Man acquitted after 29 years files civil rights suit

Timothy Johnson was 22 in 1984 when he says he was intimidated into pleading guilty in the murder of a convenience store clerk

• Nov 11, 2015

Body found stuffed in South LA refrigerator

Police said maintenance crews found the body while cleaning a second-floor apartment because the tenant was being evicted

• Nov 11, 2015

Kansas Jewish center gunman mocked his death sentence

Man who killed only Christians during rampage aimed at Jews tells courtroom: "One day my spirit will rise from the grave and you'll know I was right"

• Nov 11, 2015

Ex-California officer gets life in prison for rape

Gary Dale Baker was convicted in July of attacking an elderly woman at her senior living complex in 2010 and 2012

• Nov 11, 2015

Baltimore police "outraged" by activist's killing

Police Commissioner Kevin Davis said "this city needs more people" like Kendal Fenwick, who was shot multiple times Monday

• Nov 11, 2015

Man accused of bat attack after being denied sex

Placentia, Calif. police say Jackee Jeffries, 32, became enraged Friday when his girlfriend rejected his advances

• Nov 11, 2015

Mother sentenced in daughter's morphine death

Des Moines woman gets 40 years in drug overdose of 5-year-old girl

• Nov 11, 2015

Man charged with impersonating cop in traffic stop

Fort Lauderdale police say the impersonator drove a white van and used red and blue lights to pull over a driver; then a real cop showed up

• Nov 11, 2015

911 callers said possums were jumping out of fridge

Police suspect South Carolina couple was using synthetic drugs when they called about the arboreal marsupials (aka possums)

• Nov 11, 2015

Life as a Public Defender

In her weekly Crimesider blog, Broward County, Fla., Assistant Public Defender Kim Segal addresses the case of "battery by barbecue sauce" and its impact on one U.S. Army soldier in waiting

• Nov 11, 2015

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