Jury in trial of woman shot in home retires to consider verdicts Environmental health worker Ashley Dale was killed when a gunman broke into her home in Old Swan, Liverpool, on August 21 last year. The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2023
Southall murder: First picture of teenager stabbed to death in west London Simarjeet Singh Nangpal was found with knife wounds after fight near his home Evening Standard · Nov 17, 2023
Man threatened to set cops on fire before fatal shot There were no other options available to stop the risk of injury or death presented by a man who set himself alight before running at cops, a coroner says. AAP · Nov 17, 2023
Gang attack on Haitian hospital leads to a call for help and an unlikely triumph for police One of Haiti's most vulnerable and impoverished communities is recovering from a gang attack that targeted a hospital serving as a lifeline for many The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2023
Texas woman convicted and facing up to life in prison for killing pro cyclist Mo Wilson A woman convicted of murder in the shooting death of rising professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson in Texas faces up to life in prison when sentenced in a case that led investigators on a 43-day international search to find her The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2023
Michigan teen pleads guilty to threatening antisemitic mass shooting The 19-year-old referenced other mass shooters in Instagram messages, according to prosecutors The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2023
California family sues sheriff's office after deputy kidnapped girl, killed her mother, grandparents A California family is suing a Virginia sheriff’s department for hiring a deputy who sexually extorted and kidnapped a 15-year-old girl at gunpoint and killed her mother and her grandparents before setting fire to their home The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2023
Families of 5 Minnesota men killed by police sue agency to force release of investigation files The families of five Minnesota men who were killed by police officers have announced a lawsuit to force the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to release its investigative files on their deaths, saying the state agency has failed to comply with Minnesota’s open records law The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2023
Second arrest made in Halloween weekend shooting in Tampa that killed 2, injured 16 others Police say a second person has been arrested in a Tampa, Florida, mass shooting that erupted during Halloween festivities, leaving two dead and 16 injured The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2023
Former Colorado deputy pleads guilty to lesser charges in Christian Glass killing Former Clear Creek County deputy Kyle Gould pleaded guilty to failing to report the use of unlawful force, and will not serve jail time The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2023
Eight Las Vegas high schoolers face murder charges in their classmate's death. Here's what we know Eight Las Vegas high school students between the ages of 13 and 17 years old were arrested on murder charges in the beating death of a schoolmate that was captured on cellphone video The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2023
Judge declares mistrial after jury deadlocks in trial of ex-officer in deadly Breonna Taylor raid A federal judge has declared a mistrial in the trial of a former Louisville police officer who fired stray bullets in the deadly Breonna Taylor raid The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2023
Parents of mass shooting victims condemn graphic photos released by Washington Post Parents of children who died in mass shootings in Uvalde and Parkland said releasing the graphic images of the shooting scenes was triggering The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2023
Canadian man convicted of murder for killing 4 Muslim family members with his pickup A Canadian man has been found guilty of four counts of first-degree murder for deliberately using his pickup to kill four members of a Muslim family two years ago The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2023
The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2023 Alex Murdaugh murder trial judge steps aside after Murdaugh asks for new trial The judge that presided over Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial has agreed to step aside as the former lawyer convicted of killing his wife and younger son seeks a new trial because of alleged jury tampering
Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 16, 2023 Chicago police unit that reviews cops’ use of force ‘critically understaffed,’ Illinois attorney general’s office says The unit had a backlog of 2,702 cases in July, which has nearly doubled to 5,116, an official told U.S. District Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer.
The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2023 The closing arguments that led to Kaitlin Armstrong’s murder conviction ‘She stood over her after she shot her in the head twice and put another bullet in her heart,’ Assistant District Attorney Rick Jones told the jury
The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2023 Is Kaitlin Armstrong guilty of murder? What the prosecution and defence said in closing arguments ‘She stood over her after she shot her in the head twice and put another bullet in her heart,’ Assistant District Attorney Rick Jones told the jury
Reason · Nov 16, 2023 Prosecutors of 6-Year-Old Shooter's Mother Claim Gun-Owning Pot Users Are 'Inherently Dangerous' Deja Taylor is going to federal prison because of a constitutionally dubious gun law that millions of cannabis consumers are violating right now.
The Guardian - US · Nov 16, 2023 Canadian man convicted of murdering Muslim family in 2021 truck attack Nathaniel Veltman found guilty on four counts of first-degree murder and one of attempted murder over London, Ontario, attack
The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2023 British aid worker was unlawfully killed, coroner rules Faye Mooney, 29, died from gunshot wounds in Nigeria but her death was not linked to terrorism, an inquest heard.
Salon · Nov 16, 2023 Can Biden give us hope in dark times? As we head into yet another Trump-Biden race in 2024, America is fueled by seething anger. Can we escape?
The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2023 Police still have work to do to improve stalking investigations, inquest told A coroner said at the inquest into the death of Gracie Spinks that Derbyshire Constabulary was ‘not quite there yet’ in terms of improvements.
The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2023 Misinformation, media circuses, and a ‘false sense of expertise’: The problems with cameras in the courtroom As an Idaho judge ponders whether to allow cameras to record a high-profile trial, Amanda Knox, who was wrongfully convicted of murder, tells Clémence Michallon how outsized publicity can intefere with the legal process
The Texas Tribune · Nov 16, 2023 Texas executes David Renteria for 2001 murder of El Paso girl Renteria’s attorneys unsuccessfully argued that the El Paso District Attorney’s Office violated his constitutional rights by not releasing all documents in his case. He was the eight person executed in Texas in 2023.