Kennedy Cousin Michael Skakel Released on Bail
Kennedy Cousin Michael Skakel Released on Bail The night before Halloween in 1975 in Greenwich, Connecticut was just like any other for local teenagers who liked to prank houses in their neighborhood by ringing the doorbell and running away or toilet papering houses. Those types of harmless activities were just what 15-year-old Martha Moxley was […]
Woman Stabs Boyfriend 25 Times With Heel of Stiletto
If you search for the phrase odd murder weapons online, you will find stories of homicides that have been committed with many different, and yes, odd objects. From spatulas to icicles, to an Xbox360 and a bowling ball, people seem to use whatever is at their disposal when the time comes to end another persons […]
New Sentencing Hearings for Close to 100 Illinois Convicts
New Sentencing Hearings for Close to 100 Illinois Convicts The Illinois Supreme Court decided on March 20, 2014 that inmates that are currently serving life sentences without the possibility of parole for homicides they committed as minors will now be granted new sentencing hearings. There are currently about 100 convicts that will receive a chance […]
Massachusetts Court Ruling on Upskirt Photos
Massachusetts Court Ruling on Upskirt Photos The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts has overruled a lower court’s decision to arrest and prosecute a man for taking photos up women’s skirts and dresses. In 2010, Michael Robertson was arrested in a sting after transit police had received reports that while riding the subway in Boston, he […]
Fort Hood, Texas Sees More Loss and Devastation
It has not even been five years since the terrifying mass shooting that took 13 lives in Fort Hood, Texas. Yet the headlines read all the same on April 2, 2014: another shooting spree with multiple fatalities. On April 2, 2014, Sergeant Ivan Lopez was in a medical building when he began firing his .45 […]
Vanished: Ray Gricar
Ray Gricar, Gone Without a Trace: Ray Gricar was a successful prosecutor who was later elected district attorney in Pennsylvania. He had been practicing law since 1985, and by the time his career reached its 20-year mark, he had prosecuted many notable and high profile cases. He planned on not running for reelection of district […]
Former Georgia Attorney Found Guilty of Murder
Former Georgia Attorney Found Guilty Of Murder It was Valentine’s Day 2009 and former Georgia attorney Alec McNaughton and his wife Cathy celebrated the holiday by exchanging cards and gifts over a nice breakfast together. They each expressed their love for each other in the cards, shared chocolates, and somehow within hours, Cathy would lay […]
Another Brownstone Victory
Brownstone attorney Michael Brownlee brings home another victory. Mr. Brownlees client was a former husband who was ordered by a trial court to pay monthly alimony to his ex-wife. Mr. Brownlee appealed the alimony decision to Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal, arguing that the trial court did not make the necessary findings to support […]
Renters Looking to Purchase First Home
Millions of renters said that they wanted to buy their first home within the next twelve months. However many will face multiple discouraging obstacles. In a nationwide poll by Zillow, 10 percent of current renters said that they think they would be able to afford purchasing their home by this time next year. If that […]
5 children drowned by their mother, Andrea Yates
Andrea Yates, Texas Mother Who Drowned Her Five Children Her oldest child would have been 20 years old this year. Her youngest would have been 14, while the children in between them would be 15, 17, and 19 years old. Five children, all under the age of seven, had their lives taken in June 2001 […]