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Pennsylvania transgender teen confessed to murder of girl

A Pennsylvania man has confessed to killing a 12-year-old girl with whom he allegedly had a sexual relationship. However, after the man was arrested, the suspect changed to a transgender individual. Ash Cooper, a transgender man who went by the name Joshua Cooper before his arrest, pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of third-degree murder, possession […]

Cops make arrest in first 2024 murder

A Harlem man was arrested Saturday and charged with a brutal stabbing death outside a Queens bar on New Year’s Day. Police say this is the first homicide in the Big Apple in 2024. Torrence Holmes, of St. Nicholas Place, was charged with manslaughter in the early morning hours of January 1 in the death […]

77-year-old Philadelphia man released after serving decades in prison for murder

William Franklin, recently released after serving 44 years in prison, could emerge from a Philadelphia courtroom acquitted on Friday, but otherwise insists he did not commit the crime. He may face a new trial for the 1976 murder. His 1980 conviction, based on tainted testimony, was overturned when the only witness against him recanted. His […]

GA man put to death for rape, murder in state’s first execution in years

A Georgia man convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend 30 years ago was executed Wednesday night in the state’s first execution in more than four years. Willie James Pye, 59, received an injection of the sedative pentobarbital and was pronounced dead at the state prison in Jackson at 11:03 p.m. He was convicted and sentenced to […]

Georgia executes man for 1993 murder in first execution since before the pandemic

Georgia executed a prisoner for the first time since January 2020 on Wednesday night, after the Supreme Court ruled out a delay earlier in the day. Willie James Pye, a death row inmate, was executed at 11:03 p.m. Wednesday for the 1993 murder of his ex-girlfriend Alicia Lynn Yarbrough, according to the Georgia Department of […]