After spending 15 years behind bars for killing an alleged “john,” sex trafficking victim Cyntoia Brown walked out of prison on Wednesday. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Brown’s release comes after Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam granted her clemency earlier this year, which reportedly commuted her sentence to parole. Brown will remain on parole for 10 years. …
When prosecutor Stephen Kay was just 27, he was handed files for a case that would become one of the most notorious murder trials in true crime history. AP News reports that Kay, now 76 and retired, vividly remembers the “circus” trial of the infamous Charles Manson and his cult followers. He also still watches …
Cyntoia Brown, sentenced to spend life behind bars at age 16, is scheduled to leave the Tennessee Prison for Women next week. She served 15 years after a judge gave her the controversial life sentence in connection with a “john” who reportedly abused her. Brown’s release comes after Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam granted her clemency …
Amanda Knox and her fiancé, Chris Robinson, are apparently asking donors to help fund their wedding at the tune of $10,000 and in return, they promise to give shoutouts on the dance floor and limited edition copies of a book they authored together. New York Post reports that according to the couple’s website, they aren’t …
An ex-schoolteacher whose murder of a lover’s wife drew comparisons to the 1987 movie “Fatal Attraction” was released from a New York prison Monday after serving 27 years behind bars. The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision confirmed to CNN that Carolyn Warmus, 55, will be on parole for life following her …
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Monday that Leslie Van Houten, the youngest murderer in the notorious Charles Manson cult, will remain behind bars. He overruled the parole board’s decision to grant the woman her freedom. According to Newsome, 69-year-old Van Houten is a still a threat to the public, AP reports. The governor acknowledged …
Socialite Kim Kardashian has made it her mission in recent years to assist incarcerated individuals. But the mother of a boy killed in 1983 says the recent activism is bringing up difficult emotions from that tragedy. According to the Page Six, Mary Ann Hughes saw images of Kardashian and death-row inmate Kevin Cooper hugging for …
In a 2017 interview unearthed this week, Gypsy Rose Blanchard recalled the feeling she had after her role in killing her mother two years earlier. As CrimeOnline has previously reported, the 27-year-old is serving a 10-year prison sentence for murder in the second degree for conspiring with then-boyfriend Nicholas Godejohn — behind bars for life …
Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, a devoted of follower of the late Charles Manson, says she still loves the notorious cult leader, despite the grisly murders he directed his “family members” to carry out nearly 50 years ago. “I don’t think you fall out of love,” Fromme told ABC News. “I feel very honored to have met …
An accused gang member believed to have fatally stabbed a New York City boy in the neck last summer has rejected a plea deal Thursday that could’ve spared him from spending the rest of his life behind bars. According to News12, Jonaiki Martinez-Estrella, 24, one of 14 men charged in the June 20 slaying of …
Leslie Van Houten, a surviving member of the Manson Family, may have another chance at freedom as an appeals court will hear arguments this week regarding her parole. According to the Associated Press, Van Houten’s case will be presented to California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal, who will decide whether they will uphold a Los Angeles County …
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