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Texas man facing execution in shaken baby syndrome case awaits clemency ruling
HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas man who this week could be the first person in the U.S. executed for a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome awaited a decision Wednesday on his request for clemency from a state board. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles'...
Menendez brothers' family to push for their release as prosecutors review 1989 case
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The extended family of Erik and Lyle Menendez will advocate for the brothers' release from prison during a news conference set for Wednesday in downtown Los Angeles as prosecutors review new evidence to determine whether they should be serving life sentences for killing their...
An ex-politician faces at least 20 years in prison in the killing of a Las Vegas reporter
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Democratic former Las Vegas-area politician is due to learn Wednesday how long he’ll serve in Nevada state prison after being convicted of killing an investigative journalist who wrote articles that criticized his conduct in office and exposed an intimate relationship with a...
The son of a South Carolina inmate urges the governor to save his father from execution
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Richard Moore never meant to kill anyone the night he robbed a South Carolina convenience store and the Black man was convicted by a jury with no African Americans, his son and lawyers say as they fight to save the inmate from execution next month. Moore went...
An inmate convicted of the 1994 killing of a Japanese psychic was found dead in a Hawaii prison cell
HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaii inmate convicted of the 1994 murder of a Japanese psychic and her son was killed in prison, authorities said. Staff at the Halawa Correctional Facility in Aiea, outside Honolulu, found Raita Fukusaku, 59, bleeding on the floor of his cell with head and neck...
2 men charged with 7 Baltimore area homicides in gang case
BALTIMORE (AP) — Two men have been indicted by a Baltimore grand jury and charged with killing at least seven people as suspected hitmen for a gang, officials announced Tuesday. Cornell Moore and Keith Russell, both 38, are accused of stealing cars and using those vehicles to carry...
Jury seated for Indiana trial of suspect in 2017 killings of 2 teen girls
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — The last of 16 jurors were seated Tuesday for the murder trial of a man charged in the Indiana killings of two teenage girls slain in 2017 during a winter hike. Twelve jurors and four alternates were chosen Monday and Tuesday in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to hear...
Alex Murdaugh settles the wrongful death lawsuit that sparked his fall
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Alex Murdaugh has settled a lawsuit brought by the family of a teen killed in a boat crash involving Murdaugh's youngest son that prosecutors said provoked the disgraced South Carolina attorney to later kill his wife and their son who wrecked the boat. The...
Book Review: Cop cold case unit pursues a rapist, foils a terrorist plot and tackles a 1947 murder
It’s early morning in Southern California, and Renee Ballard, director of the LAPD Open-Unsolved Unit, is where she most loves to be. She’s surfing, and she’s darned good at it. After a final run, she returns to the parking lot and discovers that someone has broken into her car and stolen her...
Suspect in mass shootings in South Africa that left 18 dead abandons his bail application
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A man charged with killing 18 people in mass shootings in two separate homes on the same night in South Africa abandoned his bail application Tuesday and remains in custody. Siphosoxolo Myekethe is charged with 18 counts of murder and illegal...
