George Zimmerman made his first court appearance in a jailhouse courtroom earlier today. He turned himself in on Wednesday, after being issued an a capias arrest warrant, and has been charged with second degree murder in the slaying of 17-year …
At 11:26 am this morning, Robert Charles Towery was pronounced dead, nine minutes after he was lethally injected. The execution in Florence (60 miles outside Phoenix) marks the second within nine days for Arizona and the thirtieth since capital punishment …
A week ago, Dateline aired ‘Conviction’ investigating whether Jon-Adrian Velazquez is innocent of murder. Velazquez was convicted of the 1997 killing of Albert Ward, a retired NYPD Officer, and sentenced from 25 to life. Always claiming his innocence, Velazquez wrote …
< Christopher Alan Carlson (mid 40s) has been charged with six counts of child abuse for allegedly forcing his grandchildren to hike the Grand Canyon without food or water in August. The Indianapolis man’s federal trial started today in Phoenix, …
We’re not talking about squatting as part of gluteus maximus workout regime. We’re talking about this particular Oxford Dictionary definition of a squatter: “a person who unlawfully occupies an uninhabited building or unused land”. But what is the exact legality …
Do you remember the reality-inspired film Catch Me If You Can starring Leonardo DiCaprio? It seems a related Hollywood deal is in the making and the lead character is Colton Harris-Moore aka the “Barefoot Bandit”. Except Harris-Moore did not pretend …
Sunday night, the TV legal drama The Firm premiered on NBC. The back story is based on John Grisham’s novel (1991) and subsequent film (1993), and follows the thrilling tales of Attorney Mitch McDeere ten years after the time period …
Many memorable events happened in 2011, stories that will be described in history books studied by future generations. Both Osama Bin Laden and Muammar Qaddafi were killed. Japan suffered a major earthquake and tsunami and Hurricane Irene furiously stormed up …
When you ask people what the top of their list would be for what they want out of life, most people tend to answer “health”. I bet if you were to ask them to elaborate, the conversation would gradually transition …
You know our world is truly ruled by social media when a judge has to instruct jurors not to text or tweet during any trial proceedings. But during the case of Erickson Dimas-Martinez, Juror Number 2 did not listen. Because …