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SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — A trial is underway for a 61-year-old man facing a first-degree murder charge in the death of a U.S. Navy recruit who was strangled and dumped in an overgrown field in central Florida 37 years ago. Thomas Garner of Jacksonville has pleaded not guilty to killing Pamela Cahanes. He was arrested […] More
May 5, 2021
Derek Chauvin, convicted of killing George Floyd, has asked for a new trial saying the trial court abused its discretion. More
May 5, 2021
A jury in Rome on Wednesday began deliberating the fates of two young American men who are charged with killing an Italian police officer. More
May 5, 2021
The Army says 21 people have faced disciplinary action in connection with the death of Spc. Vanessa Guillén. More
May 4, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — One of the jurors who convicted Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd on Monday defended his participation in a protest last summer in Washington, D.C., following online speculation about his motives for serving on the jury and whether it might be grounds for appeal. >>>WATCH FULL TRIAL ON DEMAND: MN v. DEREK […] More
May 4, 2021
The California Supreme Court on Monday reversed the death penalty for a woman who killed her four young daughters and tried to kill her son by setting their house on fire 23 years ago. More
May 4, 2021
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida police officer who gunned down a Black motorist whose car had broken down six years ago could legally be convicted of both manslaughter and attempted first-degree murder, a state appeals court ruled April 28. The court said that unusual combination did not constitute double jeopardy. >>>WATCH FULL TRIAL […] More
May 3, 2021
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A federal judge on Monday ordered Puerto Rican boxer Félix Verdejo held without bail after he was charged in the death of his 27-year-old pregnant lover whose body was found in a lagoon. Verdejo is charged with kidnapping and carjacking resulting in the death of Keishla Rodríguez and with […] More
May 3, 2021
A jury found James Addie guilty of first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the shooting death of his secret fiancée, Molly Watson. More
April 29, 2021
The Justice Department brought federal hate crimes charges Wednesday in the death of Ahmaud Arbery. More
April 29, 2021
A Black man killed by North Carolina deputies hit law enforcement officers with his car before they opened fire, a prosecutor said Wednesday. More
April 28, 2021
For years, a savage murderer called the “Torso Killer” dribbled out confessions to a New Jersey detective. More
April 28, 2021
A juror who cast one of the unanimous votes to convict a white former Minneapolis police officer of killing George Floyd said most of deliberations was primarily spent trying to convince one person who was uncertain about part of the jury instructions. More
April 28, 2021
A panel of three Texas appeals court judges appeared skeptical Tuesday of arguments to overturn the conviction of a former Dallas police officer who was sentenced to prison for fatally shooting her neighbor in his home. More
April 27, 2021
Garrett Rolfe's attorney said his client didn't get a chance to defend himself before he was fired for fatally shooting Rayshard Brooks. More
April 26, 2021
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGLES (AP) — The parents of missing California college student Kristin Smart on Thursday sued the father of the man charged with killing their daughter nearly 25 years ago. The lawsuit filed in San Luis Obispo County Superior Court said Smart’s body was buried in Ruben Flores’s backyard and […] More
April 23, 2021
IDAHO — April 23, 2021: Lori Daybell Attorney Mark Means and Chad Daybell Attorney John Prior filed multiple motions: Motion to oppose use of DNA Motion to preserve DNA samples Motion for photographic recordings of serology samples and review lab records Means also asks that prosecutor not “CC” the court on discovery-related letters, accusing Wood […] More
April 23, 2021
Edward 'Jake' Wagner pleaded guilty to 23 counts, which spares him the death penalty for the murders of 8 members of the Rhoden family. More
April 23, 2021
After just ten hours of deliberations, the jury for the Derek Chauvin murder trial delivered their verdict – guilty on all counts. More
April 22, 2021
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A jury deliberated for less than an hour before convicting a West Virginia woman charged in the death of her 5-year-old grandson. Michelle Lynn Boggs, 49, of Lost Creek wept at the verdict finding her guilty of knowingly allowing death of a child by parent, guardian or custodian by child abuse, The […] More
April 22, 2021
After 3 weeks of testimony and 45 witnesses, the Derek Chauvin murder trial moved into closing arguments. More
April 22, 2021
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (Scripps News San Luis Obispo) — 3-year-old Orson and 4-year-old Orrin West have been missing for months. According to Trezell and Jacqueline West, the boys adoptive parents, the boys disappeared from their backyard on Dec. 21. “They do not just roam around these patches … I think definitely would have been picked up or […] More
April 22, 2021
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The superintendent of the Florida school district where 17 students and staff died in a 2018 high school massacre was arrested Wednesday after investigators said he lied to a grand jury investigating events surrounding the shooting. Broward County Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie was arrested by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement at […] More
April 21, 2021
Convicted of the murder and manslaughter of George Floyd, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was taken to his new home at Minnesota Correctional Facility, the state's only maximum-security prison in Oak Park Heights. More
April 21, 2021
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California college student missing for nearly 25 years was once buried in the backyard of the home owned by the murder suspect’s father, authorities said in a court document. The body of Kristin Smart, which has never been found, was recently moved from the home of Ruben Flores, a prosecutor […] More
April 21, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The jury reached a verdict Tuesday at the murder trial of former Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd, the Black man who was pinned to the pavement with a knee on his neck in a case that set off a furious reexamination of racism and policing in the U.S. […] More
April 20, 2021
After weeks of testimony from the prosecution, it’s now time for Derek Chauvin’s lawyer to present the defense’s case. More
April 20, 2021
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lawyers for a father and son charged in the 1996 disappearance of California college student Kristin Smart criticized the evidence used Monday to make arrests, with one saying it was “so minimal as to shock the conscience.” A prosecutor shot back that lawyers for Paul Flores, 44, who is charged with […] More
April 20, 2021
Court TV will continue to provide live post-verdict coverage of America’s biggest police brutality case, MN v. Derek Chauvin, in 'The Death of George Floyd' Murder Trial. Here’s how to watch. More
April 20, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The murder case against former Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd went to the jury Monday in a city on edge against another round of unrest like the one that erupted last year over the harrowing video of Chauvin with his knee on the Black man’s neck. The jury of six white people […] More
April 19, 2021
