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Delve into the chilling realm of crime, where murder, mystery and chaos reign, and the ultimate battle for justice that follows.

Relative of elderly victim testifies at Texas murder trial
Relative of elderly victim testifies at Texas murder trial

By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — One of the 18 older women a man is charged with killing in the Dallas area over a two-year span ran a restaurant in Vietnam before leaving on a helicopter as Saigon fell and was a generous person who loved giving people $2 bills, her son-in-law testified […] More

November 16, 2021

Prosecution rests in trial of men who chased Ahmaud Arbery
Prosecution rests in trial of men who chased Ahmaud Arbery

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Prosecutors rested their case Tuesday in the trial of three white men charged with chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery after the jury saw graphic photos of the shotgun wounds that punched a gaping hole in his chest and unleashed bleeding that stained his white T-shirt entirely […] More

November 16, 2021

Potential jurors get first glimpse of Ghislaine Maxwell in court
Potential jurors get first glimpse of Ghislaine Maxwell in court

NEW YORK (AP) — Prospective jurors got their first glimpse of Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite charged with helping Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse girls and women, when a judge began questioning them individually Tuesday. Wearing a black suit, Maxwell hugged her lawyers when she entered the courtroom and briefly sketched a courtroom artist who was drawing her. […] More

November 16, 2021

Here’s what Kyle Rittenhouse pulled out of a box in court
Here’s what Kyle Rittenhouse pulled out of a box in court

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Kyle Rittenhouse played a direct role Tuesday in deciding, albeit randomly, who will be the final 12 jurors that will decide his innocence or guilt in the murder trial over his killing of two protesters and injuring a third last summer.   At the direction of Circuit Judge Bruce Schroder, Rittenhouse’s attorney placed […] More

November 16, 2021

Jury to get to weigh some lesser charges in Rittenhouse case
Jury to get to weigh some lesser charges in Rittenhouse case

By SCOTT BAUER, MICHAEL TARM and AMY FORLITI Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The jurors who will decide Kyle Rittenhouse’s fate will be allowed to consider lesser charges if they opt to acquit him on some of the original counts prosecutors brought, the judge said Friday during a contentious hearing in which both sides […] More

November 12, 2021

Expert at Rittenhouse trial zeroes in on just a few minutes
Expert at Rittenhouse trial zeroes in on just a few minutes

By MICHAEL TARM, SCOTT BAUER and TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Less than three seconds elapsed between the time a protester in the streets fired a shot in the air and Kyle Rittenhouse opened fire with his rifle, a use-of-force expert testified for the defense Thursday at Rittenhouse’s murder trial. >>>READ MORE: […] More

November 11, 2021

Neighbor testifies he may have caused Arbery to ‘run away’
Neighbor testifies he may have caused Arbery to ‘run away’

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Court TV) — The Satilla Shores resident who called police on Ahmaud Arbery expressed regret on the witness stand Wednesday for his part in the chain of events that led to Arbery’s death. Matt Albenze was the first civilian witness to testify in the murder trial of Greg McMichael, Travis McMichael and William […] More

November 11, 2021