Tag: Homicide
Texas cop charged with murder in shooting released on bond
AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas police officer charged with murder in the fatal shooting last year of an unarmed Austin man was booked into...
UN expert: Myanmar junta ‘murdered’ at least 70 since coup
GENEVA — An independent U.N. rights expert on Thursday cited “credible reports” that Myanmar security forces have killed at least 70 people. He also...
Jury selection resumes as Chauvin faces possible new charge
<p>MINNEAPOLIS — Potential jurors in Derek Chauvin's murder trial return Thursday to continue a selection process moving more quickly than expected. Meanwhile, the former...
EXPLAINER: What is ‘spark-of-life’ testimony in trials?
MADISON, Wis. — Prosecutors trying a white former Minneapolis police officer in George Floyd's death plan to use a legal doctrine called “spark of...
Ex-Army officer guilty in ‘Fatal Vision’ case seeks release
<p>RALEIGH, N.C. — A former Army captain serving life prison sentences for the 1970 murders of his pregnant wife and two young children at...
Nevada Supreme Court mulls appeal in 2019 quadruple homicide
RENO, Nev. — Nevada’s Supreme Court wants to hear directly from lawyers on both sides in a death penalty dispute over how much more...
Oregon man charged in 2 killings that were 2 decades apart
PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland, Oregon, man accused of killing two strangers who disappeared 20 years apart pleaded not guilty Thursday to murder charges...
Missouri woman whose dad aided murder-suicide found guilty
MISSION, Kan. — A former Missouri jail guard has been convicted of convincing her terminally ill father to fatally shoot her estranged husband with...
Texas cop charged with murder in shooting released on bond
<p>AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas police officer charged with murder in the fatal shooting last year of an unarmed Austin man was booked into...
Man gets prison for insurance fraud in sons’ 2015 drownings
LOS ANGELES — A man accused of drowning two of his sons and trying to kill his ex-wife by driving them off a Los...