Murder

Larry Whitfield Found Guilty: Man Blamed For Scaring Grandmother To Death After Running From Bank Robbery

AP | Posted 11.21.2009 | Home


CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A man will spend the rest of his life in prison after he was found guilty in what prosecutors said was a case of scaring a 79-year-...

D Train Stabbing: Subway Passenger Killed Over Seat

nydailynews.com | By Barry Paddock, Pete Donohue and Samuel Goldsmith | Posted 11.21.2009 | New York


An argument over a subway seat erupted in deadly violence early Saturday when a straphanger stabbed a stranger on a D train in Manhattan....

The Murder of Russian Rule of Law

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 11.19.2009 | World


Robert Amsterdam

Late on Monday the Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky suffered a rupture of the abdominal membrane causing death. How many more dead Russians will it take before the world takes notice?

Alyssa Bustamante, Missouri Teen, Charged With Murder Of 9-Year-Old Neighbor

Huffington Post/Associated Press | Posted 11.18.2009 | Home


Alyssa Bustamante, a 15-year-old of Missouri, was indicted today on a charge of first-degree murder of her neighbor, 9-year-old Elizabeth Olten. Jo...

Survivors Of Accused Serial Killer Anthony Sowell Sought By Cleveland Police

AP | THOMAS J. SHEERAN | Posted 11.18.2009 | Home


CLEVELAND — Now that most of the bodies found at the home of a suspected serial killer have been identified, Cleveland is turning its attention ...

The Real-Time Web Makes Your Life Safer

Martin Varsavsky | Posted 11.17.2009 | Technology


Martin Varsavsky

Is leading a real time online life a risk? Are we safer or less safe if we frequently blog, use Twitter, Facebook, and Google Latitude?

Stench Returns To Accused Serial Killer's Neighborhood As Police Search For More Bodies Next Door

AP | THOMAS J. SHEERAN | Posted 11.12.2009 | Home


CLEVELAND — A stench around the home of a suspected serial killer returned stronger than ever Wednesday as police searched the house next door f...

Richard Moreau Murder Charges: Vail Bar Killer May Have Had PTSD

AP | Posted 11.09.2009 | Denver


VAIL, Colo. — A 63-year-old man suspected of fatally shooting one person and wounding three others in a Vail bar has been arrested in what autho...

Junior Gotti Trial: Closing Arguments Begin In Racketeering Case

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 11.10.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — Don't believe a defense lawyer's argument that John "Junior" Gotti quit organized crime with a sudden epiphany more than a decade ago...

Guns Around The World (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.06.2009 | World


America leads the developed world for murders committed using firearms, with a rate of 0.0279271 per 1,000 people, according to UN reports from 2000. ...

EBay Removes Drawings That Glorify Slaying of Abortion Doctor George Tiller

Politics Daily | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics


EBay has removed an auction posted by supporters of Scott Roeder, the man charged with the May murder of abortionist George Tiller. The listing featur...

Mighty Movie Podcast: Shrieks from the '80s: Ti West on The House of the Devil

Dan Persons | Posted 10.31.2009 | Entertainment


Dan Persons

The Saw franchise may be more efficient in logging a body count, but The House of the Devil is the kind of film that reminds you how cool it is to settle back and just let the dread soak in.

Edward Ates Claims He's Too Fat To Have Killed His Son-In-Law

AP | BETH DeFALCO | Posted 10.29.2009 | New York


HACKENSACK, N.J. — A man accused of running up and down a flight of stairs to kill a former son-in-law is offering a novel defense: At 5 feet 8 ...

Mighty Movie Podcast: Lars von Trier's Antichrist: A Conversation

Dan Persons | Posted 10.28.2009 | Entertainment


Dan Persons

"Lars von Trier isn't going to talk to a lot of press." Yeah, yeah; yadda-yadda. But just because he isn't talking to us doesn't mean we can't talk about him, particularly about his childhood.

Marwa al-Sherbini, Murdered Egyptian Woman, "Stabbed With Considerable Force"

AP | Posted 10.27.2009 | World


DRESDEN, Germany — A medical expert testified Tuesday that a knife attack on a 31-year-old Egyptian woman in a German court room caused serious ...

Jose Feliciano, Church Janitor, Charged In Rev. Ed Hinds' Murder

AP | VICTOR EPSTEIN | Posted 10.25.2009 | New York


MORRISTOWN, N.J. — Authorities investigating the slaying of a priest arrested the church janitor Saturday, alleging he stabbed the cleric 32 tim...

They Walk Among Us

Geri Spieler | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics


Geri Spieler

Timing is everything when you are convicted of murder. Sentencing is all about timing. Guidelines change, and so do prison sentences.

Selebi Trial: SA Police Chief Jackie Selebi Accused Of Accepting Designer Clothes In Drug Smuggling Scheme

New York Times | BARRY BEARAK | Posted 10.18.2009 | Home


JOHANNESBURG -- The drug trafficker and the police commissioner were once nattily attired pals, or so the allegations go. The two men would shop toget...

It's Time To End (Deadly) "Religious Freedom"

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics


Frank Schaeffer

Why aren't parents who kill their children for God not serving life sentences? Because of our crazy ideas about religious freedom that on so many fronts trump not just common sense but the rule of law.

Boy, 12, Charged With Shooting 8-Year-Old Brother

Posted 10.13.2009 | New York


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Susan Klebold: Columbine Killer's Mom Writes Essay For Oprah's O Magazine; "No Inkling" Son Was Suicidal

AP | KRISTEN WYATT | Posted 10.10.2009 | Media


DENVER — In the first detailed public remarks by any parent of the two Columbine killers, Dylan Klebold's mother says she had no idea her son wa...

Meleanie Hain: Gun-Carrying Soccer Mom Killed By Husband In Murder Suicide, Police Say (VIDEO)

The Associated Press | Mark Scolforo | Posted 10.09.2009 | Home


LEBANON, Pa. - A soccer mom who was thrust into the national gun-rights debate after taking a loaded pistol to youth sports events was killed by her h...

Carlton Lewis: Cops Kill Ceremonial Dagger-Wielding Harlem Man After Fatal Stabbing Spree

Gothamist | John Del Signore | Posted 10.08.2009 | New York


A murderous Harlem man died in a hail of NYPD bullets last night, after apparently stabbing two men, one fatally. Police arrived at the West 144th Str...

Cameron Brown: Another Mistrial For Dad Accused Of Throwing Daughter Off Cliff

AP | Posted 10.05.2009 | Home


LOS ANGELES — A second mistrial has been declared in the case of a man accused of murdering his 4-year-old daughter by throwing her off a cliff....

Will the U.S. Ignore the Murder of a Young American Abroad?

Julie Araskog | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living


Julie Araskog

Are our citizens really more interested in seeing what celebrity gets their hair cut at a salon than finding the killer of an innocent 26-year-old girl? Makes you think, doesn't it?