BAY CITY, Texas (AP) — For more than 35 years, a Texas man has been in a prison even though an appeals court threw out his conviction on a 1976 murder charge that initially had him on death row.
On Monday, 59-year-old Jerry Hartfield will return to court for a retrial, facing a life sentence if convicted of killing a woman who sold tickets at a Bay City bus station.
Prosecutors and defense lawyers have haggled over who's to blame for... [...]
Police in Richmond, Virginia, are investigating the death of a black man who was killed in a shootout with a white officer, a spokesman said on Thursday.
The shooting death occurred late on Wednesday when the victim, identified as Keshawn Hargrove, 20, of Richmond, fired on officers and refused to drop his gun, police spokesman Gene Lepley.
The incident was the latest in a series of fatal police confrontations across the United States that... [...]
An 11-year-old boy has been charged with the deadly shooting of a 3-year-old on Detroit's east side. The victim was identified as Elijah Walker.
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy charged the 11-year-old on Wednesday with manslaughter and felony use of a firearm. He is being charged as a juvenile.
"I cannot remember a time where we have charged someone so young with taking a life," Worthy wrote in a press release. "Very unfortunately and... [...]
The attorney representing a man accused of dousing his fiancee with gasoline and setting her on fire this week claims that it was a "horrible accident."
Judith Malinowski, 31, is in critical condition after she was engulfed in flames at a gas station in the suburb of Gahanna in Columbus, Ohio, on Aug. 2. WBNS-TV reports that police say Michael Slager, 40, poured what is believed to be gasoline on Malinowski in the parking lot that day, before... [...]
ATLANTA (AP) -- Police in the Atlanta area say a man died after falling from a wall during a police chase that involved a Taser.
Multiple media outlets report that the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is reviewing Thursday night's events involving DeKalb County police.
DeKalb County Assistant Police Chief Brian Harris tells the Atlanta Journal-Constitution ( http://on-ajc.com/1IuZVIi ) officers pulled over a car near an East Atlanta apartment... [...]
