Tag: Criminal justice

Author Salman Rushdie's attacker, Hadi Matar, faced justice in a New York courtroom, where he was found guilty of attempted murder and assault. Rushdie, a renowned novelist, was stabbed more than a dozen times...

In the ongoing debate between local governments regarding how to address misdemeanor crimes, King County Executive Dow Constantine is disputing claims that booking restrictions at the downtown jail are contributing to public safety issues...

Lawyers representing Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of the tragic stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students, are requesting a change of venue for his murder trial. They argue that the extensive media...

An inmate named Jose Guardado, who was serving a 45-year to life sentence for sexually assaulting a child, passed away on July 20 at a Nevada state prison in Carson City. He was 56...

An Indiana man, Richard Allen, 52, was sentenced to 130 years in prison for the brutal stabbing deaths of two girls, 13-year-old Abby Williams and 14-year-old Libby German, in Delphi. The case had remained...

The Metropolitan King County Council committee recently discussed the future of the Judge Patricia H. Clark Children and Family Justice Center in Seattle. The committee decided to delay a vote on whether to keep...

Paul Denham's Quest for Freedom After 30 Years A pivotal shift in the case of Paul Denham, a British man serving a life sentence for the murder of his wife's lover, Edward Weinmann, has sparked...

On January 14, 1995, a tragic incident occurred in Beaumont, Texas that shook the community to its core. Mary Catherine Edwards, a 31-year-old elementary school teacher, was found dead in her townhouse. Her parents...

Richard Lee Tabler, a Texas man responsible for a double killing involving his strip club manager and another man, was executed in a state penitentiary in Huntsville. The execution took place on Thursday night,...

The state of Texas carried out the execution of Steven Lawayne Nelson, a 37-year-old man convicted of the 2011 murder of Arlington pastor Clint Dobson. This somber event took place on a Wednesday evening,...