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Crime and Justice News
Dec 31, 20242 min read
Baltimore Homicides Down, Mayor Credits Gun Violence Strategy
Two hundred people have been killed in Baltimore this year, the Baltimore Police Department says. That represents a 23% decrease from the...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 31, 20242 min read
Son of ND Sen. Cramer Sentenced to 28 Years In Death of Deputy
Ian Cramer, the son of North Dakota U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer, was sentenced to 28 years in prison on Monday for his role in the death of a...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 23, 20242 min read
Mangione Arraigned On State Charges In United CEO Killing
Luigi Mangione, the man accused of fatally shooting the CEO of UnitedHealthcare pleaded not guilty on Monday to state murder and terror...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 23, 20242 min read
Indiana Man Gets 130 Years For Killing Two Teen Girls in 2017
Richard Allen, an Indiana man convicted in the 2017 killings of two teenage girls who vanished during a winter hike, was sentenced to a...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 18, 20242 min read
San Francisco Man Convicted in Murder of CashApp Founder Lee
A San Francisco jury convicted IT consultant Nima Momeni in the 2023 fatal stabbing of tech executive Bob Lee, a killing that led to...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 16, 20244 min read
Why Homicides Spiked In 2020 And How To Prevent A Repeat
What can explain the spike in homicides during 2020, when almost every large city saw an increase compared to 2019 and the average urban...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 16, 20242 min read
Pregnant Women At Much Higher Risk For Being Homicide Victims
For decades, researchers, epidemiologists, domestic violence advocates, and media reports have been sounding the alarm on a longstanding...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 11, 20242 min read
Does 'Social Banditry' Explain Public Cheers For Thompson Killer?
After the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson York last week, social media lit up not with shock and horror, but something...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 10, 20242 min read
Suspect Charged With Murder In UnitedHealthcare CEO Killing
Luigi Mangione, a 26-year-old Ivy League graduate suspected in the brazen Manhattan killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO was arrested and...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 5, 20242 min read
The Trace: Why ‘Normalizing Higher-Than-Average Gun Violence in the Black community is an Abnormal Response'
On Thursday, The Trace published the first in a series of three stories  about the toll of gun violence on Black residents of...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 4, 20241 min read
Chief Executive Of United Healthcare Killed In Manhattan
The chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, one of the nation’s largest health insurers, was fatally shot in the chest in Midtown Manhattan...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 3, 20242 min read
FL Woman Gets Life Term For Zipping Boyfriend In Suitcase To Die
A Florida woman was sentenced Monday to life in prison for zipping her boyfriend into a suitcase and leaving him to die of suffocation...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 26, 20241 min read
Ex-KY Sheriff Claims 'Compelling Defense' For Killing Judge
A former Kentucky sheriff was arraigned on a murder charge Monday at the same courthouse where he is accused of fatally shooting a judge....
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 26, 20242 min read
White FL Woman Gets 25-Year Term For Killing Black Neighbor
A white Florida woman who fatally shot her Black neighbor through a locked door was sentenced to 25 years in prison Monday for...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 21, 20242 min read
Susan Smith Parole Denied 30 Years After Drowning Two Sons
A South Carolina parole board decided unanimously Wednesday that Susan Smith should remain in prison, despite her plea that God has...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 21, 20242 min read
Venezuelan Immigrant Gets Life For Killing Nursing Student Laken Riley
A man accused of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley while she was out for a run was found guilty Wednesday and sentenced to life...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 12, 20242 min read
Trial Of Indiana Man Ends With Murder Conviction, Life Sentence
A former drugstore worker in the small Indiana community of Delphi was found guilty of murder on Monday in the killings of two teenage...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 15, 20241 min read
Two Men Arrested For Killing Michigan Jewelry Store Owner
Police arrested the second man suspected of killing of a 72-year-old man in the basement of his suburban Detroit home on Friday. After...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 2, 20242 min read
Video Of Kentucky Judge’s Death Shown In Ex-Sheriff’s Trial
A video was displayed in court on Tuesday, depicting the moment a Kentucky judge was fatally shot in his chambers, during the hearing of...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 12, 20242 min read
MN Medical Examiner May Have Mishandled Murder Evidence
A Minnesota medical examiner who prosecutors say has a history of delivering false or misleading reports may have mishandled at least...
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