The worst fear of any case is becoming cold. Cold cases refer to the crimes that remain unsolved for weeks, years or even decades.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California judge on Wednesday set a May hearing to decide if prosecutors have enough evidence to go to trial against a man suspected being the notorious “Golden State Killer” who eluded capture for decades. Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Steve White ordered the preliminary hearing for Joseph James DeAngelo to […] More
January 23, 2020
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January 17, 2020
BY DAVID PORTER| ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Two New Jersey men who have served more than 20 years in prison for a double murder have a chance at a new trial after a state appeals court ruled that newly discovered evidence could clear them. The ruling means Kevin Baker and Sean Washington could […] More
December 31, 2019
Q&A with Undisclosed’s Colin Miller After the U.S. Supreme Court denied hearing the case of Adnan Syed, the subject of the investigative journalism podcast Serial, I spoke to one of his advocates, attorney and law professor Colin Miller. We discussed Syed’s path from the 2014 debut of Serial to the 2016 post-conviction hearing, to the highest court in the […] More
December 11, 2019
RICK CALLAHAN Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A nephew of 1930s gangster John Dillinger needs a cemetery’s permission to exhume the notorious criminal’s Indianapolis gravesite to prove whether he’s actually buried there, a judge ruled Wednesday in dismissing the nephew’s lawsuit against the cemetery. Marion County Superior Court Judge Timothy Oakes granted Crown Hill Cemetery’s […] More
December 5, 2019
ATLANTA (AP) — A man considered the main suspect in a string of killings of black children and young adults in Atlanta in the 1970s and 1980s has been denied parole. >>READ MORE TRENDING NEWS The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles made the decision last month in the case of 61-year-old Wayne Williams. The […] More
December 3, 2019
BALTIMORE (AP) — Three men incarcerated for 36 years in Maryland were exonerated Monday in the slaying of a Baltimore teenager after a review of their case. Alfred Chestnut, Ransom Watkins and Andrew Stewart were released from custody hours after a judge cleared their convictions and prosecutors dropped the charges. They were teenagers when they […] More
November 26, 2019
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a Maryland man’s bid for a new trial based on information uncovered by the hit podcast “Serial.” The justices did not comment in leaving in place a 4-3 ruling by Maryland’s highest court that denied a new trial to Adnan Syed, who was convicted of strangling […] More
November 25, 2019
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A man convicted of rape and murder when he was a teenager whose story was documented in the 2015 Netflix series “Making a Murderer” asked Wisconsin’s governor for a pardon or commutation of his life prison sentence on Wednesday. The request from Brendan Dassey came as his advocates launched yet another […] More
October 2, 2019
HONOLULU (AP) — Advocates for a former U.S. soldier convicted of the attempted rape and murder of an Army officer’s son 37 years ago are asking a federal judge to order DNA testing to discredit what they say is weak evidence presented at a court-martial that sent him to prison for life. The Hawaii Innocence […] More
September 10, 2019
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A pair of socks helped lead to an arrest in the killing of a Pennsylvania woman nearly 30 years ago, authorities said. Philadelphia prosecutors and state police announced the arrest of Theodore Dill Donahue, now 52, on charges of murder and other counts in the 1991 death of his 27-year-old girlfriend, Denise […] More
September 5, 2019
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for a Maryland man whose murder conviction was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial” are asking the Supreme Court to step into the case. Lawyers for defendant Adnan Syed say in court papers Monday that the justices should order a new trial for Syed and reverse a Maryland court ruling against him. Syed […] More
August 20, 2019
MANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) — A judge has rejected a man’s bid for a new trial in a Wisconsin killing featured in the Netflix series “Making a Murderer.” Judge Angela Sutkiewicz denied Steven Avery’s request in the 2005 killing of photographer Teresa Halbach. Halbach’s remains were found in the Avery family’s salvage yard. Avery argued the […] More
August 13, 2019
