Tag: Homicide
Woman sentenced for false 911 calls sparking fatal drug raid
HOUSTON — A woman was sentenced on Tuesday to three years and four months in federal prison for making false 911 calls that ultimately...
South Carolina judge refuses to block 2 scheduled executions
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina judge on Tuesday refused to block two executions set for later this month as she considers a lawsuit...
Autopsy: Texas boy’s cause of death ruled a homicide
HOUSTON — A 5-year-old Houston boy whose body authorities say was kept hidden in a storage unit before being discovered in an East Texas...
British police officer admits kidnapping, raping woman
LONDON — A British police officer has pleaded guilty to the kidnap and rape of a woman as she walked home in south London...
Turkish mafia boss dishes dirt, becomes YouTube phenomenon
ANKARA, Turkey — From alleged drug trafficking and a murder cover-up to weapons transfers to Islamic militants, a convicted crime ringleader has been dishing...
South Carolina court weighs pausing new death penalty law
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina judge heard arguments Monday on whether to temporarily halt a new law effectively forcing death row prisoners to...
Jails emptied in the pandemic. Should they stay that way?
It wasn’t long after Matthew Reed shoplifted a $63 set of sheets from a Target in upstate New York that the coronavirus pandemic brought...
Gary woman to be resentenced in fire deaths of 2 children
CROWN POINT, Ind. — A Gary woman whose prison sentence was thrown out on appeal in a 2018 apartment fire that killed two of...
South Carolina court weighs pausing new death penalty law
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina judge heard arguments Monday on whether to temporarily halt a new law effectively forcing death row prisoners to...
Parents of 8-year-old girl killed in Atlanta sue city
ATLANTA — The parents of an 8-year-old girl who was shot and killed near the site where Rayshard Brooks had been shot several weeks...
