Life Sentence Imposed in Retrial A Bergen County judge has sentenced 49-year-old Daniel Rochat to life in prison for the second time after his conviction in a retrial for the 2012 murder of Barbara Vernieri. The sentencing took place on Friday, marking the conclusion of a prolonged legal battle stemming...

Emergency Order Issued New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued an emergency order on Saturday, suspending key parts of a new law aimed at banning solitary confinement in local jails. The order came just a day before the law was set to take effect, with Adams citing concerns for the...

Extradition and Charges A Montenegrin man, nicknamed the “pirate of the unknown,” has been extradited to New York City from Italy to face charges related to an international drug trafficking conspiracy. Milos Radonjic, 34, arrived in Brooklyn on Friday and is set to be arraigned in federal court on Monday....

Officers Face Charges of Child Endangerment Two former Texas school police officers have pleaded not guilty to charges related to the 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, which resulted in the deaths of 19 students and two teachers. Adrian Gonzales entered a plea of not guilty to 29...

Family Sues Georgia Department of Corrections Over Inmate's Death Juan Carlos Ramirez Bibiano, a 27-year-old inmate, died from heat exposure at Telfair State Prison in Georgia after being left in an outdoor cell for five hours without water, shade, or ice. His family has filed a lawsuit against the Georgia...

New Lawsuits Claim Decades of Sexual Abuse by Clergy and Church Employees Sixty people have filed lawsuits in Missouri alleging they were abused as children by dozens of Catholic priests, nuns, and other church officials. The lawsuits, filed this week in St. Louis and neighboring counties, name 56 alleged abusers...

Ineffective Counsel Leads to Overturned Sentence The Utah Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence of Douglas Lovell, a man convicted of murdering a woman to prevent her from testifying against him in a rape case. The court ruled on Thursday that Lovell had ineffective attorneys during his sentencing hearing,...

Lawyers for Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students, are urging a judge to move his murder trial from Latah County to Boise. They argue that the intense media coverage and public interest in the case make it impossible for Kohberger to receive a...

A second suspect has been arrested in connection with the tragic triple homicide and arson case that occurred in the Ahwatukee area of southeast Phoenix. The incident, which took place on July 15, has shocked the local community. Arrest of Dorian Rice Phoenix police announced the arrest of Dorian Rice,...

Release of Disturbing Video The Illinois State Police released a video on Monday showing a sheriff's deputy fatally shooting Sonya Massey in her home earlier this month. The incident has drawn significant public outrage and comparisons to other high-profile cases involving the use of excessive force against Black Americans. Deputy...

Sentencing and Plea Deal A former Philadelphia police officer, Edsaul Mendoza, has been sentenced to 8 to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to third-degree murder in the shooting of a 12-year-old boy, Thomas “T.J.” Siderio. Mendoza, a five-year veteran of the force, expressed sorrow and regret in court...