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52-Year-Old Convicted of Murder— as a Juvenile

Cold case solved, but punishment is tricky

(Newser) - Under normal circumstances, it would be a clear-cut sentencing: A 52-year-old New Jersey man got convicted this week of raping and murdering his neighbor, reports the Star-Ledger . The catch is that the crime occurred more than three decades ago when Carlton Franklin was 15, explains the New York Times . As...

17 Years Later, 2 Wrongfully Convicted Finally Free

Eric Glisson's, Cathy Watkins' convictions overturned in 10 minutes

(Newser) - Finally, Eric Glisson and Cathy Watkins are truly free. Convicted of the 1995 murder of a taxi driver, Glisson and Watkins spent more than 17 years in jail. They were released last month while the district attorney looked into their claims of innocence (two gang members ultimately confessed to the...

Man Shot in Broad Daylight in NYC a Complex Victim

Brandon Lincoln Woodard gunned down on busy Midtown street

(Newser) - It was a shooting that made waves: A Los Angeles man visiting New York was gunned down in broad daylight on a busy Midtown Manhattan street Monday. Police are piecing together a portrait of the victim and the crime, and the picture that's emerging is a complex one. The...

Scalia Spars With Student on Gay Rights

Duncan Hosie asks justice how he can equate sodomy and murder

(Newser) - A Princeton freshman took Antonin Scalia to task yesterday, asking the Supreme Court justice how he can compare sodomy to bestiality and murder in his writings. "I don't think it's necessary, but I think it's effective," Scalia told the student during a question and answer...

Ex-Cop Gets Life for 1957 Murder
Ex-Cop
Gets Life for
1957 Murder
Dec 11, 2012 2:07 AM CST

Ex-Cop Gets Life for 1957 Murder

Slaying of 7-year-old girl is oldest cold case to result in conviction

(Newser) - A former policeman from Washington state has been given a life sentence for kidnapping and murdering a little girl 55 years ago. In what is believed to be the oldest cold case ever to go to trial and get a conviction, Jack McCullough was found guilty of murdering 7-year-old neighbor...

Subway Victim's Daughter: Help 'Would've Been Great'

Ki Suk Han's daughter says 'what's done is done'

(Newser) - The daughter of a man pushed in front of a subway train and photographed a split-second before his death said yesterday after a suspect was arrested that it "would have been great" if someone had helped her father up but "what's done is done." Ki Suk...

John McAfee Nabbed in Guatemala

Software pioneer to be expelled to Belize: officials

(Newser) - OK, this time it's for real: Software designer John McAfee illegally entered Guatemala hoping for political asylum—instead he's been arrested by Guatemalan police, who plan to send him back to Belize. He should be back in Belize this morning, a Guatemalan government spokesman says. But McAfee's...

Panhandler Admits to NYC Subway Murder: Cops

Homeless suspect is charged

(Newser) - New York police have arrested a 30-year-old homeless man and charged him with the gruesome subway murder that has so terrified the city, after he allegedly confessed to the deed. A transit police captain caught the suspect, identified as Naeem Davis, while on a coffee break near Seventh Avenue on...

Post Photog: I Was Too Far Away to Help Guy in Subway

R. Umar Abbasi says critics 'have no idea how very quickly it happened'

(Newser) - The freelance photographer who snapped the New York Post's much-maligned front-page picture of Ki Suk Han seconds before he was killed by a subway train is stepping up his defense against "armchair critics" who say he should have been helping rather than shooting. In a rambling piece in...

Cops Eye In Cold Blood Killers in Fla. Murder Mystery

Exhumation could provide missing link to '59 slayings

(Newser) - After sniffing out 587 suspects, police are edging closer to solving a 52-year-old Florida murder mystery. The likely culprits: the murderous duo featured in Truman Capote's landmark book, In Cold Blood, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports. Sarasota detective Kim McGath now believes Perry Smith and Dick Hickock, who notoriously killed...

Man Pushed to Death on NYC Subway
Man Pushed to Death
on NYC Subway
Dec 4, 2012 2:05 AM CST

Man Pushed to Death on NYC Subway

Cops still seeking attacker

(Newser) - Every subway rider's nightmare came true in New York City yesterday when a 58-year-old man was pushed to his death in front of an oncoming train. Witnesses said Ki-Suk Han was shoved after a brief argument with a man who had been seen talking to himself moments earlier. The...

Suspected Serial Killer Found Dead in Alaska Cell

Cops believe Israel Keyes killed at least 8

(Newser) - A drifter suspected of murdering a young barista in Alaska and at least seven other people was found dead in his jail cell yesterday morning. Authorities say Israel Keyes, who was due to stand trial in March for the kidnapping and murder of 18-year-old Samantha Koenig, died of an apparent...

John McAfee: I&#39;ve Been Captured
John McAfee:
I've Been Captured
Dec 2, 2012 2:27 PM CST

John McAfee: I've Been Captured

But Belize authorities don't agree

(Newser) - Another weird twist in the John McAfee story: A website he set up claims he's been captured, but Belize authorities say it's not true, the Guardian reports. "We have received an unconfirmed report that John McAfee has been captured at the border of Belize and Mexico,"...

Man Who Shot Teen May Invoke 'Stand Your Ground'

There's 'no comparisons' to Trayvon Martin, his lawyer says

(Newser) - The man accused of killing an unarmed teen after an argument over loud music in a parking lot may invoke Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law, his lawyer says. But "there are no comparisons to the Trayvon Martin situation," where the same defense was used, she adds,...

Cops: Teen Fatally Shot Over Loud Music

Man accused of shooting 17-year-old, driving off

(Newser) - A Florida teenager is dead, and authorities say it's all because of an argument over loud music. Police say Michael David Dunn, 45, who was in town for his son's wedding Friday, pulled into a convenience store parking lot with his girlfriend and asked Jordan Russell Davis, 17,...

Arafat's Remains Exhumed in Secretive Operation

Poison probe to test late leader's bone samples

(Newser) - Yasser Arafat was exhumed from his West Bank grave today as experts seek clues in the Palestinian leader's 2004 death in Paris, the AP reports. France opened a murder investigation earlier this year amid reports that highly radioactive polonium was found on his personal effects . French, Swiss, and Russian...

4th Store Owner Narrowly Escaped NYC Serial Killer

'I feel good—very good,' says Jacob Hamula

(Newser) - Brooklyn store owner Jacob Hamula could have ended up a victim of Salvatore Perrone, the suspected serial killer believed to have gunned down three other store owners before police nabbed him . Perrone, called "John Doe Duffel Bag" or "Son of Sal" in the press, visited Hamula's shoe...

'John Doe Duffel Bag' an Oddball in Financial Distress

Money was tight for alleged murderer Salvatore Perrone

(Newser) - The man charged with the murders of three Brooklyn shopkeepers was a local oddball who was grappling with money troubles, the New York Times reports. Salvatore Perrone's three-story Staten Island home, earlier hit with a foreclosure notice, has "looked haunted and unlivable for about 20 years," notes...

'John Doe Duffel Bag' Busted in NYC Serial Killings

Salvatore Perrone sells clothes to shopkeepers

(Newser) - New York City police have arrested the man dubbed " John Doe Duffel Bag " in the wake of a string of Brooklyn shop murders . Salvatore Perrone, 64, sells clothes to shopkeepers out of his eponymous bag—which police say contained the rifle used in the crimes (modified to feature...

Lead in NYC Serial-Killer Case: 'John Doe Duffel Bag'

He may have been near 2 of 3 murder scenes

(Newser) - A man carrying a duffel bag may have been at two of three connected murder scenes in Brooklyn, and now police want to talk to the man they're calling "John Doe Duffel Bag," the New York Post reports. The balding, mustachioed man was spotted on surveillance video...

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