CRIMINAL LAW NEWS AND OTHER LEGAL ARTICLES OF INTEREST

Florida reform school probe ends with no arrests (Mar 12, 2010 02:14)
Their stories were chilling: Students at a reform school recounted beatings and sexual assaults at t..

Autopsy suggests energy exec drowned (Mar 11, 2010 23:18)
A preliminary autopsy on the body of an energy executive pulled from the Mississippi River in New Or..

Ex-cop admits coverup of Louisiana bridge shooting (Mar 11, 2010 22:14)
A second former New Orleans police officer pleaded guilty Thursday in connection with police shootin..

Hustler can't have photos of hiker's body (Mar 11, 2010 21:11)
Police cannot release gruesome photos of a murdered hiker, a Georgia judge rules. Lawmakers now want..

Coroner: Katrina hospital death not homicide (Mar 11, 2010 20:36)
After reviewing the case of a woman who died at New Orleans, Louisiana's Memorial Hospital in the da..

Background check missed suspect's prison stay (Mar 11, 2010 13:55)
A background check conducted in 2009 on an Ohio State University employee suspected of opening fire ..

Feds: Trendy sushi bar served whale meat (Mar 11, 2010 09:16)
A trendy sushi restaurant in Santa Monica, California, is accused of serving the meat of endangered ..

Jury recommends death for 'Dating Game' killer (Mar 10, 2010 22:45)
A California jury took just an hour to recommend the death penalty for Rodney Alcala, a serial kille..

'Jihad Jane' was busy online, wanted to help Muslims (Mar 10, 2010 20:30)
The woman who dubbed herself Jihad Jane spent much of her time online, posting messages that said sh..

Former E.R. doc gets life for wife's cyanide murder (Mar 10, 2010 01:21)
A former emergency room doctor from Ohio was sentenced to life in prison for poisoning his wife by l..