Former inmate and rape-convicted, Jermaine Johnson, has been arrested for Webster Parish's Sheriff, Sulyn Prince's death. Evidences found at the sheriff's home has led to the arrest of the former inmate.
22-year-old Jordan Linn Graham, a newlywed bride accused of deliberately pushing her husband 25-year-old Cody Johnson to his death in Montana' Glacier National Park, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder charges
54-year-old Theodore Paul Wafer has been charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter and a related gun charge in the death of 19-year-old Rensha McBride, Michigan's Wayne County Prosecutor's Office said on Friday, as reported by The Huffington Post. Wafer allegedly shot McBridge in the face on his porch in Dearborn Heights on November 2.
Jordan Linn Graham, a Montana resident, who has been accused of pushing her husband off a cliff after an argument, was charged with second degree murder on Monday. The pair had been married for just eight days, and if convicted, Graham faces life in prison.
Several protesters were arrested over the weekend as demonstrators expressed outrage over George Zimmerman's acquittal in his second degree murder trial.
George Zimmerman's attorney Mark O'Mara told jurors Friday in closing argument that his defense team has proven the neighborhood watch volunteer's "pure, unadulterated innocence" of second-degree murder when he fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
As the end of the second week approaches in the George Zimmerman trial, Seminole Court Judge Debra Nelson asked the defendant whether he will testify as part of the courtroom drama. After consultation with his defense team, Zimmerman decided that he will not take the stand. His defense team also planned to rest later on Wednesday afternoon.
A forensic expert testified on Tuesday that 17-year-old Trayvon Martin's gunshot wound indicated that he was likely on top of George Zimmerman when the neighborhood watch volunteer shot and killed him
The George Zimmerman Trial on Friday involved testimony from the associate medical examiner Shiping Bao, an expert in forensic pathology who has performed more than 3,000 autopsies during his career
During the George Zimmerman trial on Friday, Trayvon Martin's mother Sybrina Fulton said she recognized the screaming on the 911 audio call was coming from her son on the night of the shooting, CNN reported. The defense attorney Mark O'Mara asked Fulton if she had no doubt that it was her son screaming.
On Monday, jurors heard George Zimmerman tell police what happened the night he shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Also on Monday, the two investigators who questioned him about why he followed Martin and why he never told him he was with the neighborhood watch, CBS News reported.
George Zimmerman, the former neighborhood watch captain, charged with second-degree murder for killing 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford Florida on February 26, told police he was pursuing the teenager because of a rash of crime in the area.
Opening statements began on Monday morning in the George Zimmerman second-degree murder trial. More than a year after the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin sparked controversy across the country, prosecution and defense lawyers will finally get to outline their cases to a Florida jury. The proceedings have now begun, following nine days of jury selection, in hopes of finding objective candidates.
Round two of jury selection for George Zimmerman's trial began on Wednesday, with attorneys questioning a group of 40 potential jurors in the hope of finding a panel to try the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. For the first time since the trial began, Zimmerman's parents and sister were present in the courtroom.
Jury selection entered a second day on Tuesday in George Zimmerman's second-degree murder trial in Sanford Florida. Zimmerman was charged with shooting and killing 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, as was walking back to the home of his father's fiancee from a convenience store on February 26, 2012.
Jury selection in the Trayvon Martin murder case began on Monday, as Circuit Judge Debra Nelson quickly rejecting a request from defense lawyer Mark O'Mara to delay the trial.
Witnesses in the upcoming George Zimmerman murder trial will not be permitted to testify anonymously, judge Debra Nelson ruled on Thursday, less than a week before the start of the highly-scrutinized murder trial.
