After listening to shocking testimony during a preliminary court hearing on Thursday, a Georgia judge upheld murder charges against three men accused of chasing 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery down and killing him. Judge Wallace E. Harrell of Glynn County Magistrate Court ruled that enough probable cause exists to uphold murder charges against Greg McMichael, Travis McMichael, …
Alabama’s Court of Criminal Appeals has affirmed the death sentence for James Osgood, who was convicted of beating and raping a 46-year-old woman and then slitting her throat in 2010. The unusual aspect of the case is that Osgood asked for death penalty, WSFA reported. Osgood, 50, was initially convicted and sentenced to death in …
During testimony on Thursday inside a Glynn County courtroom, Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent Richard Dial testified that murder suspects Gregory and Travis McMichael hit 25-year-old Arbery with the side of their truck as Arbery tried to run past them. As CrimeOnline previously reported, video taken by a third murder suspect, William “Roddie” Bryan, allegedly …
Suspected killer Travis McMichael apparently called slain jogger Ahmaud Arbery a derogatory slur after a shooting that left the Georgia man dead. Lead Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent Richard Dial testified Tuesday afternoon that William “Roddie” Bryan, a man who filmed the shooting death of Arbery, told police that Travis McMichael said “f***ing n***er,” after …
-The preliminary hearings for Greg and Travis McMichael for the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery began Thursday morning.
-The suspects are facing murder and aggravated assault charges after following Arbery through a Brunswick neighborhood before Travis McMichael shot Arbery three times.
-Gregory McMichael would later tell investigators that they brought guns because they thought Arbery was armed, although an investigation determined that Arbery was unarmed.
-The suspects purportedly said they were attempting to make a citizen’s arrest when Arbery was killed.
An Alabama judge ruled Wednesday that prosecutors have enough evidence to take the murder case against Ibraheem Yazeed, accused of kidnapping and killing college student Aniah Blanchard last fall, to a grand jury. Judge Russell Bush had already found probable cause to send the kidnapping charge to a grand jury, WTVM reported. Blanchard, a 19-year-old …
An attorney for California killer Scott Peterson, convicted of murdering his wife Laci Peterson and their unborn son, asked the state Supreme Court for a new trial on Tuesday, arguing that the trial judge made crucial errors that prevented Peterson from getting a fair trial, the Modesto Bee reported. Peterson, 47, is currently on death …
California killer Scott Peterson, accused of murdering his wife and unborn son, is scheduled for an appeal hearing before the California Supreme Court. Peterson, currently on death row at San Quentin prison, is fighting for a new trial and a chance to get off of death row. Defense attorneys argue that Peterson didn’t receive a …
A recent court ruling has granted Carole Baskin, the centerpiece of the Netflix docuseries, “Tiger King,” control over nemesis Joe Exotic’s former zoo in Oklahoma. On Monday, a federal judge granted Baskin’s Big Cat Rescue Corporation control over the G.W. Exotic Animal Memorial Park in Wynnewood. CNN reports that the decision came after the judge …
UPDATE: Watch LIVE: Death sentence appeal hearing for wife and baby killer, Scott Peterson, begins California killer Scott Peterson, accused of murdering his wife and unborn son, is scheduled for an appeal hearing before the California Supreme Court. Peterson, currently on death row at San Quentin prison, is fighting for a new trial and a chance …
A California woman filed a lawsuit against the San Leandro Police Department on Monday, claiming excessive force caused her to lose her unborn baby. The Mercury News reports that the incident happened on June 7, 2019, when plaintiff Emily Black and her fiance were pulled over by San Leandro police for bad registration tags. According …
A New Jersey judge who in 2016 suggested that a rape victim should have tried to stop her attacker by closing her legs was officially removed from the bench Tuesday. The New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of John Russo Jr.’s permanent barring as judge in the state. The seven-justice committee determined that Russo, …
