Criminal Law
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Missouri Prosecutor Seeks to Overturn the Conviction of an Inmate Who Has Spent Over Two Decades on Death Row
A Missouri prosecutor now believes that inmate Marcellus Williams is innocent of the crime that…
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Former IRS Contractor Gets a 5-Year Prison Sentence for Leaking Trump’s Tax Records
A former contractor for the Internal Revenue Service who pleaded guilty to leaking tax information…
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Judge Denies Alex Murdaugh a New Trial After Jury Tampering Allegations
A South Carolina judge denied Alex Murdaugh’s bid for a new double-murder trial on Monday…
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Once-Prominent Atlanta Attorney Who Fatally Shot His Wife in an SUV Pleads Guilty to Lesser Charges
A once-prominent Atlanta attorney who fatally shot his wife in 2016 as they rode in…
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Michigan School Shooter, Who Intends to Plead the Fifth, Will Not Take the Stand in His Mother’s Trial
Jennifer Crumbley’s manslaughter trial continued on Friday with Judge Cheryl Matthews saying she will prohibit…
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Man Convicted of Manslaughter in the Murder of Ex-New Orleans Saints Star Will Smith
A man who shot former New Orleans Saints star Will Smith following a traffic crash…
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Ahmaud Arbery’s Killers Will Have Their Appeals Heard by a Federal Court in March
Three white men convicted of hate crimes for chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery in a…
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Lawmakers in West Virginia Reject a Bill That Would Have Expanded a DNA Database to People Charged With Certain Felonies
West Virginia lawmakers on Thursday soundly rejected a bill that would have expanded a law…
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California Man Is Found Guilty of Killing a 6-Year-Old Boy in a 2021 Road Rage Incident
Marcus Eriz has been found guilty of murder in the Orange County, California, road rage incident that…
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Man Convicted of Killing Woman in SUV Who Pulled Into the Wrong Driveway
A man from New York was convicted of second-degree murder Tuesday for shooting a woman…
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