Detroit will pay $7.5M to man who says police switched bullets to frame him
After serving 25 years in prison, Desmond Ricks was released in 2017 when bullet tests revealed that the evidence used to convict him was bogus.
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After serving 25 years in prison, Desmond Ricks was released in 2017 when bullet tests revealed that the evidence used to convict him was bogus.
Sara Donchey reports on authorities arresting suspect in 1992 homicide he's already been tried for twice (7-11-2022)
A Pennsylvania 911 operator faces involuntary manslaughter and other charges for failing to send an ambulance to the rural home of a woman who died of internal bleeding about a day later.
A "hero citizen" overheard a conversation indicating there was an attack being planned on the city's popular Independence Day celebration and called police to report it.
Responding officers encountered "pure hell" when they arrived on the scene. The suspect is in custody.
Edward Geddes has been formally named as the person responsible for the murder of Lina Reyes-Geddes more than 24 years ago.
CBS News is launching a new investigative series that looks at the disturbing rise in unsolved murder cases nationwide. CBS News chief investigative and senior national correspondent Jim Axelrod reports, and CBS News investigative data journalist Christopher Hacker joins Lana Zak to discuss more on the findings.
CBS4's Ted Scouten looks at the homicide clearance rate in South Florida.
With abortion now illegal or severely restricted in half of U.S. states, Big Tech companies face calls to limit tracking.
In a collaboration with CBS News, KPIX 5 is examining a crime often going without punishment in our country. Barely half of murder cases in the United States get solved.
Barely half of murder cases in the United States get solved. The national homicide clearance rate is at an all-time low, according to FBI data. Oakland and San Francisco are seeing a large difference on solved cases, as Wilson Walker reports.
Sylvia Nicole Smith, 16, was reported missing by her mother in February 2000.
An investigation into the death of a Hollywood therapist. Did the system do enough to protect her from alleged killer Gareth Pursehouse? Her former fiancé Drew Carey calls for updated laws. "48 Hours" Erin Moriarty reports.
Lauren Toms reports on SFPD investigation into a fatal shooting on a Muni Metro train that left one dead and one injured (6-22-2022)
The city of Brooklyn Center, Minneapolis agreed to pay $3.2 million to the family of Daunte Wright, who was fatally shot during a traffic stop in April 2021.
Social media had promoted a free music event known as Moechella and several hundred people were in the area.
Frank Atwood is the second Arizona inmate to be put to death in less than a month after a nearly eight-year hiatus.
A North Carolina man who won a $10 million lottery prize in 2017 has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the 2020 fatal shooting of his girlfriend.
A 10-year-old girl who went missing after going to visit her aunt was found dead Monday along a creek trail in Wisconsin, police said. Lily Peters' death was being pursued as a homicide, Chippewa Falls Chief Matthew Kelm said. CBS Minnesota's David Schuman reports.
Police are investigating the deaths of a New Hampshire couple whose bodies were found in a wooded area in Concord, authorities said Friday. Investigators said Stephen Reid, 67, and Djeswende Reid, 66, were shot multiple times. CBS Boston's Kristina Rex reports.
Police have not said if this was a targeted attack or if they have suspect.
Nationally, homicide rates have risen by an average of 37% in the country’s biggest cities. Nancy Chen looks at the alarming trend.
"Now when we tell the truth, we're incriminating ourselves," said the leader of a nurse advocacy organization.