D.A. Says Will Stay on Serial Killer Case
28853
A defense attorney for a serial killer who wants to be executed said Sunday that he will remain on the case, a day after he asked for a delay so he could explore a possible conflict of interest.
733982
Not murder, they said. "Garbage," he said. And even the chief investigator acknowledges his 800-page report on the death of Princess Diana will not make conspiracy theories go away.Comment
302625
A judge refused Wednesday to dismiss the case against a man charged with murdering the half-sister of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams.
643564
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama  - A U.S. court granted a stay of execution to a convicted killer set to be put to death in Alabama on Thursday, the latest such move since the Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to lethal injection.
748531
The US Supreme Court on Thursday issued an order staying the execution of a convicted rapist and murderer, as part of its decision to review the legality of lethal injections nationwide.
543432
Since Andrea Yates first stood trial on charges of drowning three of her five children, the facts of the case haven&#039;t changed. What her defense teams hopes has changed is the public&#039;s view of mentally ill defendants.
732079
A federal judge said Wednesday that she would not immediately dismiss charges against four men accused of distributing steroids to top athletes.
473544
A Texas judge ordered that a hair that could exonerate a man executed for a 1989 murder be preserved for possible DNA testing, a legal reform group said on Monday.
473915
ROCKVILLE, Conn.  - A serial killer set to become  the first person put to death in New England since 1960 spurned  a legal attempt by his father on Friday to avert his planned  execution later this month.
86948
The Baseline Killer sometimes strikes up a conversation just before he attacks, authorities said Wednesday as they released new information about one of the two serial killers stalking the city.
475943
Martin H. Tankleff, who spent nearly half his life in jail for the 1988 murders of his parents, will not be retried, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
471187
DNA taken from a child rape victim cleared a 23-year-old man charged in the case, prompting prosecutors to ask Wednesday for the charges to be dismissed.
668846
Prosecutors say they still plan to try Kobe Bryant on a sexual assault charge despite losing a last-ditch attempt to keep his lawyers from telling jurors about the alleged victim&#39;s sex life.
532474
The state public defender's office voted Thursday to defy a judge's order to continue to provide funding for the legal fees and expenses of the man accused of killing four people in a 2005 rampage.
171121
Questions have been renewed over the role of a businessman who some have considered a likely suspect in the murders of a Long Island couple.
136482
A prosecutor has appealed a decision to keep the judge in the case of seven police officers accused of a fatal post-Katrina shooting, further delaying the trial, a defense lawyer said.
169814
LOS ANGELES  - Lea Thompson is on the  case for "Jane Doe."