A former defense attorney for convicted murderer Scott Peterson says prosecutors are targeting Peterson as they plan to retry him for the death penalty, but CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace says it’s called “seeking justice.” The California Supreme Court tossed out Peterson’s death penalty earlier this month because of juror misconduct, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Los Angeles …
The teen’s accused killer was out on bail on attempted murder charges when the slaying ocurred
Family members of slain California mom Laci Peterson are horrified that her killer husband, Scott Peterson, may get a re-examination of his murder conviction, which could possibly lead to a new trial. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the California Supreme court has been ordered to re-examine Scott Peterson’s murder convictions of Laci and their unborn son, …
Loyalists to jailed NXIVM cult leader Keith Raniere have reportedly enlisted the help of Amanda Knox, the American exchange student who grabbed headlines when her 2009 murder conviction in Italy was overturned. According to the Albany Times Union, Knox, 33, recently signed a petition demanding Brooklyn federal prosecutors answer questions regarding evidence, witness, and jury …
Crime has shaped American history just as music, food, modern medicine, inventions, politics. America gave the world Elvis, anesthesia, corn dogs, the lightbulb, and John F. Kennedy. We also gave the world Bonnie & Clyde, Ted Bundy, Meyer Lansky, and Charles Manson. Who are the people devoted to keeping this history preserved and accessible to …
The Danish inventor convicted in 2018 of killing Swedish journalist Kim Wall on a submarine admitted to the slaying in a documentary that aired Wednesday in Denmark. Peter Madsen, 49, is serving a life sentence for sexually assaulting and murdering Wall, 30, who vanished in August 2017. A cyclist discovered part of the reporter’s mutilated …
Peterson was sentenced to death in 2005 for killing his wife and unborn son
The FBI is also offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the suspicious death
One of the two men who helped raise Gabriel Fernández — the California boy murdered by his mother and her boyfriend in 2013 — has reportedly died from the novel coronavirus. Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Jon Hatami confirmed David Martinez’s death to Oxygen. Martinez (pictured back right) was reportedly laid to rest Thursday in …
In 1985, Betty Broderick’s marriage ended when her medical malpractice lawyer husband met a younger replacement and moved out of their once seemingly happy home. For years, Betty Broderick was the sole provider for her family while husband Dan Broderick attended law school. She said she worked several jobs and took care of their four …
Former Georgia lawyer Fred Tokars, who was serving life in prison for paying a hitman to kill his wife, Sara Tokars, died at a federal prison in Pennsylvania. Tokars, 67, had been held in a secret location inside the federal prison system for over 27 years. According to AJC, Tokars was a “marked man” behind …
Leslie Van Houten, a Manson Family follower who’s serving a life sentence for two murders, has sought release after an inmate in her housing unit tested positive for the coronavirus. According to the Los Feliz Ledger, Rich Pfeiffer, an attorney representing Van Houten, 70, asked California’s Second District Court of Appeals to release his client …
