15 h. ago Last of 10 inmates who escaped from New Orleans jail captured by police

Authorities say they found convicted killer Derrick Groves after a standoff at a home in south-west AtlantaThe last fugitive from the high-profile, 10-man New Orleans jailbreak in May has been captured, according to authorities.In an announcement on Wednesday, Jason Williams, the New Orleans district attorney, said that authorities had captured four-time convicted killer Derrick Groves after a standoff at a home in south-west Atlanta. Continue reading...

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64 h. ago Killer Paul Mosley jailed for manslaughter of six children in house fire dies

Paul Mosley, 58, was convicted following a seven-week trial of killing six children belonging to the Philpott family in Allenton, Derbyshire where the youngsters lived

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3 d. ago Peter Andre says he's 'conflicted' over baby killer Lucy Letby verdict

Peter Andre says he has been left confused over convicted child serial killer Lucy Letby after watching the Channel 4 documentary about her, Murder or Mistake, this week.

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4 d. ago Daughter of polygamist cult leader Dan Lafferty breaks silence as dad serves two life sentences for murder

Rebecca Lafferty, now a mother of three and a hypnotherapist in Salt Lake City, is the daughter of convicted killer Dan Lafferty, who is serving two life sentences.

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5 d. ago Woman who slit teen's throat first to be executed by US state in over 200 years

Christa Gail Pike was convicted of first-degree murder in 1996 for the brutal killing of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer and now Tennessee's Supreme Court has finally set an execution date

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6 d. ago Australian mushroom killer Erin Patterson set to appeal triple murder conviction

New legal team says they intend to file appeal but need more time to prepare

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8 d. ago Man sentenced to life for double brutal murder accidentally released after ‘procedural error,’ Miami

James Edward Daniels was convicted for kidnapping three men before killing two of them

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9 d. ago Judge denies request for new trial for Florida matriarch convicted in killing of ex

A judge has denied a request for a new trial for the South Florida matriarch who was convicted in the hired killing of her former son-in-law

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1 week ago Sentencing hearing begins for serial killer convicted of brutal crime spree

Authorities never offered a motive for the killings

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1 week ago Sentencing hearing begins Monday for man convicted of killing 8 people in metro Phoenix in 2017

A man convicted of killing eight people in metro Phoenix in 2017 is scheduled on Monday to start the sentencing portion of his trial, where prosecutors are seeking the death penalty

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1 week ago Assata Shakur, an icon of Black liberation who was exiled to Cuba, dies aged 78

Shakur spent decades exiled after she was convicted of killing a state trooper in 1977 and escaped from prisonOn 25 September, Assata Shakur, a former member of the Black Liberation Army, died aged 78 in Havana, Cuba, according to Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Cuban officials cited the reason for her death as old age and health conditions. Shakur, a longstranding symbol of resistance and Black liberation, spent several decades exiled in Cuba after she was convicted of killing a New Jersey state trooper in 1977 and escaped from prison.“At approximately 1:15pm on September 25th, my mother, Assata Shakur, took her last earthly breath,” her daughter Kakuya Shakur wrote on Facebook. “Words cannot describe the depth of loss that I’m feeling at this time.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago Tupac Shakur's godmother Assata Shakur dead at 78: Cop killer who escaped jail and fled to Cuba passes away

Tupac Shakur's godmother and convicted cop killer Assata Shakur - who escaped jail and fled to Cuba in 1979  -  has died aged 78.

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1 week ago New Zealand man convicted of murder for boarding house fire that killed five tenants

The 2023 Loafers Lodge fire provoked outrage about the dilapidated and often unregulated state of boarding houses in New ZealandA New Zealand jury has convicted a man of murder and arson for setting fire to a Wellington boarding house where he lived that killed five fellow tenants, in a case which provoked outrage about the dilapidated and often unregulated state of boarding houses, which mostly accommodate low-income people with few options.The jury at the high court in Wellington reached the verdicts against Esarona David Lologa after less than three days of deliberations, rejecting the defence of insanity argued by Lologa’s lawyers. Continue reading...

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1 week ago New Zealand jury convicts man of murder for boarding house fire that killed 5 fellow tenants

A jury has convicted a man of murder for setting a fire at the New Zealand boarding house where he lived that killed five fellow tenants

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1 week ago What to know about Arizona serial killings that resulted in 8 murder convictions

An Arizona man has been convicted on eight murder charges for a string of fatal shootings in Phoenix after a trial that spanned several months

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2 w. ago Alabama to execute man for 1997 shooting death of store clerk

Alabama is preparing to execute a man convicted of killing a woman during a 1997 gas station robbery

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2 w. ago Foreign criminals handed £2,000 cash cards as they're hauled onto deportation flight

Footage from deportation flight shows 47 criminals, including people convicted of killings, theft and sexual abuse, being taken back to Romania

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2 w. ago State of Connecticut settles lawsuit over convict's killing of visiting nurse for $2 million

Connecticut officials have agreed to a $2.25 million settlement of a lawsuit over a sex offender’s killing of visiting nurse Joyce Grayson in 2023

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2 w. ago Cheryl stalker and convicted killer who left son Bear 'terrified' jailed for breaching restraining order

Cheryl Tweedy has slammed the stalker who left her son Bear "terrified" as he was sentenced to prison today.

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2 w. ago Terrified Cheryl Tweedy claims her killer stalker has 'scared her young child' and reveals she is 'on edge every time I open my gate'

Convicted killer Daniel Bannister, 50, 'can't stay away' from the singer, and has already spent time in prison for the same offence. A judge has sentenced him to 12 months jail.

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