Indiana mother writes she’s guilty in children’s deaths
An Indiana woman accused of fatally smothering her two young children told a judge in a handwritten letter that she's guilty and ready to accept life in prison.
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Jury urges death for sex offender who killed 4 women
Jurors in Santa Ana, California, on Wednesday recommended the death penalty for a sex offender who abducted and killed four women over six months while wearing an electronic monitoring device.
COA affirms ex-wife’s murder conviction, sentence
The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction of a woman who shot and killed her ex-husband in 2014, finding that her claims of self-defense against domestic abuse were unsubstantiated.
Dylann Roof laughed during church slaying confession to FBI
Dylann Roof hesitated for about 20 seconds when an FBI agent asked him what he was doing on the night nine black church members were killed during Bible study in a historic congregation in Charleston, South Carolina.
Indiana man charged with killing father claims self-defense
A northeast Indiana man charged with killing his father alleges he fired the fatal shots because he feared for his life.
2 face life sentences in Newton County slayings
Prosecutors intend to seek sentences of life without parole for two 24-year-old men facing murder, theft and other charges in the slayings of three people in northwestern Indiana.
7th Circuit affirms murder, racketeering convictions despite government error
Despite improper statements made by the government during closing arguments of a trial, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the defendant’s murder and racketeering convictions, writing that the statements constituted harmless error.
Jury selection begins in high-profile Saints star’s death
Conflicts settled by gunfire are tragically common in New Orleans, but there was nothing routine about this one: The dead man was retired football player Will Smith, a star on the 2006 Saints team who helped lift the stricken city's spirits with a winning season after Hurricane Katrina, and played with the team when it won the franchise's only Super Bowl three seasons later. Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of the man accused in his killing after a road-rage incident.
Indiana mother pleads not guilty in kids’ fatal stabbing
A central Indiana woman who admitted fatally stabbing her young son and daughter has pleaded not guilty to murder charges.
Indiana mother accused of fatally stabbing kids is jailed
A central Indiana woman who confessed to fatally stabbing her young son and daughter has been released from a hospital and booked into jail.
Retrial planned for man in Fort Wayne triple slaying
A retrial is planned after a jury failed to reach a verdict in the triple slaying trial of a 19-year-old Fort Wayne man.
Bail set in 1980 death of Indiana police officer
Bail has been set for a northwest Indiana man charged in the 1980 death of a police officer killed while working a side security job.
Jury unable to reach verdict in triple slaying trial
A jury has failed to reach a verdict in the triple slaying trial of a 19-year-old Fort Wayne man.
Appeals court blocks ‘Making a Murderer’ inmate’s release
A Wisconsin prison inmate whose case was featured in the Netflix series "Making a Murderer" will stay behind bars while state attorneys appeal a decision overturning his conviction, a panel of federal appellate judges ruled Thursday.
Wisconsin to appeal to feds over ‘Making a Murderer’ inmate
A federal judge told Wisconsin prison officials on Wednesday that they must release an inmate featured in the Netflix series "Making a Murderer" by Friday evening.
COA upholds murder conviction after rejecting involuntary manslaughter appeal
The Indiana Court of Appeals has upheld a man’s murder conviction after rejecting his claim that the jury should have been instructed on an involuntary manslaughter charge because he did not intend to kill his victim when he was beating her.
Authorities, schools on alert as Cincinnati awaits verdict
Authorities were on alert and school officials took precautions Thursday as jurors deliberated a second day in the Ohio murder trial of a white former police officer who said he feared for his life before fatally shooting an unarmed black man during a traffic stop last year.
Police level of force raised in Charleston shooting trial
Testimony in the trial of a white former Charleston, South Carolina, police officer in the shooting death of an unarmed black motorist is raising questions about how much force is justified.
Former police officer in murder trial: I feared for my life
A white former police officer in Cincinnati on trial for murder has taken the stand to tell jurors he feared for his life when he fatally shot an unarmed black motorist during a traffic stop in Ohio.
Mental defect defense sought for woman in Amber Alert deaths
Attorneys for an Indiana woman accused of abducting her two young children and smothering them are seeking a defense of mental disease or defect for her.