Mistakes made at cold case trial, but murder verdict sticks
“Johnny’s” conviction would stick. For the eyewitness whose long memory and compelling testimony solved a 1957 murder — the oldest cold case to go to trial in America — it…
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New California Law Could Help Lawyers Fighting For Exonerations
SUDHIN THANAWALA, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — This much is not in dispute. William Richards’ wife, Pamela, was strangled and her skull smashed in the summer of 1993. A…
Scanadu: The medical Tricorder from Star Trek is here
In other words, he was pitching the legendary Tricorder from Star Trek, even naming it after Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy, the blue-clad, very irritable medical officer from the 1960s show….
Ruling raises possibility of new trial for convicted killer in ‘Serial’
Lee and Syed were seniors at Woodlawn High School in Baltimore County when she disappeared in January 1999. Her body was discovered in a city forest three weeks later. Throughout…
ISIS ‘footprint’ growing, says top U.S. official
In testimony before the House Armed Services Committee, Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, said the group has been able to extend its reach beyond its…
What might Hernandez’s fiancée say on the stand?
But as opening statements and testimony get underway, will Jenkins’ words help or hurt her fiancé if she takes the stand? Jenkins is on the prosecution’s witness list. “Normally, a…
Death Penalty Opponents Make Last-Minute Plea To Save Richard Glossip’s Life
OKLAHOMA CITY — Dozens of death penalty opponents gathered in the Oklahoma state Capitol building Tuesday as part of a last-ditch effort to save the life of Richard Glossip, who…
Supporters Doubt Argentine Prosecutor Killed Self
The ex-wife of a prosecutor who accused Argentine President Cristina Fernandez of protecting the masterminds of a 1994 bombing does not believe an initial finding that he killed himself on…
NASCAR driver Kurt Busch testifies ex-girlfriend is an assassin
In his testimony, Busch said that once when he and Driscoll were in El Paso, Texas, Driscoll went out in camouflage gear, only to return later wearing an evening gown…