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Dad challenges life sentence for cold blooded killings

A Melbourne father has challenged the two life sentences he received for the cold-blooded murders of his estranged daughter and her husband.

AAP · Apr 19, 2023

Convicted underworld killer's appeal bid rejected

An appeal court has rejected George Marrogi's attempt to overturn his murder conviction, finding the evidence painted a "compelling picture of guilt".

AAP · Apr 19, 2023

Ralph Yarl fundraiser hits $3 million, jumping $400k in a day to help pay medical expenses

Supporters across the nation raised more than $400,000 in an online fundraiser Tuesday alone — reaching the $3 million mark — to help the family of Ralph Yarl, the Black teen allegedly shot twice by a white man when he rang the wrong doorbell in Kansas City’s Northland last week.

Tribune News Service · Apr 19, 2023

Convicted Starved Rock killer asks judge to boot Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow as special prosecutor

Chester Weger, who was paroled but not exonerated in the killings of three women in 1960, is trying to prove his innocence in the notorious La Salle County case.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 18, 2023

Neighbor: Man in wrong-turn shooting disliked trespassers

When Kaylin Gillis and her friends took a wrong turn into an upstate New York driveway last weekend, they wound up on the property of a man bitter about people driving onto his land by mistake

The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2023

US senators denounce shooting of Ralph Yarl, Black teenager who knocked on wrong door

‘I hope that they’ll prosecute this thing and that there’ll be justice,’ the Missouri Republican tells The Independent

The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2023

Uvalde families back at Texas Capitol as gun bills languish

Families of some of the 19 children and two teachers killed in the Uvalde school shooting are making another plea for tighter gun laws

The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2023

Teen shooting victim Ralph Yarl sheds ‘buckets of tears’; gunman in custody

Andrew Lester, 84, surrendered in Kansas City, Missouri, a day after being charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 18, 2023

Nashville flower shop refuses to serve Republican event headlined by Trump over GOP inaction on gun violence

Three children and three adults were shot dead during a school shooting in Nashville in March

The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2023

Can a doorbell ring justify a 'stand your ground' shooting?

A Missouri law allowing people to defend themselves in their homes could come into play in the shooting of a Black 16-year-old in Kansas City

The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2023