After a federal judge rejected a negotiated sentence between the government and the defense, a 55-year-old former officer with the New Orleans Police Department was sentenced to twice as much prison time for sexually assaulting a teen girl he once…
A man who was physically and mentally abused over a three-year period by his ex-girlfriend said he “would have died” if police hadn’t found him. Alex Skeel, 22, recently shared his story of domestic violence in a BBC documentary Abused By My Girlfriend, where he…
A man who confessed to the 2004 sexual assault and murder of a 3-year-old Illinois girl has died in a state prison, according to state records. Scott Eby, 52, an inmate at the Menard Correctional Center, died on Thursday, according to an…
Clarisa Figueroa is accused of masterminding the plot to murder a pregnant teenager and steal her unborn child. She enlisted her daughter to help, according to prosecutors, and now her daughter will testify against her in court. One of two Illinois women…
An Alabama boy is in the hospital and recovering after taking two bullets while trying to protect his mother last week. Cayson McClung, 10, “was trying to protect his mother when he was shot in the arm and in the face,” according to Chief…
Victor Lee Turner broke down in tears during a 1989 news segment after claiming to have discovered the body of his son, 5-year-old Justin Lee Turner A 60-year-old South Carolina man has been charged with murder in connection with the…
Yasmine Hider kidnapped Adam Simjee and his girlfriend at gunpoint, according to a plea agreement. Unbeknownst to her, Simjee had a gun hidden in his waistband, which he pulled out, leading to an exchange of gunfire between Hider and Simjee.…
The Alabama prison inmate accused of raping and torturing another prisoner to death had been reported for nine previous physical and sexual assaults – but was still allowed to live in the general prison population, according to a new report. Prison inmate…
America is to move forward with its first-ever nitrogen gas execution as a US inmate faces the death penalty for a second time. Barring a successful appeal, murderer Kenneth Smith will be moved to Alabama’s Holman Correctional Facility’s “death cell” on Tuesday ahead of…
A man who followed and murdered a woman on a night out before disposing part of her body in an alleyway has been jailed for life. Azam Mangori, 24, killed Lorraine Cox, 32, in his flat above a kebab shop…
