we don't feel it's right. >> jennifer brown's body now rests at the parish cemetery in her hometown.rs visit her often and believe jennifer would have agreed with the decision to spare the life of a man who took hers. >> i think that jenny was so forgiving and loving toward everybody that she thinks we did the right thing. this is what she would have wanted. >>, anna there's a hearing coming up. what impact will the family's opinions have sf. >> i spoke to usa embassy official yesterday. they told me it is likely to have a significant impact on the judge's decision and part of the reason for that as a harvard law professor explained to us under the can qatari law the judge is statutorily required to take the family's views into account in the case of intentional premeditated murder. >> thank you, anna. >>> disappointment from the >> announcer: this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored by chick-fil-a. wake up to a whole new world of taste. wake up to breast fak at chick-fil-a. how do i get hotel deals nobody else gets?... i know a guy. price-line ne-go-ti-a-tor! i know this guy...

. >> reporter: jennifer brown says she heard her neighbor being attacked in her whitehall home. >> i went to the wall and listened and heard her say call the police. so i banged on the wall and said, i'm calling police. >> reporter: she said she was stabbed by her ex-boyfriend, who then fled in a black suv. barely 30 minutes later the suspect was dead after a police chase in which investigators say he crashed his vehicle, stabbed a police officer, and was shot and killed by that police officer. the police officer underwent surgery and should be okay. detectives identify the suspect as 42-year-old jerome nichols and officers say police dash cam videos say a taser did not stop nichols as he approached the officer. >> the officer was under attack with a large knife. he was stabbed multiple times. you know certainly under those circumstances, the force that was utilized is in my opinion, justifiable. >> reporter: jennifer brown says the outcome of the chase is sad but is relieved for jacqueline. >> now she doesn't have to worry about that kind of domestic drama and abuse anymore. >> repo

neighbor jennifer brown lives next door. >> i heard a lot of screaming help me, help me, some banging on the floor. so, i instantly went over to the wall and banged on the wall and said i'm calling 911. >> reporter: brown went outside the victim had pushed out this screen and was shouting for help from an upper window. >> she had said that he was in the house and that he had stabbed her. >> reporter: by then nichols had fled the house and that set up for the confrontation with the police. neighbors say that nichols and the female victim had been a couple for several years but that she had ended the relationship a few weeks ago. live in bethlehem, john rawlins, channel6 "action news." >> thank you, john. >>> only "action news" was in bucks county this afternoon as two burglary suspects walked out of their first court appearance. police say james towns and nashir williams got into mike's gun shop in tullytown by breaking through the roof at 2:30 this morning. the security system alerted authorities. that set off a seven-hour standoff. one tried to escape through the ventilation system b

. >> reporter: police say neighbor jennifer brown may have done just that. at first she thought that she was hearing her on again off again neighbors fighting again but this time was far worse a lot of yelling, help me, help me. then i heard banging. >> i went over to the wall and i banged back and said i'm calling the the police. >> reporter: police say it was 42 year-old jerome nichols with his ex-girlfriend's home and stab her in the investigation, shortly after 3:00 monday morning. with police in pursuit nichols fled in his suv eventually crashing in the industrial drive embankment in allentown. >> the the police department, dereplied a taser without the effect. at that time the the suspect turned and engaged pd. >> reporter: it is when the officer saw that nichols was brandishing a knife he tried to make an arrest but was stabbed several times. a pennsylvania state trooper and second officer shot and then killed nichols. >> the shooting instant tenth that involved both the police officer and a pennsylvania state the police trooper appears to be certainl

. >> reporter: jennifer brown moved to qatar to teach prekindergarten in september 2012.dead. authorities said she had been murdered in her apartment by a security guard who worked in her building. tricia snisky and heather shapiro are jennifer's sisters. >> two years later, and it's still really hard to imagine that this did happen. >> reporter: the guard reportedly confessed but the trial was continually delayed. then just a few weeks ago came a development they never expected-- a qatari judge hearing the case asked them to decide what punishment the man should face if convicted. >> i was shocked. and i didn't even consider that they would take the family's wishes into consideration like that. >> reporter: one option they were given was a reduced sentence for the alleged killer in exchange for blood money of $56,000. >> it is very insulting that they would even think that we would consider that after what he has taken from us. >> reporter: the next question was hard tore answer-- did they want him to get the death penalty? so you potentially have the power to spare this

. >> reporter: that is what neighbor jennifer brown woke up to monday morning screams of terror from next door. >> i went over to the wall and i banged back and i said i'm calling police. >> reporter: police say it was 42 year-old jerome nichols who stabbed his ex-girl friend during a home invasion in west cat sock was shortly after 3:00 monday morning. with police in pursuit nichols fled town crashing into this industrial drive embankment in allentown. >> the officers attempted to take him into custody and he fled. >> reporter: it is when police say a police officer caught up with nichols. when he tried to make an arrest the officer was stabbed several times. seeing this a pennsylvania state trooper, and second officer, shot and killed nichols. >> i can say with a high degree of assurance preliminary basis that the shooting incident that involved both catsack was police officer and pennsylvania state police trooper appears to be certainly justified. >> reporter: both the officer and victim are expected to fully recover. police say it is because of quick thinking in the face of sever

. >> reporter: barely 30 minutes earlier, jennifer brown says she heard nichols allegingly attacking jacqueline who lived next door. >> i went over to the wall and kind of listened. and she was like help me call the police. so, i banged on the wall, i said, i'm calling the police. >> reporter: investigators also believe jerome nichols may have covered his ex-girlfriend's car with black paint and slashed all four tires before leaving. prosecutors say the police car dash cam video of the chase speaks volumes. >> the officer was under attack with a large knife. he was stabbed multiple times. you know certainly under those circumstances, the force that was utilized is in my opinion, justifiable. >> reporter: well both the officer and jacqueline are expected to make a full recovery after minor surgery. both the officer and the state trooper are on administrative leave until jim martin's office completes their investigation. live in hanover township, i'm doug shimell, "nbc10 news." >>> we're going back to breaking news from camden county pennsauken. nbc10 was the first to show you this tan

neighbor jennifer brown heard the attacks shortly after 3:00 this morning. >> i hardy lot of screaming help me, help me and banging on the floor. so i instantly went over to the wall and banged on the wall and said i'm calling 911. >> reporter: neighbors say brown and the victim has been couple for several years hadn't lived at this address until the victim ended the relationship a short time ago. >> this couple once had a relationship and ended it. it was ended after least several weeks ago and i think it's fair to say that we believe that the entry to the home of the stabbing victim, the female stabbing victim, was not consentual. >> reporter: apparently the couple had lived at that house for several years as a couple. they had lived there neighbors said though, they were frequently heard to be arguing and that police, the whitehall police were frequently called to that location because of domestic issues at that place. live in bethlehem township, john rawlins, channel6 "action news." shirleen. >> all right, thank you, john. >>> meanwhile in bucks county, police say they have two peo

brown's case has sparked an online campaign. here to talk about his sentencing and the implications, senior staff target at the electronic frontier foundation. her work focused on open government, transparency, and privacy issues jennifer, thank you for joining us, so barrett brown didn't hack stratford, why was he son convicted. >> well that's very true. he didn't hack stratford, he was convicted -- his ultimate conviction was related to some threats he made to an fbi agent, and posted on youtube. but the initial prosecution against barrett brown was actually for just sharing a link to the stratford cloud. he share add link like most of us do about every day when we communicate on the internet. he didn't share the files he just shared the link so that anybody could download them. on to their own computer who had access to that information. you can fortunately, those files also contained tens of thousands of credit card numbers and access codes and so the government used that against him in one of the two criminal cases against him. while he was charged with sharing this link, he was convicted of threatening an fbi agent. >> that's correct. the threats were made because barrett brown was being prosecuted was being inve

brown. singer and actress jennifer hudson talked about bobbi kristina during a recent interview. >> all we canme time be understanding that first this is a human being, this is a person who suffered a drastic loss and she's young. >> investigators say they are now focusing their attention on bobbi kristina's boyfriend nick gordon. wednesday will mark three years since whitney houston died after being found unconscious in a bathtub at the beverly hilton hotel. >>> preparations are underway for tonight's grammy awards. crews have been working to set up the red carpet and big stages ahead of the big show. the 57th annual grammy awards at the staples center in los angeles. beyonce, pharrell and sam smith have six nominations each. rapper and ll cool j is hosting it for the fourth consecutive year. >>> mate i be knowing in the -- it may be snowing in the sierra today but a lack of snow is impacting skiers and snowboarders. where he there are going? >> excuse me, i need your attention. >> yes, that's the dog tacking. dogs communicating with humans. new technology designed to help save lives. >> outs

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