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Virginia Tech Found Negligent in 2007 Rampage

Dustin Lushing — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:44:36 CDT

Virginia Tech was found legally negligent by a jury today in a lawsuit stemming from the 2007 school shooting that killed 33 people. The issue at stake was whether the university improperly delayed sending out warnings after the first two murders were discovered in a dorm, reports AP . Campus police...

Booming 'Murderabilia' Sales Spur Outrage

Rob Quinn — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:44:00 CST

Sales of the personal effects, letters, and even fingernail clippings of mass murderers and serial killers are stronger than ever thanks to the Internet, but victims' rights advocates say it's time to end the trade in "murderabilia," the Washington Post reports. Only eight states have laws banning convicted killers from...

Virginia Tech Appeals $55K Shooting Rampage Fine

Kate Schwartz — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:59:52 CDT

Just shy of one month after it was slapped with $55,000 in federal fines for waiting too long to notify that campus during the 2007 shooting rampage, Virginia Tech has filed an appeal. State AG Kenneth Cuccinelli yesterday called the Department of Education's findings "absolutely appalling," and explained an...

Virginia Tech Fined $55K Over Shooting Rampage

John Johnson — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:10:01 CDT

The Education Department has fined Virginia Tech the maximum allowable amount—$55,000—over how it handled the 2007 shooting rampage that left 33 people dead, reports the Richmond Times Dispatch . Federal officials say the university didn't warn the campus quickly enough: The school learned that two students had been...

Va. Tech Could Lose Millions Over Shooting Response

John Johnson — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 11:00:05 CST

The feds delivered a harsh rebuke to Virginia Tech yesterday, saying the school failed to issue a "timely" warning about a campus gunman in 2007 who eventually killed 32 people and himself, reports the Richmond Times-Dispatch . As a result, the school could lose nearly $100 million in student financial aid...

Va. Tech Shooter Denied Homicidal Thoughts

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:45:02 CDT

Recently discovered records show the Virginia Tech gunman denied homicidal thoughts to a school counselor nearly a year and half before the worst mass shootings in modern US history. Seung-Hui Cho denied the thoughts in a session with counselor Sherry Lynch Conrad on Dec. 14, 2005. On April 16, 2007,...

Pa. Gym, Va. Tech Shooters Shopped on Same Website

Matt Cantor — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:02:02 CDT

The Pennsylvania health club shooter and the Virginia Tech killer purchased gun equipment from the same website, WPXI Pittsburgh reports. George Sodini bought accessories from TGSCOM, which sold a gun to Seung-Hui Cho. “We deal with police and government agencies as customers,” said a rep for the firm, which runs...

Found: Missing Mental Health Records of Va. Tech Shooter

Matt Cantor — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:42:02 CDT

The mental health records of the gunman behind the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre have been found in the home of a former director of the university’s clinic, reports the AP. Seung-Hui Cho’s records were illegally taken from the clinic more than a year before the attack, says a memo from...

Judge OKs $11M Settlement for Va. Tech Families

Ambreen Ali — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:44:29 CDT

A Virginia judge yesterday approved an $11 million settlement with 42 families of those killed or injured in last year's Virginia Tech shootings, the Washington Post reports. The families sued after a panel concluded that lives might have been saved if the university contacted students immediately after the first shootings....