Crimes and Trials News

JOLIET, Ill. - Family members, investigators, clergy and even a psychic have spent weeks testifying in a northern Illinois courtroom — and Drew Peterson's murder trial hasn't even started. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson's fame could pose a challenge for Dr. Conrad Murray's defense team as his lawyers fight an involuntary manslaughter charge against the physician in the singer's death. Full Story »

SANTA ANA, Calif. - A man representing himself in a serial murder trial in Southern California has finished presenting his case to jurors, culminating with a video clip of himself from an episode of "The Dating Game" that he claims proves his innocence. Full Story »

LONG BEACH, Calif. - A jury has convicted a 23-year-old California man of killing his girlfriend's 1-year-old son. Full Story »

NEW YORK - A grand jury declined Tuesday to indict a Muslim chaplain accused of trying to smuggle razor blades and scissors into a jail, spurring his release without bail while the case continues. Full Story »

HARRISBURG, Pa. - The intimate details of the sex life of a former state legislative aide became fodder for the jury in a public corruption trial Tuesday as he explained that his affair with an aide ended prematurely because he struggled to perform sexually. Full Story »

SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco jury has found a former reality TV show contestant guilty of killing a man in 2007. Full Story »

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The father of an Afghan-born airport shuttle driver accused of plotting an al Qaeda-inspired bomb attack on New York City pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges of conspiring to alter, destroy and conceal evidence. Full Story »

NEW YORK - The father of an airport driver accused of trying to cook up homemade bombs in a Colorado hotel for an attack on New York City pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges he tried to get rid of chemicals and other evidence, prosecutors said. Full Story »

CLEVELAND - A jury on Tuesday acquitted three former employees of an Ohio treatment center for troubled teens of involuntary manslaughter in the death of a 17-year-old girl who suffocated and choked on her own vomit after being restrained facedown on the floor. Full Story »

PHILADELPHIA - A former Philadelphia police officer has turned himself in to face murder charges in the shooting death of a neighbor during an off-duty altercation last year. Full Story »

RALEIGH, N.C. - A North Carolina court has temporarily stopped the security rules that a judge issued for the retrieval of the John Edwards sex tape. Full Story »

HONOLULU - A retired Army master sergeant who pleaded guilty to bribery and money-laundering charges stemming from his time in Iraq has been sentenced to three years and four months in prison. Full Story »

NEWARK, N.J. - A lawyer for a Rutgers University graduate student charged with a January security breach at Newark Liberty Airport that led to worldwide flight delays entered a plea of not guilty Tuesday and defended his client as "simply a lovesick man who made a mistake." Full Story »

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - A registered sex offender has been indicted on murder charges in the death of an 11-year-old Maryland girl whose body was found on Christmas day. Full Story »

CLEVELAND - A family member who testified earlier that an Ohio doctor denied poisoning his wife now says the defendant admitted to the killing. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Michael Jackson's doctor has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter at a court in Los Angeles in connection with the pop superstar's sudden death last year from a lethal cocktail of prescription drugs. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The doctor hired to care for Michael Jackson was charged on Monday with killing the pop star after a lengthy investigation that found a lethal cocktail of drugs in the singer's system when he died last year. Full Story »