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Jodi Arias appears in a Phoenix courtroom Tuesday, Oct. 21 for sentencing retrial.

Jodi Arias Sentencing Retrial Begins With Jury Selection

Oct 21, 2014 03:13 PM EDT

Jury selection began Tuesday in the Jodi Arias sentencing retrial to decide whether she faces life in prison or the death penalty for killing former boyfriend Travis Alexander.

Indiana Serial Killing May Date Back to Two Decades as Suspect Helps Police Find His Victims

Erika Villanueva |

Oct 21, 2014 03:21 AM EDT

Indiana suspected serial killer of seven women in Northwest Indiana confess to crimes claiming that his killing spree began two decades ago.

California Man Charged in Killing Saudi Student, Body Found in Desert

Kat De Guzman |

Oct 21, 2014 03:02 AM EDT

A man from Long Beach, California was charged on Monday with the murder of a Saudi Arabian college student who was found dead along a freeway in the Southern California desert and who had been missing since last month.

Juliette Lewis Urges Authorities to Investigate Misty Upham's Death; Insists It's Murder

Cleo Fagela |

Oct 20, 2014 12:33 AM EDT

Following the news that the body of ‘August: Osage County’ star Misty Upham was found at a ravine in Washington State last October 16, actress Juliette Lewis urged authorities to launch a murder investigation over Upham’s death.

Indiana Police Detain Possible Serial Killer

Ren Benavidez |

Oct 19, 2014 11:29 PM EDT

Indiana police announced Sunday that a man confessed to killing a woman in Hammond and told police where bodies of three other homicide victims were located.

Teenage Son Murders Family to Get Inheritance

Mitch de Leon |

Oct 16, 2014 01:27 AM EDT

The Oklahoma newspaper publisher's son reportedly admitted to murdering his own parents and sister to gain access to the family's wealth and acquire his inheritance Wednesday, stated the authorities assigned to the case.

Man Convicted of Murder Proven Innocent After 29 Years Imprisonment

Mitch de Leon |

Oct 16, 2014 01:03 AM EDT

David McCallum had only been 16 years old when he confessed to the murder of a Queens man in Oct. 1985. Based on his own admission, he and a friend killed the victim and abandoned the body in a Brooklyn Park. On Wednesday, however, the indictment against both men were dismissed by a Brooklyn Superior Court judge.

US Marine Detained for Murder of Filipino Transgender

Mitch de Leon |

Oct 14, 2014 03:05 AM EDT

A United States marine had been detained on Sunday on board the amphibious war ship Peleliu for the murder of a Filipino transgender woman in Olongapo City.

Ex-Con Kills Mom 2 Days After Release From 30-Year Imprisonment: Report

Mitch de Leon |

Oct 13, 2014 11:43 AM EDT

Following his release from prison after having been detained for 30 years, a convicted killer barely enjoyed his freedom as he is currently accused of bludgeoning his own mother to death in their home on Sunday.

Paralympic Athlete Oscar Pistorius To Be Sentenced for Culpable Homicide

Erika Villanueva |

Oct 13, 2014 04:54 AM EDT

Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius faces sentencing beginning Monday after being convicted of culpable homicide and acquitted of premeditated murder for the killing of his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Woman Freed After 17 Years of Imprisonment Dyes Hair to Mark Fresh Start

Mitch de Leon |

Oct 12, 2014 11:52 PM EDT

Nothing beats a new hairstyle to mark the beginning of a new chapter in any girl's life. On her first day of living as a liberated woman, Susan Mellen visited a hair salon to have her hair colored. Wasting no more time following the 17 years she spent in prison for a crime she did not commit, the 59-year-old wrongly convicted woman strode towards May Hair Salon and sought the expertise of Eby Carillo, a hair stylist.

High School Shooter Wanted Payback for Teasing

Mitch de Leon |

Oct 11, 2014 03:37 AM EDT

The diary of the student who fatally shot a classmate at a Denver high school, then subsequently committing suicide, revealed that the shooter described himself as "a psychopath with a superiority complex". Furthermore, the piece of evidence disclosed that the suspect intended to exact vengeance following the bullying he went through during his elementary school days.

Woman Convicted for Murder of Ex-Boyfriend Declared Innocent after 17 Years

Mitch de Leon |

Oct 10, 2014 10:33 PM EDT

After suffering 17 years of imprisonment for a murder she did not commit, a 59-year-old woman was finally set free on Friday following the decision of a judge that cited the conviction as wrongful due to its strong reliance on a witness later on described as a "habitual liar".

Suspect In Brutal Killing Of Filipina Actress Cherry Pie Picache's Mom Arrested

Marie Angel De Leon |

Oct 09, 2014 08:00 AM EDT

Philippine authorities announced on Wednesday the arrest of the alleged primary suspect in the brutal killing of the mother of Filipina veteran actress Cherry Pie Picache.

New York Lawyer Backs Out of Chokehold Case Amidst Rape Case Against Him

Erika Villanueva |

Oct 09, 2014 04:55 AM EDT

Haunted by a rape case, a New York attorney backs out of a chokehold case filed against the New York Police Department for the death of Eric Garner, an African-American man accused of selling untaxed cigarettes.