Murder & Mayhem

“You can’t claim self-defense if you are the unjustified aggressor,” Linda Dunikoski said. “Who started this? It wasn’t Ahmaud Arbery.” More

November 23, 2021

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Attorneys made a final push Monday to persuade the jury in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, with the prosecution saying that three white men chased him solely “because he was a Black man running down the street” and defense attorneys repeatedly blaming Arbery for his own […] More

November 22, 2021

By Grace Wong, Court TV KENOSHA, Wis. (CourtTV) – The Rittenhouse verdict paved the way for a passionate debate about guns, self-defense and justice. What the public was unaware of was the sequence of events taking place before the widely contended verdict that has captivated so many. More

November 22, 2021

The suspect in a Christmas parade crash in suburban Milwaukee that killed five people was free on $1,000 bail posted just two days before the deadly event. More

November 22, 2021

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — None of the three white men charged in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery had cause to make a citizen’s arrest when they saw him in their neighborhood, according to a prosecutor, who said Monday in closing arguments that the defendants decided to pursue him “because he was a […] More

November 22, 2021

The trial of father and son Greg and Travis McMichael and their neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan is nearing an end. More

November 22, 2021

Attorneys were scheduled to give closing arguments Monday in the murder trial of three white men charged in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery. More

November 22, 2021

Texas judge declared mistrial in first murder case against man charged with killing 18 older women in Dallas area over two-year span but prosecutors vowed to continue to pursue convictions. More

November 19, 2021

As the last of five "not guilty" verdicts read aloud Kyle Rittenhouse shook with sobs and collapsed nearly falling out of sight of television camera fixed on him in Wisconsin courtroom. More

November 19, 2021

Former top public defender whose firing 5 years ago was condemned by local NAACP chapter Kevin Gough is known in legal circles for pushing the envelope if he thinks it will benefit client. More

November 19, 2021

By MICHAEL TARM, SCOTT BAUER and AMY FORLITI Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges Friday after pleading self-defense in the deadly Kenosha shootings that became a flashpoint in the debate over guns, vigilantism and racial injustice in the U.S.    Rittenhouse, 18, began to choke up, fell […] More

November 19, 2021

By AMY FORLITI and SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Attorneys for Kyle Rittenhouse have requested a mistrial based on several issues, including claims that prosecutors acted in bad faith and that the state gave them an inferior copy of a video that may be a key piece of evidence in the case. >>>READ MORE: […] More

November 19, 2021

The jury at Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial returned for a fourth day of deliberations Friday, the morning after the judge raised eyebrows among lawyers when he let a juror take home a copy of the detailed legal instructions he gave to the panel. More

November 19, 2021

Defense attorneys rested their case in the Ahmaud Arbery trial after calling seven witnesses, including the shooter. More

November 18, 2021

Kyle Rittenhouse's murder trial jury deliberated for a third full day without reaching a verdict, while a judge barred MSNBC from court. More

November 18, 2021

Three men are charged in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, and jurors will have to decide whether one, two, three or none of them is guilty. More

November 18, 2021

By RUSS BYNUM and JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The man who killed Ahmaud Arbery testified Thursday that Arbery did not speak, show a weapon or threaten him in any way before he raised his shotgun and pointed it at the 25-year-old Black man. Under cross-examination by the prosecution on his second […] More

November 18, 2021

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has rejected a request by Steven Avery to review his conviction, a case that became the focus of a popular Netflix series “Making a Murderer.” More

November 18, 2021

Rapper Young Dolph was shot and killed Wednesday inside a beloved local cookie shop in his hometown of Memphis. More

November 18, 2021

Kyle Rittenhouse trial verdict watch Kenosha, Wisconsin and Defense Attorney Kevin Gough creates controversy in Brunswick, Georgia. More

November 18, 2021

By MICHAEL TARM, SCOTT BAUER and AMY FORLITI Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Kyle Rittenhouse’s attorneys asked the judge to declare a mistrial even as the jury in the murder case was deliberating Wednesday, saying the defense received an inferior copy of a potentially crucial video from prosecutors.    Judge Bruce Schroeder did […] More

November 17, 2021

Travis McMichael - man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery - testified Arbery attacked him and grabbed his shotgun after he and his father pursued the Black man in their Georgia neighborhood. More

November 17, 2021

Race was going to be at forefront of trial of 3 white men charged with killing Arbery but lawyer's rejected call to kick out Black pastors including Jesse Jackson intensified frustrations. More

November 17, 2021

Judge Bruce Schroeder called some coverage of the Kyle Rittenhouse case “frightening.” More

November 17, 2021

Defense lawyers were expected to build on arguments that their clients were lawfully trying to stop burglaries in their neighborhood as they began presenting their case Wednesday in the murder trial of three white men for the killing of Ahmaud Arbery. More

November 17, 2021

About two hours into deliberations on the second day, jurors asked to view video presented at the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse. More

November 17, 2021

Testimony during the trial indicated Steven Vogel told witnesses he killed the man out of jealousy over a “love triangle” involving his girlfriend. More

November 17, 2021

Rittenhouse jury deliberated full day Tuesday without reaching verdict whether he was instigator in night of bloodshed in Kenosha or concerned citizen trying to help who came under attack. More

November 16, 2021

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

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