The state of Missouri put him to death despite serious questions about the evidence against him, jurors’ misgivings, and the ...

For too long, this country’s criminal legal system has perpetuated violence, brutality, and murder, with Black people bearing the brunt. While methods may change, the underlying outcomes remain the ...

In the U.S., individuals can face the death penalty even when their guilt is not proven beyond a reasonable doubt. A ...

Ecker was charged with second-degree murder. In February 2024 he was convicted and later sentenced to 30 years. He is appealing his conviction.

A man from Torrance was arrested earlier this month in connection with the August murder of a 16-year-old in Long Beach, police announced. According to a release issued by the Long Beach Police ...

Police have arrested a suspect for the rape and murder of a six-year-old Soweto girl. Earlier this week, police released information about a person of interest who they believed could assist in ...

The murder of the teenager – who belonged to the Dalit community, the least privileged in India’s complex caste hierarchy, a position that has enabled its persecution for centuries – has put ...

Several family members have said that in a climate more attuned to the impact of sexual abuse, the brothers would not have been convicted of first-degree murder or sentenced to life. Mark Geragos ...

The victim, Felicia Gayle was found stabbed to death in her home in August of 1998. Her murderer left behind fingerprints, footprints, hair and a trace of DNA on the murder weapon; however ...

Last month, the state of Missouri executed 55-year-old Marcellus Williams, who spent two decades in prison, despite prosecutors’ efforts to overturn his conviction for the 1998 murder of Felicia Gayle ...

A convicted murderer is accused of murder again — this time of his pregnant wife in her St. Paul apartment. As he fled the homicide, Mychel A. Stowers, 36, also carjacked a man and shot him in the leg ...

Oct 24 (Reuters) - A Los Angeles prosecutor said on Thursday he would ask a judge to release Erik and Lyle Menendez on parole after nearly 35 years in prison for the shotgun murder of their ...