Dando killer wins right to appeal
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Barry George, killer of TV presenter Jill Dando, has won the right to a new appeal, the BBC understands.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden  - A bizarre murder case involving a Pentecostal pastor convicted of manipulating his former nanny to shoot his wife will go another round in court as both prosecutors and defence lawyers appealed the initial ruling.
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The confessed killer of Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh has had his life jail sentence confirmed by the Supreme Court after he appealed for leniency saying he was mentally ill when he stabbed her.
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MOBILE, Ala., Oct. 24 -- A federal appeals court granted a stay of execution Wednesday for Daniel Lee Siebert, a terminally ill murderer who said his cancer medication would interact with a lethal injection, inflicting unnecessary pain.
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A County Antrim man accused of killing a prostitute on a holiday island is found guilty of manslaughter.
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Nicaraguan prosecutors are appealing a court's decision that overturned an American man's conviction in the killing of his former girlfriend and set the stage for his release, officials said.
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A member of the gang who kicked to death Garry Newlove may appeal against his conviction, his solicitor says.
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An unusual verdict in the case of a former police officer accused of killing his pregnant lover opens up possible grounds for appeal if he's sentenced to death, some legal experts say.
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The only man convicted in connection with the 1998 car-bombing of Omagh &#151; the deadliest terrorist attack in Northern Ireland history &#151; won the right to a retrial Friday.
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The brother of a British man who died in Rhodes gives evidence at an appeal by three doctors convicted of his manslaughter.
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Lawyers for Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton file an appeal against his six murder convictions.
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STOCKHOLM: The confessed killer of Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh had his life sentence confirmed by the Supreme Court yesterday after he appealed for leniency saying he was mentally ill when he stabbed her.
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The man convicted of murdering teacher Jane Longhurst is due to hear if his appeal has been successful.
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A woman convicted of murder and given a life sentence in the stabbing death of a teenage rival lost a new bid for freedom Tuesday in her long-running appeals battle.
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A Scot who was on death row in the US is to attend an appeal hearing which should see him released.
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A federal appeals court on Tuesday  upheld a stay of execution for convicted serial killer Michael  Ross and sent his case back to a lower federal court to  determine if a public defender may intervene in the process.
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Former Khmer Rouge leader Chhouk Rin loses a final appeal over his role in the 1994 murder of three tourists.