'Suge' Knight pleads not guilty to murder

Former rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight pleaded not guilty today over a hit-and-run incident earlier this year that left one man dead and another seriously injured in Los Angeles.
Knight denied charges of murder, attempted murder and hit-and-run over the death of Terry Carter, 55, and wounding of Cle "Bone" Sloan, 51, in a parking lot in Compton in January.
Knight's trial is scheduled for July 7. Los Angeles Superior Court judge Ronald Coen again refused a request by his lawyer Matthew Fletcher to lower his USD 10 million bail. A pre-trial hearing has been set for May 29.
Lawyers for Knight have argued he acted in self-defense after being attacked by Sloan and others in broad daylight.

Sloan, expected to be a key witness in the case, told the court earlier this month that he was only giving evidence because he had been subpoenaed to do so, insisting he was not "a snitch.