Crime & Justice

Man indicted for murder in overdose death of billionaire's grandson

A suspended Texas Christian University student has been indicted on a charge of felony murder for allegedly injecting heroin into the arm of the grandson of billionaire T. Boone Pickens and causing his death. » read more

Posted on Tue, June 11, 2013

Prosecutors look to closely link Manning, Assange in WikiLeaks case

Government prosecutors seeking life in prison for Army Pfc. Bradley Manning opened his court-martial Monday closely linking the young, nondescript enlistee from Oklahoma with the outsized Julian Assange, head of the anti-secrecy WikiLeaks website who used his world stage to post hundreds of thousands of Manning's purloined documents in the largest leak of U.S. classified material in the nation's history. » read more

Posted on Wed, June 5, 2013

New evidence: George Zimmerman applied to become a cop but was turned down

Prosecutors have filed paperwork revealing that murder defendant George Zimmerman applied to become a police officer in a county near Washington, D.C., but was turned down. » read more

Posted on Tue, June 4, 2013

Socialite claims she was attacked by 10 prostitutes at Miami hotel

Times must be tough for Miami's South Beach hookers. So tough, apparently, that they’ve now allegedly taken to beating down their competition — or at least that’s what a South Jersey woman claims in a civil lawsuit filed against the W Hotel. » read more

Posted on Mon, June 3, 2013

Manning court martial trial starts Monday

Amid secrecy and spectacle, the long-awaited court-martial trial of WikiLeaks linchpin Bradley E. Manning starts Monday. » read more

Posted on Sat, June 1, 2013

Women workers at Florida prison win class-action status in sexual harassment case

Dozens of female staffers say they regularly confront groping, rape threats, public masturbation and other serious sexual harassment while overseeing inmates at the large federal prison complex in Coleman, Fla. » read more

Posted on Wed, May 29, 2013

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