Bell four times, killing the unarmed student-athlete. “I don’t remember what happened,” Franklin said Thursday, testifying on his own behalf. “Things just boiled up and boiled up to where I had no...]]></description>
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		<title>Questions swirl around flap between ONS and sheriff at scene of North Richmond shooting</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/04/20/questions-swirl-around-flap-between-ons-and-sheriff-at-scene-of-north-richmond-shooting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The day after Tuesday&#8217;s shooting in unincorporated North Richmond left a 22-year-old man dying on the sidewalk, a city anti-violence agency filed a complain tagainst a Contra Costa Sheriff&#8217;s deputy, accusing him of assaulting one of its staff members minutes after the fatal shooting of Lonnie Peterson III. Office of Neighborhood Safety staff say a...]]></description>
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		<title>Richmond councilman and agency at odds, city manager and others in between</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/04/03/richmond-councilman-and-agency-at-odds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Office of Neighborhood Safety is in the spotlight at City Hall again, and growing unrest between the agency and its critics threatens to engulf much of the city’s government and hamper larger goals of reducing violence and increasing transparency. The action has focused in recent weeks on a proposal by City Councilman Corky Booze...]]></description>
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		<title>Prosecutor reflects on trial, conviction of Joe &#8216;Fatter&#8217; Blacknell in Richmond gang case</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/03/19/prosecutor-reflects-on-trial-conviction-of-joe-fatter-blacknell-in-richmond-gang-case/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the jury’s deliberation dragged into a second week, the pressure mounted. Always unflappable in the courtroom, prosecuting attorney Derek Butts nevertheless found himself wracked with inner anxiety. “Those two weeks were brutal,” Butts said. For more than a month in the trial of Joe Blacknell III, Butts’ scratchy monotone had never wavered. Hostile witnesses...]]></description>
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		<title>Richmond man shot and killed outside party Friday night</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/03/12/richmond-man-shot-and-killed-outside-party-friday-night/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 23:29:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 23-year-old Richmond resident was shot and killed while riding in a car from a party in South Richmond Friday night. The victim, William Cantrell was one of three people in the car, which was fired at by a shooter who was on foot in the 2900 block of Florida Ave., according to Lt. Bisa...]]></description>
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		<title>Blacknell convicted in murder of Marcus Russell, other counts</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/03/08/blacknell-convicted-in-murder-of-marcus-russell-other-charges/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 02:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joe Blacknell III was found guilty Thursday of 20 felony counts, including the first degree murder of Marcus Russell in 2009. Jurors reached their decision after more than eight days of deliberations. Blacknell, 21, was convicted on 20 out of 22 felonies with which he was charged. He was found not guilty on two counts...]]></description>
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		<title>Premiere of part 4 in North Richmond film saga draws crowd</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/02/23/premiere-of-part-4-in-north-richmond-film-saga-draws-crowd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 02:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[North Richmond is unique, and it’s a place with heart. That was the undeniable theme Wednesday night, as about 200 people packed City Council chambers for the premiere of “An Exploration of Our History, North Richmond Part 4,” a documentary produced by filmmaker Doug Harris and more than a dozen young people from the neighborhood....]]></description>
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		<title>Blacknell defense opens case, focuses on science and inconsistent witnesses</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/02/22/blacknell-defense-opens-case-focuses-on-science-and-inconsistent-witnesses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the first day of witness testimony for the defense, public defender Diana Garrido spent several hours focused on what may be the prosecution’s biggest weaknesses in its case against Joe Blacknell III: shaky witnesses and inconclusive scientific evidence. The prosecution’s star witness, a woman shot and wounded while driving with murder victim Marcus Russell,...]]></description>
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