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Attorney General Eric Holder has said he is not a proponent of capital punishment. But by Oct. 3, he had authorized death penalty prosecutions at a pace comparable to that of his immediate predecessor.
CLEVELAND — A search at the former home of a serial murder suspect whose more recent home held the remains of 11 women turned up no new bodies, the FBI said.
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — One of two civilian police officers who brought down the Army psychiatrist accused of going on...
Will women shake their biases against other women when they go to the polls on December 8 to choose the Democratic candidate for Massachusetts senator? If Martha Coakley doesn't win in a landslide, we can be certain that they didn't.
One of two civilian police officers who brought down the alleged Fort Hood shooter says her wounds from the attack will cut short her career as street police officer. Sgt. Kimberly Munley says doctors have told her she needs a total knee replacement, but it might wear out sooner if she runs or carries the 15- to 25-pound gear pack required by her job.
A woman accused in the fatal shootings of her two young sons pleaded not guilty Thursday to murder and assault charges.
Trina Clark James, a north side resident who graduated from Clayton High, never gave up on convincing KIPP to place one of its highly prized public schools in St. Louis. Her journey to teaching included detours in business and engineering.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) released Capital Punishment, 2008 – Statistical Tables (NCJ 228662), which presents characteristics of persons under sentence of death on December 31, 2008, and persons executed in 2008.
CLEVELAND -- Registered sex offender Anthony Sowell, accused of killing 11 women and leaving their remains in and around his Cleveland home, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to all charges.
Execution date set for ‘Columbus stocking strangler'
The police response time to a pair of shootings that left one Armuchee man dead and a Rome man wounded was delayed because a 911 operator did not follow standard operating procedure, according to a...
Plea negotiations for two of the three men charged in the May 10 homicide of 9-year-old Ciara "CeCe" Savage are ongoing, according to their prosecutor.
SAN DIEGO -- The daughter of a slain 80-year-old Hemet man testified today that her father disappeared without notice and she never met the man described as her father's lover and accused of his murder.
The trial of Amanda Knox and former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito is nearing its end in the Italian courts, with day one of closing arguments wrapping up yesterday. The trial, which began in January, will hopefully conclude with a ruling on the November 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher, with prosecutors asserting that Kercher died as a result of a sexual assault initiated by Knox, Sollecito, and ...
District Attorney John Morganelli said he won't seek the death penalty if Williams is convicted of first-degree murder.
Eds: APNewsNow. COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — A judge has signed a warrant for the execution of Carlton Gary, known as the “Columbus Stocking Strangler” who was convicted in 1986 of killing three women in the 1970s.
