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Montana inmate confesses to 1968 slaying, dismemberment
Montana inmate confesses to 1968 slaying, dismemberment

By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana prison inmate serving a 100-year sentence for killing his wife in 1983 has confessed to strangling, sexually assaulting and dismembering a 19-year-old Helena woman 15 years earlier, authorities said Friday. Courtney Brooke Atlas, 79, confessed to killing Pamela Ann Dorrington, who disappeared in […] More

December 3, 2021

Oklahoma governor denies clemency for death row inmate
Oklahoma governor denies clemency for death row inmate

By SEAN MURPHY The Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt denied clemency on Friday for a death row inmate sentenced to die for the 1985 shooting death of a Putnam City schoolteacher. The Republican governor’s decision clears the way for Bigler Stouffer II, 79, to receive a lethal injection at 10 […] More

December 3, 2021

Charges weighed for Michigan shooting suspect’s parents
Charges weighed for Michigan shooting suspect’s parents

By COREY WILLIAMS and ED WHITE Associated Press OXFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A prosecutor on Thursday repeated her criticism of the parents of a boy who is accused of killing four students at a Michigan school, saying their actions went “far beyond negligence” and that a charging decision would come by Friday.    […] More

December 2, 2021

Lawyer backs up Baldwin’s assertion he didn’t pull trigger
Lawyer backs up Baldwin’s assertion he didn’t pull trigger

NEW YORK (AP) — The assistant director who handed Alec Baldwin a prop gun that went off on a New Mexico film set, killing a cinematographer, backs up the actor’s assertion that he did not pull the trigger. Lisa Torraco, a lawyer for assistant director David Halls, told ABC News that her client has always […] More

December 2, 2021