CA Man Gets Long Prison Term In 1996 Murder Of Kristin Smart
More than a quarter-century after college freshman Kristin Smart vanished in what became one of California's most notorious unsolved...
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Mar 7, 20232 min read
Murdaugh Jurors Say His Courtroom Sobbing 'Wasn't Genuine'
Alex Murdaugh’s decision to take the stand and testify in his double murder trial sealed his fate, said several jurors who alleged that...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 3, 20232 min read
Murdaugh Gets Life, and a Dressing-Down by Trial Judge
Disbarred South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh's disgrace was complete in Friday's sentencing hearing for the 2021 murders of his wife and...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 27, 20232 min read
Half Of The Nation's Homicides Continue To Be Unsolved
Every night since May, two-year-old Nylah Cheese of San Francisco has slept with a crocheted doll wearing a white tee, black pants and a...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 22, 20232 min read
Housekeeper’s Husband Arrested in Murder Of Los Angeles Bishop
The husband of an Irish bishop’s housekeeper was arrested in connection with the bishop’s murder in Los Angeles. David O’Connell, a...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 13, 20231 min read
Texas Man Guilty Of Murder Committed By His Teenage Son
A Texas man has been convicted of capital murder in the fatal shooting of three teenagers by the man’s 14-year-old son. Richard Acosta,...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 12, 20232 min read
Idaho Killing Suspect Lost Teaching Job After 'Altercations' With Prof
Bryan Kohberger, the Ph.D. student charged with murdering four University of Idaho undergraduates, displayed such troubling behavior in...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 10, 20232 min read
Second Elected New Jersey Official Shot Dead in a Week
Police in New Jersey responded to a shooting in the parking lot of PSE&G, an energy company, and found a Republican councilman shot dead...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 3, 20231 min read
Republican New Jersey Council Member Shot To Death
Eunice Dwumfour, a New Jersey borough councilwoman, was found shot to death near her home Wednesday night. Gunshots were reported in...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 2, 20232 min read
D.C. Subway Employee Killed While Intervening In Shootings
An employee of Washington, D.C.'s subway system who tried to stop a gunman targeting commuters Wednesday was fatally shot on a train...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 1, 20232 min read
D.C. Employee Charged In Shooting Death Of 13-Year-Old Boy
A Washington, D.C., government employee turned himself in to the police to face a charge of second-degree murder charge in connection...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 23, 20232 min read
Murdaugh Double Murder Trial Starting In South Carolina
The double-murder trial of disbarred South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh begins Monday with the scion of one of the state’s most powerful...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 20, 20231 min read
Family is Sentenced to Life in Prison for Guard's Death Over Mask Rules
In the fatal 2020 shooting of a security guard at a Family Dollar store in Flint, Mi., over a dispute regarding mask requirements, three...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 19, 20231 min read
Homicide Count In Big U.S. Cities Dropped Five Percent Last Year
Citing a compilation by AH Datalytics, Ohio State University law Prof. Doug Berman of the Sentencing Law and Policy blog says that nearly...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 19, 20232 min read
DNA Evidence, Google Searches On Dead Bodies Back MA Murder Case
DNA evidence that links Ana Walshe, a missing Cohasset, Ma., woman to bloody clothes and shoes left in a dumpster have led the state to...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 18, 20231 min read
Murder Charge For Husband of Missing Massachusetts Woman
Brian Walshe, the husband of the Massachusetts woman who has been missing since New Year's Day, has been charged in her murder, the...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 9, 20232 min read
Houston Police Seeking 'Vigilante Diner' Who Killed Robber
Texas police are seeking a vigilante diner who shot dead a suspected robber carrying a fake gun in a Houston taqueria restaurant, then...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 6, 20232 min read
Surveillance Video Of ID Suspect's Sedan Was A Key To His Capture
A white sedan cruised past the three story rental home on a dead-end street in Moscow, Id., which was unusual for the residential...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 5, 20232 min read
Suspect In Idaho Student Killing Got New License Plate After Murders
The man accused of killing four University of Idaho college students got a new license plate for his car five days after the murders....
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 3, 20232 min read
Murders Of Black Women, Girls Rise As Police Clearance Rates Fall
When homicides surged during the pandemic, murders of Black women and girls rose more dramatically than did other groups. At the same...
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