Pontiac, Michigan – Prosecutors in Michigan are urging a minimum of 10 years in prison for two parents who have been found criminally responsible for a school shooting, marking the first such case in the United States. Jennifer and James Crumbley were convicted of involuntary manslaughter earlier this year in connection to the deaths of … Read more
Los Angeles, California – Prosecutors in California are ramping up efforts to combat the rising number of fentanyl-related deaths by filing murder charges against those responsible. This aggressive approach comes as the state grapples with a surge in overdose deaths linked to the potent synthetic opioid. In recent years, California has witnessed a significant escalation … Read more
NEW YORK — In a tragic case that shook the nation, James Crumbley, the father of a teenager who carried out a deadly school shooting in 2021, is facing trial for allegedly not heeding warning signs about his son’s mental state. Prosecutors argue that by ignoring these signs, Crumbley played a role in the foreseeable … Read more
Prosecutors in Ocala, Florida, have announced their intent to pursue the death penalty for a 39-year-old man who allegedly opened fire in a busy mall just one day before Christmas Eve, fatally shooting a 40-year-old man and seriously wounding a woman. The Office of the State Attorney for the Fifth Judicial Circuit formally filed a … Read more
Moore, Oklahoma – Prosecutors in Oklahoma are seeking the death penalty for a 20-year-old man accused of raping and murdering his ex-girlfriend, a talented high school basketball player with a promising future. Chace Cook is facing the maximum punishment for the “especially heinous, atrocious and cruel” crime, according to the Cleveland County District Attorney Greg … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Two pieces of art stolen by Nazis from a Jewish performer and collector murdered in the Holocaust have been returned, Manhattan prosecutors announced Friday. The artworks, “Portrait of a Man” and “Girl with Black Hair,” were surrendered by museums in Pittsburgh and Ohio, but prosecutors are still fighting to recover a … Read more
Aguascalientes, Mexico – The investigation into the tragic death of Jesús Ociel Baena, Mexico’s first nonbinary magistrate, takes a grim turn as the lead prosecutor reveals a startling hypothesis. According to Aguascalientes state prosecutor Jesús Figueroa Ortega, Baena was not the victim of a hate crime as initially suspected. Instead, Baena was brutally murdered in … Read more
BUFFALO, N.Y. – After a moratorium on federal executions was enforced by Attorney General Merrick Garland just months into his tenure, federal prosecutors have announced that they will seek the death penalty for a white supremacist responsible for the deaths of 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket. This decision marks the first approval of … Read more
A court in Moscow, Idaho has ruled that prosecutors must hand over DNA records to the defense team of Bryan Kohberger, the suspect in the quadruple murder case of University of Idaho students. The stabbings took place in November 2022, leading to the arrest of Kohberger seven weeks later. The genealogy databases linked him to … Read more
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Federal prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for the Buffalo mass shooter who killed multiple victims at a shopping center. The decision to pursue the death penalty comes after a thorough review of the case by the Justice Department. The shooter, who opened fire in the shopping center, caused harm and … Read more