Convicted Long Island killer John Bittrolff calls on DA to review case after Rex Heuermann charged in ‘eerily similar’ killing
A Long Island man convicted of two murders in the early 1990s is seeking a retrial of the case after alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heurman was charged with an “eerily similar” murder from the same period, according to reports. John Bittrollf, convicted of the 1993 murders of Rita Tangredi and Colleen McNamee in […]
Florida mom Laurie Shaver convicted for husband’s murder after blaming daughter, 7
A Florida mother has been convicted of accusing her 7-year-old daughter of shooting her husband, a Disney mechanic, in the back of the head and then burying his body under a concrete slab. After five hours of deliberation, jurors found Laurie Shaver, 41, guilty of second-degree murder with a firearm in the death of her […]
Father who is convicted rapist stripped of parental responsibility for daughter | Rape and sexual assault
Convicted rapists, who previously were allowed to spend unsupervised time with their children, have been stripped of their parental responsibilities. Christopher White, who has been described as a “danger to women and children,” did not attend last week's hearing, which was also attended by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ). To decide how I could […]
Man convicted of child assault flees courthouse, jurors help nab him
A handcuffed defendant fled a Maine courtroom moments after being found guilty of child assault, but was quickly caught by two quick-witted jurors. Shocking footage of defendant Nicholas Carter, 31, jumping through bars and escaping from the second floor of a Skowhegan courtroom while handcuffed was captured on video on Wednesday. He ran down the […]
Scratches on a teenage boy led to teacher being convicted of felony sexual contact with a student
The latest teacher sex scandal involves a former Missouri teacher who pleaded guilty to child sex crimes on Friday. As The Blaze News reported in January, Haley Clifton Carmack was arrested in Garden Ridge, Texas, and then extradited to Missouri. Charged He was charged with first-degree endangering the welfare of a child, second-degree statutory rape, […]
Mexico’s President Fighting to Pardon Convicted Cartel-Connected State Governor
Mexico's president plans to release a former state governor convicted on drug trafficking and money laundering charges in both the United States and Mexico. President Lopez Obrador spoke to media on Sunday in Chetumal, Quintana Roo, claiming he is working to secure a pardon for former governor Mario Villanueva. The Mexican president claims the governor […]
Homeless man convicted of killing LA woman in furniture store
A homeless man accused of stabbing to death a UCLA student who worked at a boutique furniture store was found guilty Tuesday. A Los Angeles County jury has found Shawn LaValle Smith, 34, guilty of the brutal murder of Brianna Kupfer. The jury also found Smith guilty of the special circumstance of murder during an […]
Islamic Scholar Tariq Ramadan Convicted of Rape on Appeal
A Swiss appeals court on Tuesday convicted Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan of raping and sexually forcing a woman into a Geneva hotel 15 years ago, overturning a lower court's acquittal last year. AFP Reports The court said it “set aside the verdict of May 24, 2023” and sentenced the former Oxford University professor to three […]
Chicago man wrongfully convicted for murder awarded $50M after suing city, police detectives
A federal jury on Monday awarded $50 million in damages to a man who spent 10 years in prison after being convicted of a murder he did not commit in a lawsuit against the city of Chicago and two Chicago Police Department detectives. Marcel Brown, who was wrongfully convicted in 2011 and sentenced to 35 […]
Illegal immigrant convicted of rape arrested
Immigration authorities in Baltimore, Maryland, have arrested a record 153 illegal immigrant sex offenders this fiscal year, the most recent being a Honduran man who had been deported from the United States after being convicted of raping a Maryland resident. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Deportation Operations Division announced last week that […]