CRIMINAL LAW NEWS AND OTHER LEGAL ARTICLES OF INTEREST

Killer who wrote taunting letter is executed (Mar 19, 2010 04:34)
A man who killed a 16-year-old girl and bragged about it in a letter faces the electric chair this e..

'Jihad Jane' pleads not guilty to alleged terror death plot (Mar 19, 2010 03:22)
An American woman who authorities say called herself "Jihad Jane" is scheduled to be arraigned Thurs..

'Barefoot burglar' eludes massive search -- again (Mar 19, 2010 02:15)
Using helicopters and search dogs, police searched Thursday for an elusive teen known as the "barefo..

Town eyes case of accused Irish priest (Mar 19, 2010 02:12)
Irish-born priest Francis Markey, 82, is sitting in a U.S. jail awaiting extradition to Ireland to f..

Chicago man pleads guilty to terror plots (Mar 19, 2010 00:50)
A Chicago, Illinois, man charged in two international terror plots pleaded guilty Thursday to a doze..

Casey Anthony goes to court, pleads poverty (Mar 18, 2010 21:34)
Casey Anthony returned to court this morning, this time to tell a judge she needs money to defend ag..

U.S. launches probe of killings in Mexico (Mar 18, 2010 20:06)
More than 200 federal, state and local law enforcement officers are assigned to find who shot three ..

Investigators: Fraud comes at the swipe of a debit card (Mar 18, 2010 18:49)
Led out of a Florida convenience store in handcuffs, the first face Wayne Stumbo saw belonged to his..

Sweat lodge deaths ruled accidental in autopsy report (Mar 18, 2010 06:00)
Autopsy report concludes that the October deaths of three people who participated in an Arizona swea..

Survivor: Irish priest committed abuse, destroyed family (Mar 18, 2010 01:49)
Ireland, one of the world's most Catholic countries, has been reeling from the revelation that Catho..