Delve into the chilling realm of crime, where murder, mystery and chaos reign, and the ultimate battle for justice that follows.
Soon, it will be Cruz's attorneys arguing why he should be spared, hoping to convince at least one juror their mitigating factors outweigh the prosecution's aggravating circumstances — a death sentence must be unanimous. More
August 15, 2022
The family of a Texas soldier who was was sexually harassed and killed at a military base near Killeen in 2020 filed a lawsuit Friday seeking $35 million in damages from the U.S. government. The family of 20-year-old Vanessa Guillen is seeking damages on the basis of sexual harassment, abuse, assault, rape, sodomy and wrongful death. More
August 12, 2022
Former Detective Kelly Goodlett intends to plead guilty to a civil rights charge stemming from the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor. More
August 12, 2022
Police said the bodies of Kassandra Sweeney and her two sons, ages 4 and 23 months, were found in their home on August 3, 2022. More
August 12, 2022
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press Scott Peterson’s trial attorney missed an opportunity to grill a California juror about bias who eventually helped send him to death row for murdering his pregnant wife and unborn child, his appellate lawyer conceded Thursday while arguing the former fertilizer salesman deserves a new trial because of juror misconduct. […] More
August 11, 2022
A judge scheduled a hearing for Monday on the “status of plea negotiations” for the two remaining officers awaiting trial on state charges in the killing of George Floyd, with the hearing coming after the judge's window for accepting any deal appears to have closed. More
August 11, 2022
Eight minority corrections officers who were working at the jail where a former Minneapolis police officer was awaiting trial in the death of George Floyd were awarded nearly $1.5 million Tuesday to settle a lawsuit. More
August 9, 2022
A jury convicted Yaser Said of shooting and killing his daughters, 18-year-old Amina Said and 17-year-old Sarah Said. More
August 9, 2022
A crowd of dozens chanted on a sweltering street corner Tuesday as Ahmaud Arbery's hometown unveiled new street signs honoring the young Black man who was fatally shot after being chased by three white men in a nearby neighborhood. More
August 9, 2022
In light of the recent lawsuit sought by the family of Gabby Petito, who was killed just weeks after an incident between her and Brian Laundrie in Moab last year, Bertram wonders if more direction is needed from lawmakers to police departments regarding how they handle domestic situations. More
August 9, 2022
Jurors began deliberating in the capital murder trial of a man accused of fatally shooting his two teenage daughters in a taxi. More
August 9, 2022
Nicole Linton, suspected of causing a fiery crash that killed five people, including a pregnant woman, was charged Monday with murder. More
August 9, 2022
Yaser Said told the jury that he ran from his car and left his teen daughters inside because he feared for his life as he testified. More
August 8, 2022
The prosecutor seeking to sentence Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz to death let the facts speak for themselves as he presented his case. More
August 8, 2022
The white father and son who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in a Georgia neighborhood each received a second life prison sentence for committing federal hate crimes. William “Roddie” Bryan, who recorded cellphone video of the slaying, was sentenced to 35 years in prison. More
August 8, 2022
Travis McMichael, the white man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery after chasing the running Black man in Georgia, fears he will be killed by fellow inmates if he's sent to state prison. More
August 5, 2022
Two more witnesses took the stand Thursday in the murder trial of Paul and Ruben Flores, who are charged in connection with the 1996 disappearance of Cal Poly freshman Kristin Smart. More
August 5, 2022
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Scripps News Tallahassee) — A man who allegedly was involved in a murder case that occurred more than 25 years ago has been formally charged by the state of Florida. According to a grand jury document from the Leon County Clerk and Comptroller’s Office filed Thursday, Alan Lefferts was formally charged with first-degree […] More
August 5, 2022
When Patricia Owens was asked to identify her ex-husband in court, she pointed at Yaser Said, saying: “That devil there.” More
August 5, 2022
A Colorado man has been found guilty of murdering of his ex-girlfriend in 2018 and dumping her body at an abandoned truck stop. More
August 5, 2022
Court TV Field Producer Emanuella Grinberg was one of five journalists who participated in the jury tour of the preserved crime scene of the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida. More
August 4, 2022
The U.S. Justice Department has charged four police officers involved in the deadly Breonna Taylor raid with civil rights violations. More
August 4, 2022
Eyewitnesses who saw Kristin Smart at a party the night she disappeared took the stand Wednesday in the trials of Paul Flores and Ruben Flores. More
August 4, 2022
Jurors in the trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz are expected to walk through the still blood-spattered rooms of Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Thursday. More
August 4, 2022
The white man who initiated the neighborhood chase that resulted in the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery is asking a federal judge to show leniency when he's sentenced next week for a federal hate crime conviction. More
August 3, 2022
The child died in October 2021, prosecutors said. His parents have since been arrested, along with a third female suspect. More
August 3, 2022
Yaser Said is accused of murdering his daughters, 18-year-old Amina Said and 17-year-old Sarah Said. He evaded arrest for 12 years. More
August 3, 2022
“My first-born daughter, daddy's girl was taken from me!” yelled Dr. Alhadeff, the father of victim 14-year-old Alyssa Alhadeff. More
August 3, 2022
Three people have been arrested and one is wanted in connection with the death of a woman whose body was found near the Realization Point trailhead in Boulder County, Colorado on July 24. More
August 2, 2022
A woman was arrested and faces multiple charges after she allegedly stole her two biological children, whom she does not have custody of, from their grandmother's home in Morgan County, Colorado and then crashed her car on an interstate. More
August 2, 2022
