EDITOR’S NOTE: This article contains graphic descriptions of child murder, suicidal ideation and an attempt to die by suicide. Gunfire shattered the silence of the Cedar Grove community in Shreveport, Louisiana, just before dawn Sunday. Moments later ...

While 68% see the death penalty as morally justified for those committing murder, 59% say it doesn't deter serious crimes – and there are wide partisan gaps on both questions.

The murder rate in 2025 was the lowest in modern American history. Preliminary data shows the murder rate fell nearly 20% from 2024, likely making it the lowest rate since reliable national data began to be collected in 1960.

The South Carolina Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions Wednesday primarily focused on how a county clerk’s improper comments to the jury violated his right to a fair trial. But the court’s 29-page ruling also ...

Burke has been charged with one count each of murder, continuous sexual abuse of a child under the age of 14 and unlawful mutilation of human remains. The criminal complaint also includes special circumstance allegations of murder of a witness, murder for ...

Maurice Shakur said in a complaint filed against Duane Keith Davis, who was charged in 2023 with the rapper’s murder, that the “threads are starting to come together.” By Derrick Bryson Taylor See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra ...

James Scott Teahan Jr. pleaded no contest to second-degree murder in a fentanyl death. Placer County prosecutors have filed murder charges in seven fentanyl deaths since 2022. Six of these fentanyl murder cases have resulted in homicide convictions.

She said she heard "arguing" on the day Shayne Hambakachere was killed.