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Prosecutors can retry an ex-sailor who received a conditional pardon from Virginia's governor after spending 11 years in prison for the rape and murder of a fellow sailor's wife, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
Officials said a man gave deputies more than they asked for when he was pulled over on suspicion of drunk driving. Sheriff Greg Bartlett told WAFF Tuesday that 48-year-old man pulled out in front of a deputy in the early morning hours of Halloween and the official observed the truck weaving in and out of lanes heading to I-65.
A judge on Friday refused to throw out a confession by a self-described hit man who is charged with killing the wife of a Detroit police officer, a crucial ruling that clears the way for his first trial in eight fatal shootings.
A scruffy 21-year-old walked into the police station in the small eastern Arizona town of Springerville, winded after running the 2 1/2 blocks there from his home. He wanted to tell the police chief that cops from out of town were in his jurisdiction.
Authorities in coastal Florida say a man called 911 to turn himself in about 20 minutes after robbing a Port Orange bank.
Hours after police plucked him out of a suburban alley, Vincent Smothers dropped a bombshell confession: "I don't have a profession," he told an investigator. "I kill people for money."
A 16-year-old Syracuse, N.Y., boy has been sentenced to 10 years to life in state prison for killing a neighbor with a rifle shot from an attic window.
A man who confessed to robbing a South Carolina bank in a message posted on MySpace has pleaded guilty. Federal prosecutors said Thursday that 27-year-old Joseph Northington of Roanoke, Va., will be sentenced later for using a firearm during a crime of violence.
A 16-year-old admitted Thursday that he was the sniper who gunned down a city worker outside the victim's home in January, but offered no explanation for the crime.
A court hearing on a 16-year-old's request to throw out his guilty pleas in the slayings of four people was postponed Wednesday to give his lawyer time to view the recorded confession of another man.
A 15-year-old boy was charged Tuesday in the sniper-style slaying of a Syracuse man after police learned his friend falsely confessed to the crime, possibly as part of a twisted loyalty test.
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to clarify how long a suspected criminal's request for a lawyer during police interrogation should be valid, taking on a case where a child molester asked for a lawyer almost three years before admitting to the abuse.
One of the Vatican's most secrecy shrouded tribunals, which handles confessions of sins so grave only the pope can grant absolution, is giving the faithful a peek into its workings for the first time in its 830-year history.
A U.S. military judge has blocked Pentagon prosecutors from using a Guantanamo prisoner's statements to U.S. authorities as trial evidence, saying they were tainted by an earlier confession tortured out of the suspect by Afghan officials.
A man who was convicted as a juvenile of killing nine people at a Buddhist temple near Phoenix could go free after a federal appeals court threw out his confession Thursday, ruling that it was coerced.
Prosecutors said Monday they would not retry a man who spent 17 years in prison after making what he said was a bogus confession to killing his wealthy parents.
He said his name was John Spicer, that he had killed a man in 1893 and that he hoped his confession would someday clear up "the darkest mystery that ever embraced one in human murder."
The youth minister who confessed to a 1994 killing is being widely forgiven by members of his former congregation, who say they admire his courage in finally surrendering to police.
A newly ordained youth minister decided he could no longer keep his secret, confessing to authorities he was 16 years old when he fatally stabbed a convenience store clerk in 1994.
The state's attorney general said Saturday he will lead a new investigation into the 1988 murders of a couple whose son served 17 years in prison before an appeals court said he might be innocent.
A man who spent 17 years behind bars for killing his parents will not face a second trial after his conviction was overturned by an appeals court, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
State investigators are probing how police and prosecutors handled the killings of a couple whose son served 17 years in prison for it before an appeals court ordered him freed, a newspaper reported Monday.
A man found guilty 17 years ago of murdering his parents as a teenager was freed from prison Thursday, days after an appeals court overturned the conviction and ordered a retrial because of new evidence.
A Yemeni portrayed as an al-Qaida operative and a member of a terrorist family confessed to plotting the bombings of the USS Cole and two U.S. embassies in Africa, killing hundreds, according to a Pentagon transcript of a Guantanamo Bay hearing.
Two senators who watched Khalid Sheikh Mohammed confess to planning the Sept. 11 attacks and other plots said Friday that his allegations of mistreatment by U.S. captors should be taken seriously. "To do otherwise would reflect poorly on our nation," Sens. Carl Levin, D-Mich., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said in a joint statement.
Department of Corrections missed a chance to arrest a man who has confessed to raping and strangling a young woman- OrlandoSentinel.comSnake collector confesses to double murderA Hernando County man is in custody after the Sheriff of Pasco County says he confessed to shooting and killing his wife and a man that she was in a relationship with.
LIZ JONES: So what happened to the woman who didn't sleep with David LetterLetterman the lewd, unfunny man thinks what he did to his staffers didn't break any laws. His behavior does break God's laws, though. "Thou shall not commit adultery.
Ga. Prosecutor: Boy, 6, Begged His Killers To Stop -Jurors in a Georgia courtroom Wednesday heard a horrific videotaped confession from a man who admitted he and his adult son stripped, sexually assaulted and strangled a 6-year-old boy inside a mobile home as the child pleaded with them to stop.
Robber confessed to 911 operator Authorities say a Volusia County man called 911 to turn himself in about 20 minutes after robbing a Port Orange bank
Man arrested after deputies say he beat, raped woman - St. Petersburg TimesDeputies arrested a 22-year-old man Saturday accused of beating and then raping a woman use to date
Exclusive video: Accused family killer confesses Mesac Damas confessed publicly Tuesday to killing his five children and wife in North Naples, and told the Daily News he wants to die and go to heaven.
Teens brag on Myspace about fleeing 'crackers,' stealing watchesA 15-year-old boy was busted after bragging on his Myspace page about stealing watches from Sears. He even posted a photo of him and a sidekick modeling the stolen watches.
Miami Horse Poaching: Arrest, Criminal Charges MadeLuis Miguel Cordero, 18, confessed to the Miami Gardens incident after Miami-Dade Police arrested him in the pasture of a Northwest Miami-Dade County ranch on Sept. 15.
New ACORN Video - "I killed him... I shot him"11:15am: Theresa discloses that her ex-husband abused her and "beat the hell out of" her. She then continues to confess, "I killed him . . . . I shot him." She notes that she had laid some "groundwork" beforehand.
Studies Show Ease of Eliciting False ConfessionsA minor landslide of research from the past few years points to a dismaying fact about memory — it can be manipulated, far more often and extensively than previously thought.
Iraqi military broadcasts confession in bombings The Iraqi military has broadcast the confession of a Sunni man identified as the mastermind of one of the suicide truck bombings targeting government buildings in Baghdad last week.
Girl aged 17 knifes 30 men to deathA GYMSLIP murderess aged just 17 was being held last night for knifing THIRTY men to death. The schoolgirl stunned cops by owning up to a serial killing spree that started when she was a 15-year-old.
Man says his mortgage fraud helped ruin U.S. economyEarlier this year, Christopher Jared Warren posted an online confessional.
At mass murder trial: a Bible, a phone call and a confessionAfter hours of fruitless questioning, Tavares Calloway balked until detectives fetched a Bible, allowed him a phone call and told him fingerprints placed him at a bloody murder scene where five men died.
Attention, Narcissist Horndogs Dear Horndog, I will make you a deal. As it happens, the Brazen Narcissist Horndog Politician on my brain right now is Republican South Carolina Gov.
"I can't believe I used to watch that show!" C'mon... admit it. Somewhere in your deepest, darkest past... there lurks a fond memory of that one TV show you just couldn't miss. Problem is... today, you can't imagine how you ever sat through a single episode.
Madeleine McCann case: paedophile suspect Raymond H. admits: 'Yes, I saw Maddie' The convicted paedophile who was recently linked to the case of missing British girl Madeleine McCann has for the first time admitted: "Yes, I saw Maddie!"
Man Admits Killing Pregnant Ga. Woman- A Puerto Rican man who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting and killing a pregnant Georgia woman faces a maximum punishment of life in prison at a sentencing hearing.
Hendrix murdered by his manager, says former aide The rock legend Jimi Hendrix was murdered by his manager, who stood to collect millions of dollars on the star's life insurance policy, a former roadie has claimed in a new book.
Murder case closed after 39 years as loner leaves note confessing he strangled young motherA murder case was closed today after nearly 40 years as police named the man who strangled a young mother in 1970 - thanks to a confession found among the killer's effects.
I can't help but wonder what percentage of right-wing "two-fisted-flag-waving-so-called-patriotic-tough-guys-when-it-comes-to-anybody's-ass-but-their-own," keep insisting that America (or any other country) not only has the right to torture...but should!
Man walks to St. Pete police station, tells officers 'I killed my wife' | WFTS-TVInvestigators say 49-year-old Donald Lee Wilmore walked up to two police officers in the parking lot of the St. Petersburg Police Department this morning at 5:30 am and told them...
Are Videotaped Confessions The Answer? (Updated)The initial resistance to videotaping confessions comes from law enforcement. The primary problem there is logistical; they will need to pay the cost for the equipment and its maintenance and they will need to adjust their approach to actually use the equipment.
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