Convicted killer Aaron Hernandez commits suicide in prison
Trials
Hernandez died after hanging himself in his prison cell Wednesday morning
Sex Offenders
April 15, 2017
Sexual assault victim SHOCKED when judge calls convicted rapist and ex-Mormon bishop a ‘good man’ during sentencing
Victim: “He only cared about the person he was convicting”
Celebrity Justice
April 14, 2017
SHOCK VERDICT: Aaron Hernandez not guilty in double murder
Ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez was acquitted Friday in a 2012 double slaying prosecutors said was fueled by his anger over a spilled drink.
Trials
April 13, 2017
Delaware judge convicts girl in fatal school bathroom fight
RANDALL CHASE Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A Delaware judge on Thursday convicted a 17-year-old girl of criminally negligent homicide after a school bathroom fight that left a 16-year-old classmate dead. Family Court Judge Robert Coonin delivered his ruling after hearing a week of testimony in the nonjury trial for three teenage girls charged …
Juveniles
April 8, 2017
Casey Anthony: Tot mom jokes, screams, cries in never-before-seen video footage from jail
Never-before-seen footage of Casey Anthony, aka Tot Mom, speaking to her parents from jail will air Sunday night in the premiere of Investigation Discovery’s three-part series Casey Anthony: An American Murder Mystery. The premiere episode explores the first shocking weeks of the investigation into her three-year-old daughter Caylee Anthony’s disappearance in 2008 — an investigation …
Family Crime
April 6, 2017
Sick! Ex-Amish couple “gift’ away their young daughters
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A couple accused of gifting their daughters to a cult-like figure who considered them wives has pleaded to child endangerment charges. Savilla and Daniel Stoltzfus got financial help from Lee Kaplan when they fell on hard times after breaking from their Amish faith, according to authorities and interviews with relatives and …
Child Abuse
April 5, 2017
‘House of horrors’: Man allegedly molested eight foster kids, performed oral sex on dog in their presence
A man testified Wednesday that his adoptive father threatened to murder him if he didn’t accept his sexual advances. Taking in more than 140 boys in a 20-year span, Cesar Gonzales-Mugaburu, 60, is accused of molesting eight kids he had in his care. According to the New York Daily News, the 29-year-old witness, who was about …
Juveniles
April 4, 2017
Mom who self-delivered baby boy convicted of manslaughter
A woman who delivered a baby boy on the bathroom floor was convicted of manslaughter on Monday. On June 8, 2014, Jodie Renee Tarnawskyj, 38, went into labor in her Queensland, Australia, home and gave birth to a boy named Oliver. Believing Oliver was stillborn, Tarnawskyj testified that she cut his umbilical cord, wrapped him in …
Trials
March 30, 2017
NFL star Aaron Hernandez’s fiancee testifies in double-murder trial
“She learned to keep her mouth shut and ‘not to ask any questions’ in certain situations”
Trials
March 22, 2017
Accelerated executions! Arkansas plans 8 over 10-day period
ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — After nearly a dozen years without an execution, Arkansas is racing to put eight men to death next month over a 10-day period — an unprecedented timetable the state says is necessary because one of the three ingredients in the lethal injection will soon expire. If …
Celebrity Justice
March 21, 2017
Casey Anthony to editor: ‘Why would I want to do an interview for nothing?’
Tot mom claims she is not trying to profit from her daughter Caylee’s death, while teasing a possible reality show
Trials
March 20, 2017
Officers who fatally shot 6-year-old autistic boy multiple times weren’t in danger according to prosecutors
At least four of their 18 shots ripped into the child’s body while he was strapped into the front seat.
