Serial Rapist Convicted

Iran executes in public a serial rapist convicted in dozens of cases

Iran's state media say authorities have executed in public a man convicted of raping dozens of women over two decades

World - ABC News - Yesterday

Madonna laments re-election of ‘convicted felon, rapist, bigot’ Donald Trump

Billie Eilish also expressed dismay at the re-election of Trump, calling him ‘someone who hates women so, so deeply’. Madonna has expressed outrage at the re-election of Donald Trump, describing ...

World - The Guardian - 6 days ago

Serial killer Rodney Alcala's secret photos

See some of convicted serial killer Rodney Alcala's photographs that were discovered by detectives in a Seattle storage locker.

Serial killer Rodney Alcala's trail of murder

Police say a photographer and one-time contestant on "The Dating Game" was also a chameleon and a serial killer —perhaps the deadliest in U.S. history.

Unsolved 1979 slaying in Illinois linked to suspected serial killer, authorities say

The unsolved killing of 19-year-old Kathy Halle in suburban Chicago more than four decades ago was linked to a suspected serial killer believed to be responsible for several other slayings in the ...

Famous alleged serial killer ID'd as suspect in 1979 cold case murder

Suspected 1970s serial killer Bruce Lindahl has now been identified as the culprit in a 1979 cold case murder in Illinois, authorities announced Wednesday.

WATCH: Florida’s 'serial killer' python population is swallowing deer, gators

Invasive Burmese pythons have been linked to declines in the Florida Everglades’ mammal population.

Serial sperm donors capitalize on lack of regulation, creating risks

Some people conceived by sperm donors are pushing for regulation, citing the risks to society caused by extremely prolific donors.

Revealed: English neo-Nazi who stabbed asylum seeker was serial stalker

Terrorist Callum Parslow was previously jailed for sending 10 women sexually explicit and misogynistic messages, and targeted a former GB News presenter. A neo-Nazi terrorist who was found guilty ...

World - The Guardian - November 2

Idaho's plan to execute serial killer halted after botched attempt

Thomas Creech has been in prison for half a century, convicted of five murders in three states and suspected of several more.

Archbishop of Canterbury resigns amid backlash for failing to report serial abuser

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby resigned Tuesday after an investigation found he failed to promptly report abuse by a volunteer at Christian summer camps.

John Grisham on the wrongfully convicted: "It's not that difficult to convict an innocent person"

The bestselling author of legal thrillers has co-written a work of non-fiction: "Framed," a collection of stories about people wrongfully convicted of crimes, and the fight to exonerate them.

Suspected serial killer linked to 1979 cold case out of North Aurora, Illinois

Police vowed to provide answers to the families of Lindahl's suspected victims.

New theory about woman known as world's most prolific female serial killer

"I'm very convinced that it is, as we put it in England, a stitch-up job," a researcher said.

‘Henry VIII is a serial killer and abuser’: why is Britain still so obsessed with the Tudors?

England has long adopted the version of events informed by the Victorians’ biases and neuroses. But what is behind the flood of 21st-century retellings, including the new TV series The Mirror and ...

World - The Guardian - 2 days ago

Teen 'serial swatter' behind hundreds of hoax threats across U.S. pleads guilty

In one of the most prolific “swatting” cases ever prosecuted, a teenage “serial swatter” pleaded guilty Wednesday to making hoax threats to schools, religious institutions and government officials ...

Erin Moriarty on what we owe to the wrongfully convicted

After spending years behind bars for crimes they didn't commit, some men and women who have been wrongfully convicted have received their freedom. But as Erin Moriarty points out, for many, justice ...

Lucy Letby loses bid to appeal against conviction

The former nurse's bid to challenge her conviction for the attempted murder of a baby is dismissed.

Florida's convicted killer clown released from prison

A woman who pleaded guilty to dressing as a clown and in 1990 murdering the wife of a man she later married has been released from a Florida prison.

Russian court convicts soldiers of murdering nine Ukrainians

World - Yahoo News - 6 days ago

Man convicted of rioting tried to blow up a mosque

Simon Beech and another man were jailed in 2011 for trying to blow up a mosque in Stoke-on-Trent.

People smuggler convicted of £1.5m small boats operation

Pistiwan Jameel described migrants as "pigeons" or "sticks" as he facilitated illegal crossings.

Court in Argentina confirms ex-president Kirchner's conviction

World - Yahoo News - 20 hours ago

Judge in Michael Jordan's father's murder trial pleas for convicted killer's release

The North Carolina judge who presided over the 1996 murder trial of Michael Jordan’s father petitioned Tuesday to release his convicted killer.

Nebraska court allows voter registrations from people with felony convictions

Nebraskans with felony convictions may register to vote after the state's high court ruled Wednesday that a top election official had no authority to deem a law restoring those rights ...

Politics - The Hill - October 16

Texas supreme court blocks execution of man in late-night ruling

Robert Roberson, 57, who has long claimed innocence over death of daughter, has for now been spared. The Texas supreme court has blocked the execution of a man on death row in a late-night ruling ...

World - The Guardian - October 18

Why the Menendez Brothers case is back in the spotlight, decades after their conviction

CBS News legal contributor Caroline Polisi discusses how a new generation is re-evaluating the Menendez Brothers' claims of emotional and sexual abuse. Decades after their conviction, the L.A. ...

N.C. judge argues for release of man convicted in murder of Michael Jordan's father

The North Carolina judge who presided over the 1996 murder trial over the killing Michael Jordan’s father petitioned the state’s parole commission to release one of the men convicted in the case.

Greek man convicted of causing disturbance by entering neighbors' properties to smell their shoes

A judge in northern Greece has imposed a suspended one-month prison sentence on a man convicted of disturbing his neighbors by repeatedly sneaking into their properties to smell their shoes

World - ABC News - October 17

Trump Tried to Silence Stormy Daniels Again After His Conviction

Donald J. Trump was convicted in May of covering up a hush-money deal with Stormy Daniels. Just two months later, his lawyer offered another deal for her silence.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 18

Husband of woman murdered with an ax convicted 40 years after her death

In 1982, Cathy Krauseneck, a young mother, was killed in her bed – an ax lodged in her head. Investigators believe the crime scene was staged to look like a burglary to cover up the real crime – ...

Former Peruvian President Gets Long Jail Term on Graft Conviction

Alejandro Toledo, once close to the U.S., was sentenced to 20 years in prison after being convicted of taking a $20 million bribe.

World - The Wall Street Journal - October 21

John Grisham, Jim McCloskey talk wrongful convictions amid Texas case

John Grisham and Jim McCloskey, who co-wrote a book called "Framed" about wrongful convictions, spoke to "CBS Mornings" amid a Texas death penalty case.

Woman calls date with convicted cardiologist "Scariest day of my life"

Stephen Matthews, a former Denver cardiologist who was convicted over the summer of drugging 11 women and sexually assaulting nine of them, faces sentencing later this week.

Lucy Letby refused permission to appeal against attempted murder conviction

Nurse convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven more was able to have fair trial, judges rule. Lucy Letby has been refused permission to appeal against a conviction for ...

World - The Guardian - October 24

The 3 men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery motion for new trial

Travis and Gregory McMichael armed themselves with guns and jumped in a pickup truck to chase Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, after they saw him run past their house on Feb. 23, 2020.

Politics - The Hill - October 24

Men convicted in Ahmaud Arbery's murder ask for new trial

The three Georgia men convicted in the killing of 25-year-old jogger Ahmaud Arbery are in court Thursday asking for a new trial in the state murder case.

Men convicted for Ahmaud Arbery murder seek new trial

The three men who were convicted for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery — Greg McMichael, Travis McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan — are seeking a new trial citing an apparent comment by one of the ...

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