Rare conviction made in shooting by Virginia police officer
Prosecutors in Portsmouth, Virginia, won a rare conviction of a white former police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teen suspected of shoplifting.
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Judge thinks cop convicted of murder deserves new trial
A 7th Circuit Court of Appeals judge dissented from his colleagues’ affirmation of an Evansville police officer’s murder and arson convictions, believing the evidence presented by the state doesn’t support that the man started the fire at his ex-lover’s house.
Defense attorney: Police botched investigation
A man accused of killing an Indiana University student is the victim of a botched police investigation, his attorney told jurors on Tuesday, but prosecutors noted that the victim's blood and hair were found in his vehicle.
Defense attorney: Police took 1st suspect in student’s death
The attorney for a Bloomington man charged with killing an Indiana University student says her client is the innocent victim of an incomplete police investigation.
Prosecutor to seek death penalty in Indy ‘Purge’ killings
Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry said Tuesday he will seek the death penalty in the case of a 19-year-old Indianapolis man charged with fatally shooting three people over four days in May.
Boyfriend gets 55 years for killing woman as kids watched
A judge has sentenced a northern Indiana man to 55 years in prison for fatally shooting his girlfriend as her three children watched.
Most Indiana youths convicted of murder get adult sentence
Indiana Department of Correction data shows the vast majority of youths found guilty of murder in the state are sentenced as adults.
Man guilty in murder of man whose body was found at power plant
A southwestern Indiana jury has found a man guilty of murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the shooting death of a man at a power plant.
Judge tosses murder charge against man jailed 22 years
A New Jersey man who served 22 years behind bars before his murder conviction was overturned has been freed from prison.
Illinois detectives investigate Indiana killer in 1986 murder
An Indiana man serving a life sentence for the abduction and murder of an eastern Illinois girl over two decades ago has been identified as a suspect in the strangulation of a woman found in 1986 outside a southwestern Illinois town.
Indiana man on death row for 4 killings runs out of appeals
A Fort Wayne man who's been on death row since 1999 for killing his brother and three other men has exhausted his appeals.
COA: Death during robbery is felony murder
The Indiana Court of Appeals found evidence was sufficient to uphold a robber’s conviction of felony murder after one of his accomplices was killed in a fight with a robbery victim.
Justices affirm consecutive LWOP sentences
The Indiana Supreme Court until Tuesday had never directly addressed the issue of whether two sentences of life imprisonment without parole can be imposed consecutively under Indiana law. Justices decided today that I.C. 35-50-1-2(c) permits it.
When mass shooters die, some feel better off with no trial
Through his death in a gun battle with police, the Orlando nightclub gunman deprived his victims' families of the chance for a trial that could have helped to channel grief, offer a sense of justice or provide answers for the bloodshed. But some touched by other mass shootings in which the killers have died say they are grateful to be spared the extended, emotionally grueling legal proceedings.
Trial in IU student’s death can stay in Brown County, judge rules
A trial for a man accused of killing a 22-year-old Indiana University student likely will be held in Brown County despite his lawyer's concerns about a biased jury.
Police: Suspect in Indiana killings inspired by ‘Purge’ film
A 19-year-old Indianapolis man has been charged with killing three people over four days, and authorities say he was inspired by the horror movie "The Purge."
Judge may decide to delay trial in IU student’s death
A judge may decide this week whether to delay the trial of a Bloomington man accused of killing an Indiana University student.
Prosecutor: Evidence speaks for 10 LA ‘Grim Sleeper’ victims
Arguments continued Tuesday in the case of a Los Angeles man prosecutors believe is the “Grim Sleeper,” charged with 10 deaths of African-American women and suspected in an untold number more.
COA: Sovereign citizen still subject to jurisdiction
The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed a man’s murder conviction Thursday, finding the trial court had jurisdiction despite his status as a “Moorish American National Sovereign” and “secured party creditor.”
Justices: Murderer should be able to file belated notice of appeal
The Indiana Supreme Court ruled in a per curiam decision a man who pleaded guilty to two counts of murder among other charges can file a belated notice of appeal after the justices found “unique circumstances” in his case that did not allow him to file an appeal of his sentence when it was decided in 1987.