A jury in Atlantic City convicted Harris Jacobs of knowingly leaving the scene of a fatal crash that killed 76-year-old Orlando Fraga-Seruti in September 2022. The timing of Gov. Phil Murphy’s pardon is disputed: Jacobs’s attorney said Murphy issued it around…
North Carolina’s highest court will not allow a man to withdraw a more than 20-year-old guilty plea he made before fleeing the state to avoid sentencing. Sticking to the plea will mean a longer prison sentence than the defendant would…
A federal jury awarded $3 million to James Lucien for spending 26 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit, all because a Boston cop lied. At 21 years old, Lucien was convicted for the June 25, 1994, shooting murder of Ryan Edwards as…
The fatal encounter unfolded at the three-way intersection of Goochland, Chapel, and Proescher streets near Huntersville Park, according to the Commonwealth's Attorney's Office. Zephir approached Dukes' vehicle, threatened him, then shot him multiple times in the head and neck. Prosecutors…
Atlanta News First Conyers man accused of spreading HIV avoids murder trial with 15-year plea deal Newnan dealer issues tag, drops $3,300 warranty charge after ANF investigates 8-year-old boy killed after ATV veers off road, deputies say
Nicholas Curtis was jailed alongside his brother for the murder of Glenda Jackson A man who was jailed along with his brother for murdering a woman after she reported homophobic abuse by some of their associates is to have his…
A Portsmouth man was sentenced Friday afternoon by a Virginia Beach judge to 23 years in prison for fatally shooting one man and injuring another at his cousin’s ugly sweater Christmas party in 2023. Marquise Bunn, 40, was found guilty in June of…
GASTON COUNTY, N.C. — The North Carolina Court of Appeals has upheld Marshawn Devon Sanders’ conviction for first-degree murder in a fatal 2020 shooting in Gastonia. The case was originally prosecuted by the office of Gaston County District Attorney Travis Page. According to…
House fire displaces resident INDIANAPOLIS — Lincoln Party secretary of state candidate Greg Ballard filed suit Thursday to force the Indiana Election Commission to rule on four pending campaign finance complaints against his opponents before the Nov. 3 election. GOSHEN — Marian’s experience…
(VEVAY, Ind.) – A murder conviction in Switzerland County has been upheld by the Indiana Court of Appeals. 32-year-old Ryan Uopasarn was convicted earlier this year of stabbing his father more than 25 times in a Vevay apartment in March 2025. Investigators say…
Claims of innocence and new evidence in old convictions: DNA testing, recanted testimony and innocence-project cases.
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