Zimmerman, a former neighborhood watch captain, was charged with second-degree murder for killing 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida, on February 26, 2012. He says he shot the teenager in self-defense, but prosecutors accuse him of unjustly profiling and killing Martin. An initial decision by police not to pursue charges…
Paula Cooper, a mere 16 years old when she became the youngest person on death row in the United States. This occurred in 1986 when Cooper and her friends went to the home of 78-year-old Bible teacher Ruth Pelke, armed with a knife; they struck Pelke with a vase, cut…
It could have been a gruesome murder or the end result of love gone wrong. Irrespective of motive, a man was killed. Ana Lilia Trujillo, 44, is charged with the murder of a Texas college professor, Alf Stefan Andersson — he was a full-time research professor at the school’s Center…
A 10-year-old boy managed to scared off armed intruders who broke into his Brooklyn home. Surveillance video released by police shows someone in the boy’s house on Monday afternoon opening the door for a man wearing a FedEx uniform, and then another many followed. Authorities say the two men were…
Kanhaiya Kumari, 19, raised the 5,000 rupees (about 89 US dollars) needed to pay his mother’s bail money in India; Kumari has worked night and day in a garment factory to earn the bail money. Kumari’s 48-year-old mother was five months pregnant with her son when she was arrested in…
Jerry Andrew Active, 24, is accused of breaking into a home in Anchorage, Alaska this past weekend. He allegedly sexually assaulted an elderly woman, killing her and her husband, and sexually assaulting their 2-year-old great-granddaughter before fleeing the scene. Police were called to the home shortly before 8 p.m. Saturday.…
DNA tests have confirmed that Ariel Castro is the father of 6-year-old Amanda Beryy born to one of the three women he is accused of keeping in captivity for more than a decade. Castro’s DNA does not match that of any other Ohio abduction cases. Berry was one of the…
After months of a dramatic and emotional trial, juries in the Jodi Arias trial have finished deliberating and the fate of Jodi Arias will be announced at 4:30pm. Jurors have been deliberating since Friday night. Deliberations surround the key questions of whether of nor Jodi Arias killed her ex-boyfriend Travis…
Kevin Hart, actor and comedian, was arrested for “suspicion” of drunken driving early Sunday morning. Authorities allegedly observed Hart speeding on a freeway at 90 mph in a back Mercedes, weaving through traffic lanes, nearly hitting a nearby truck. Hart pulled over when officers indicated he was being stopped and…
Rehtaeh Parsons, a 17-year-old Canadian student was taken off life support Sunday after she was hospitalized for an attempted suicide. Parsons was allegedly sexually assaulted by four boys and was subsequently severely bullied at her high school for more than one year. Due to a lack of evidence, there were…