Man gets probation in fatal Calif. crash
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An 89-year-old man whose car hurtled through a farmers market, killing 10 people, was let off on probation Monday by a judge who said he believed the defendant deserved to go prison but was too ill.
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Motorists who cause death on the roads could avoid jail under new official sentencing guidelines
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Â· Verdict delivered almost two years after tragedy Â· Boyfriend in death crash under legal hiring age
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J.J. Redick pleaded guilty Monday to drunken driving charges and received a one-year sentence of unsupervised probation.
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Scott Peterson was found guilty of murder today by a California jury for killing his wife, Laci Peterson, and the coupleÂs unborn child.
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SAN QUENTIN, Calif.  - California prison officials  put three-time murderer Donald Beardslee to death on Wednesday,  in the first execution in the state in three years.
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By Charles Griley 56 Of Apple Valley Griley and A Passenger In Cheng S Car Lucia Demeester 58 Of Poway Were Pronounced Dead At The Scene Of The Accident The Web Site Said, Desert Dispatch, Barstow, Calif.  Sep.
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday turned back a plea for mercy for a man convicted of murdering two women in 1981 over a drug deal, clearing the way for California's first execution in three years.
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A man is jailed for six and half years for causing the death of two teenagers by dangerous driving.
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By Anne Jungen, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Jun. 7--A La Crosse man already in prison on three felony convictions on Wednesday was given five years of probation after his release for sexually assaulting two teenagers.
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A drunk driver who killed two people in a head-on car collision outside Larne is jailed for nine years.
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A West Covina man twice convicted of drunken driving, and who said he had 15 drinks before killing four people in an alcohol-related traffic collision Nov. 30, was sentenced Tuesday to 60 years to life in prison.
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LAKE JACKSON, Texas - A woman has been indicted on negligent homicide charges for allegedly giving her husband a sherry enema that killed him.  Michael Warner, 58, died last May after the enema caused his blood-alcohol level to rise to .47 percent.
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LOS ANGELES -- Southern California kicker Mario Danelo was drunk when he plunged over a cliff to his death, but the coroner's office Monday was unable to say why he fell.
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A man charged with mass murder over Los Angeles' rail crash could face the death penalty when he appears in court.
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- University of Illinois basketball player Jamar Smith _ charged Tuesday with drunk driving and leaving the scene of an accident _ apparently believed the teammate in the passenger seat of his car had died, authorities said.
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A California man whose abandoned  suicide bid was blamed for a fatal commuter train wreck last  month pleaded innocent on Tuesday to 11 counts of murder.