Convicted serial killer's Kansas death sentence upheld
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for a convicted serial killer on Friday who trolled the Internet for female victims, sometimes using promises of work or sex, and...
View ArticleAnthony Smith, former Raiders football star, convicted of 3 murders
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former Raiders defensive end Anthony Wayne Smith was found guilty Thursday of murdering three men, including two whose faces appeared to have been branded with a hot iron. A Los...
View ArticleNew trial for man convicted of public masturbation
A Toronto-area man convicted of masturbating while watching young girls play in a schoolyard has won a new trial. Paolo Novello, 57, was convicted in 2014 of one count of committing an indecent act in...
View ArticleRe: Supreme court quashes conviction of former nib Boss
Once besmirched by an unfounded allegation in a national newspaper, a reputation can be damaged forever, especially if there is no opportunity to vindicate one’s reputation. When this happens, society...
View ArticleFormer Raiders defensive end convicted of 3 murders
LOS ANGELES — Former Raiders defensive end Anthony Wayne Smith was found guilty Thursday of murdering three men, including two whose faces appeared to have been branded with a hot iron. A Los Angeles...
View ArticleKiller Karen Walsh blocked in new bid to overturn conviction
A pharmacist jailed for murdering her elderly neighbour has been blocked from going to the UK's highest court in a new bid to overturn her conviction. Karen Walsh was found guilty in 2011 of killing...
View ArticleSupreme Court considers if Pistorius guilty of murder
South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal grilled Oscar Pistorius' attorney and a prosecutor on Tuesday as it weighed whether to convict him of murder for killing his girlfriend, uphold a lower court's...
View ArticleOscar Pistorius: From Olympic fame to murder appeal
Lawyers for Oscar Pistorius, the South African amputee sprinter who shot dead his girlfriend, were back in court on Tuesday fighting prosecutors’ attempts to have him convicted for murder rather than...
View ArticleFormer Raiders Player Anthony Smith Convicted Of Three Murders
LOS ANGELES — Former Raiders defensive end Anthony Wayne Smith was found guilty Thursday of murdering three men, including two whose faces appeared to have been branded with a hot iron. A Los Angeles...
View ArticleOscar Pistorius back in court
It is being reported on November 3, 2015 that the Oscar Pistorius appeals trial began in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Pistorius was found guilty of manslaughter or culpable homicide in October 2014. He...
View ArticleOllie North May Be Traders' Best Defense to Libor Conviction
The U.S. government may want to pause before celebrating today’s conviction of two former Rabobank traders for rigging interest rates. There could still be a wrinkle in this case that began across the...
View ArticleProsecutors in Oscar Pistorius case head back to court seeking murder conviction
Prosecutors in South Africa returned to court on Tuesday seeking a murder conviction for Oscar Pistorius in the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The Paralympian was convicted of...
View ArticleAppeal of Oscar Pistorius' murder acquittal centers on intent to kill
The emotion and drama of last year’s murder trial of South African athlete Oscar Pistorius were absent in the prosecution’s appeal to overturn his acquittal Tuesday. The athlete, who howled in anguish,...
View Article‘Serial’ Killer Adnan Syed Gets New Hearing
Courtesy of Serial The man whose murder conviction became national headlines thanks to the first season of the Serial podcast is now getting another chance. A Baltimore judge reopened Adnan Syed's case...
View ArticleConvicted murderer at heart of ‘Serial’ podcast can introduce new evidence,...
A , a convicted murderer who was the focus of a long-form radio show, “Serial,” will be allowed to introduce new evidence in the case. More trending stories The judge ordered a new hearing on two...
View ArticleAdnan Syed from 'Serial' wins new hearing
Adnan Syed, the man whose murder conviction became a national story after being featured on the podcast Serial, is officially getting another chance. A Baltimore judge on Friday, and his lawyers will...
View ArticleSerial murder case: Adnan Syed allowed to present new evidence
Lawyers for Adnan Syed, the subject of the hit US podcast Serial, will be allowed to present new evidence in his case after a court ruling on Friday. Syed, 35, is serving a life sentence for the murder...
View ArticleJudge Orders Case Of 'Serial' Podcast Subject Adnan Syed Reopened
A judge in Maryland has issued an order reopening the murder conviction of Adnan Syed, whose case was the subject of the blockbuster podcast "Serial." Judge Martin P. Welch said in an order released...
View ArticleJudge grants motion to reopen 'Serial' case for Adnan Syed
Fans of the hit podcast, brace yourselves: Andan Syed’s case is being reopened. Adnan Syed will be allowed to re-open proceeding, introduce alibi and cell tower evidence https://t.co/rwCoIDZn4r...
View ArticleMaryland judge orders Serial subject Adnan Syed’s case re-opened
Syed, whose story was told by a record-breaking podcast, will have chance to argue case in court with testimony and evidence left out of his original trials...
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