Detective's Testimony Ends in Peterson Trial
Thursday September 30, 2004
Craig Grogan, lead detective in the investigation into the disappearance of Laci Peterson, testified that he thought it was suspicious that Scott Peterson rarely inquired about progress in the case, ... Read More
Richard Ricci's Wife Settles Claim Against State
Thursday September 30, 2004
The widow of Richard Ricci, who was wrongly suspected in the kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart and died while being held in prison, has settled her wrongful death lawsuit against the ... Read More
Jury Selection Nears End in Derrick Todd Lee Case
Wednesday September 29, 2004
After almost two weeks, jury selection in the trial of Derrick Todd Lee may be coming to a close as 12 regular jurors have been seated in the trial for ... Read More
Martha Stewart to Serve Time at 'Camp Cupcake'
Wednesday September 29, 2004
Martha Stewart will begin serving her five-month prison sentence for lying about a stock sale at Alderson Federal Prison Camp in West Virginia, a minimum-security dubbed by locals as "Camp ... Read More
Kobe Bryant Evidence to Be Released?
Wednesday September 29, 2004
Evidence in the Kobe Bryant sexual assault case, previously sealed by the judge, may be released to the press after the NBA Star's attorneys dropped their efforts to fight keeping ... Read More
Peterson Defense Continues to Raise Doubts
Wednesday September 29, 2004
Scott Peterson's attorney spent his third day cross-examining Modesto Detective Craig Grogan to continue to show that investigators ignored signs pointing to other possible suspects in the murder of Laci ... Read More
Searchers Think They Are Close to Finding Lori Hacking
Tuesday September 28, 2004
Debris found in the Salt Lake County landfill with addresses from Lori Hacking's neighborhood has volunteer searchers encouraged that they may be close to finding her body as they manually ... Read More
Peterson's Attorney Whittles Away at Prosecution
Tuesday September 28, 2004
In his second day of cross-examination of lead detective Craig Grogan, Scott Peterson's attorney Mark Geragos began to counter each point of the prosecution's circumstantial case in the murder of ... Read More
Truck Stop Victim Identified After 11 Months
Tuesday September 28, 2004
A woman whose nude body was found on an Interstate on-ramp near Amarillo, Texas last October has finally been identified by her fingerprints. Her murder is similar to 11 other ... Read More
Death Row Inmate Finally Confesses
Monday September 27, 2004
A man scheduled to be executed in Texas next week for the stabbing death of a Houston man has finally confessed to the crime, after 18 years of maintaining his ... Read More
Phil Spector Indicted, Calls D.A. 'Hitler'
Monday September 27, 2004
As expected by his attorney, music producer Phil Spector was indicted by a grand jury on charges that he murdered actress Lana Clarkson on Feb. 3, 2003. In a brief ... Read More
Geragos to Challenge Lead Detective's Testimony
Monday September 27, 2004
As the 17th week of the Scott Peterson murder trial begins, defense attorney Mark Geragos will attempt to undo the damage to his client from the testimony of the prosecution's ... Read More
High School Soccer Star Missing
Monday September 27, 2004
An outstanding 17-year-old high school soccer player from Scotia, New York has been missing since June 27, 2004. Craig Frear is the captain of the Scotia-Glennville High School soccer team ... Read More
Ryan Matthews: Released by DNA
Saturday September 25, 2004
A man who was a teenager when he was sentenced to Louisiana's death row for the murder of a grocery store owner, has been released from prison after DNA testing ... Read More
Mark Hacking Waives Preliminary Hearing
Thursday September 23, 2004
A handcuffed Mark Hacking, wearing a bullet-proof vest, appeared in a Salt Lake City court to waive his right to a preliminary hearing on charges related to the murder ... Read More
Truck Driver May Be Linked to 10 Rapes, Murders
Thursday September 23, 2004
The DNA of a truck driver arrested in Lincoln, Nebraska for the beating and rape of a woman kidnapped from an Oklahoma City truck stop is being tested to determine ... Read More
Attorneys Try to Suppress Rudolph Evidence
Thursday September 23, 2004
Claiming that his capture was the result of an illegal detention and arrest, attorneys for accused abortion clinic bomber Eric Rudolph have filed a motion to suppress all evidence seized ... Read More
Peterson Flipped Off Undercover Agents Before Arrest
Thursday September 23, 2004
A State Department of Justice Agent testified that on the day that the bodies of his wife and unborn son were identified Scott Peterson, driving in a newly-purchased Mercedes with ... Read More
Phil Spector May Face Grand Jury Indictment
Thursday September 23, 2004
Phil Spector's attorney said the legendary music producer has been ordered to appear in court Monday, possibly signalling that he has been indicted by a California grand jury.
Attorney Roger Rosen ... Read More
Weaver Pleads Guilty to Killing Ashley Pond, Miranda Gaddis
Wednesday September 22, 2004
An Oregon man who killed two of his daughter's friends and hid their bodies on his property pleaded guilty to murder charges and received two life sentences for the deaths ... Read More
Reasons Police Thought Laci Was in Bay
Wednesday September 22, 2004
Modesto Police Detective Craig Grogan testified in the Scott Peterson murder trial that a month after Laci Peterson disappeared the police had a list of 41 reasons they believe her ... Read More
Senate Committee Okays DNA Crime Bill
Wednesday September 22, 2004
A long-awaited bill that would require post-conviction DNA testing for anyone sentenced to death who proclaims their innocence has passed from the Judiciary Committee to the U.S. Senate where proponents ... Read More
U.S. House Cracks Down on Video Voyerism
Wednesday September 22, 2004
In some states there are laws against secretly photographing people in compromising positions, but there is no federal law. The U.S. House of Representative passed a bill this week that ... Read More
Martha Stewart Headed to Prison Oct. 8
Tuesday September 21, 2004
A federal judge lifted the stay of Martha Stewart's five-month sentence to allow her to begin serving her five months in federal prison October 8 as she requested last week, ... Read More
Peterson Had Quick Theory About Laci's Dissappearance
Tuesday September 21, 2004
Within 24 hours of Laci Peterson's disappearance, Scott Peterson offered police a theory that she was robbed by a transient in the park because she was wearing jewelry that morning ... Read More
Jackson Regrets Past Payoffs to Accusers
Saturday September 18, 2004
Michael Jackson's attorney says the pop singer has in the past paid to settle child molestation claims in order to "buy peace" for himself, but now regrets the payoffs because ... Read More
Female Inmates Bilk Pen Pals Out of $260,000
Saturday September 18, 2004
Federal mail fraud indictments have been returned against 10 female inmates in Pennsylvania prisons and jails for bilking more than $260,000 out of 300 pen-pals, mostly men, by lying to ... Read More
Profile of Andrea Yates
Saturday September 18, 2004
Recently, Rusty Yates filed for divorce from his wife Andrea. Here is a profile of Andrea Yates, her life, her marriage to Rusty Yates, and the tragic events that led ... Read More
Jackson Defense Tries to Block Evidence
Friday September 17, 2004
Michael Jackson's attorneys claimed in a court hearing Thursday that police overstepped the bounds of their search warrant when they seized some evidence from the pop singer's Neverland Ranch and ... Read More
Laci Did Not Give Birth, Medical Examiner Says
Friday September 17, 2004
The medical examiner who performed the autopsy of Laci Peterson told jurors she did not give birth nor had a Caesarean section, debunking one defense theory that the Peterson's child ... Read More
5-Year-Old Found Safe, But Parents Are Dead
Thursday September 16, 2004
A five-year-old Topeka, Kansas girl, for whom an Amber Alert was issued after the body of her mother was discovered, was found safe in Albany County, Wyoming 675 miles from ... Read More
Accuser's Mom to Testify in Michael Jackson Hearing
Thursday September 16, 2004
The mother of the teen boy who accused Michael Jackson of molestation, is expected to testify this week in a hearing in the high-profile case with Jackson in the courtroom. ... Read More
Accused Zeta-Jones Stalker Ordered to Stand Trial
Thursday September 16, 2004
A Los Angeles judge has ordered a woman accused of stalking actress Catherine Zeta-Jones to be held on $1 million bond and stand trial on one felony count of stalking ... Read More
Kansas Woman Killed, Amber Alert Issued for Daughter
Wednesday September 15, 2004
Kansas authorities are investigating the death of a 31-year-old Topeka woman whose body was found at her home Wednesday morning. An Amber Alert has been issued for the woman's five-year-old ... Read More
Jami Hicks Found After Stepdad Shoots Himself
Wednesday September 15, 2004
A 12-year-old Texas girl missing since Sept. 4 was found safe after her stepfather who apparently abducted her shot himself in an Oklahoma City motel room as police approached the ... Read More
Martha Stewart Asks to Begin Prison Sentence
Wednesday September 15, 2004
Martha Stewart has asked to begin her five-month prison sentence as soon as possible instead of waiting for the appeals process in order "to put this nightmare behind me."
Background:: Martha ... Read More
No Blood Found on Laci's Clothes
Wednesday September 15, 2004
Scott Peterson's defense attorneys brought out on cross-examination of criminalists that no blood was found on the clothing on the remains of Laci Peterson and the only blood found anywhere ... Read More
Preliminary Hearing Set Dec. 16 for Phil Spector
Wednesday September 15, 2004
Legendary rock and roll music director Phil Spector requested and received a delay in his preliminary hearing on charges related to the shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson at his ... Read More
Authorities Begin Manual Search for Lori Hacking
Wednesday September 15, 2004
Volunteer public service officials have begun a hand-search of 4,600 tons of garbage at the Salt Lake City county landfill -- one ton at a time -- to try to ... Read More
Rifle Used to Kill Camp Counselors
Wednesday September 15, 2004
Investigators are seeking information about lever-action or semi-automatic Marlin .45 caliber rifle they believe was used to kill two Christian camp counselors as they slept on a lonely California beach ... Read More
No Blood Evidence in Scott Peterson Case
Tuesday September 14, 2004
A California Department of Justice criminalist testified in Scott Peterson's double-murder trail that the only blood investigators founds in the Peterson's home or in Scott's pickup truck and boat belonged ... Read More
Violent, Property Crimes Remain at Low Rates
Tuesday September 14, 2004
Last year's violent and property crime rates stabilized at their lowest levels since the U.S. Government began surveying criminal victimization in 1973, and the rates remain unchanged this year. The ... Read More
Mom Gets Letter From Missing Texas Girl
Monday September 13, 2004
The mother of Jami Hicks, a 12-year-old girl missing from her Mesquite, Texas home, received a letter from her daughter indicating that she thinks that she is on "vacation" with ... Read More
Scott Peterson's Father 'Humanizes' Defendant
Monday September 13, 2004
At the end of the 15th week of the double-murder trial of Scott Peterson, the prosecution called the defendant's father to the stand to try to show Peterson avoided talking ... Read More
Derrick Todd Lee Faces Death Penalty in 2nd Trial
Monday September 13, 2004
Derrick Todd Lee, already convicted of one of a series of murders he is accused of committing in Louisiana from 1998 to 2003, faces the death penalty if he is ... Read More
Amber Frey: A Profile
Saturday September 11, 2004
A profile of Amber Frey, ex-mistress of accused murderer, Scott Peterson, her relationship with him, her cooperation with the police, dealings with opportunist, the press onslaught, and where her life ... Read More
Ex-Death Row Inmate Sues Prosecutors
Saturday September 11, 2004
A death row inmate who spent 22 years in prison before he was exonerated by DNA testing in a rape and murder case, has filed a lawsuit that claims detectives ... Read More
Amber Alert Issued for Missing Texas Girl
Thursday September 9, 2004
Texas authorities are seeking information about a missing
12-year-old Mesquite, Texas girl, Jami Hicks, who apparently was
abducted by her stepfather, who left a letter indicating that
he wanted to "make her ... Read More
D.C. Sniper Victims Get $2.5 Million Settlement
Thursday September 9, 2004
In what has been termed a landmark case, the families of eight D.C. sniper victims have reached a $2.5 million settlement in their lawsuit against the manufacturer and the gun ... Read More
Laci Peterson Look-Alike Neighbor Testifies
Thursday September 9, 2004
Prosecutors in the Scott Peterson double-murder trial presented several witnesses to the jury who were pregnant at the time of Laci Peterson's disappearance and regularly walked in the neighborhood, including ... Read More
California Passes 'Pedophile Protection Act'
Wednesday September 8, 2004
A bill termed by critics as the "Pedophile Protection Act" is now on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's desk awaiting his signature after it passed both legislative houses. The bill would drastically ... Read More
Teen Indicted for Creating Sasser Worm
Wednesday September 8, 2004
An 18-year-old student in Germany, known in court records only as Sven J., has been indicted by German prosecutors on suspicion of creating the Sasser computer worm that affected millions ... Read More
Defense: Police Ignored Tips to Pursue Peterson
Wednesday September 8, 2004
As Scott Peterson's double-murder trial entered its 15th week, prosecution witnesses tried to counter defense claims that investigators ignored other tips in the case because they were set on pursuing ... Read More
Ward Weaver Competent to Stand Trial
Wednesday September 8, 2004
A series of long trial delays apparently ended for Ward Weaver, accused of killing two teenage girls in 2002, when an Oregon City judge ruled he was able to stand ... Read More
Clues Sought in Camp Counselor Murders
Tuesday September 7, 2004
Police investigating the murders of Jason Allen and Lindsay Cutshall, two Christian camp counselors who were found shot on a remote California beach, have released the sketches of a vehicle ... Read More
Scott Peterson Knew He Was Followed
Tuesday September 7, 2004
Testimony in the double murder trial of Scott Peterson focused on how he reacted after he realized that he was being followed, but the question raised concerned whether he knew ... Read More
Michael Jackson Admits Other Payoffs
Saturday September 4, 2004
Michael Jackson released a six-paragraph statement just hours prior to a "Dateline NBC" broadcast admitting that he has made financial settlements in the past to avoid the embarrassment of going ... Read More
Mandatory Sentencing Fuels Prison Overcrowding
Saturday September 4, 2004
A Families Against Mandatory Minimums in-depth analysis of the impact of Arizona's sentencing laws finds that the state's rigid mandatory sentencing laws fill prison cells and cost millions while doing ... Read More
Authorities Foil Death Row Escape
Saturday September 4, 2004
Corrections officials apparently foiled an escape attempt by three death-row inmates at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson. David Scott Franks, Andrew Grant DeYoung and Michael Wade Nance ... Read More
Dateline: Jackson Paid Off Another Accuser
Friday September 3, 2004
Michael Jackson allegedly paid the 12-year-old son of a Neverland Valley Ranch employee $2 million to keep him quiet about another accusation of child molestation, according to a report to ... Read More
Mitchell Pleads Not Guilty in Smart Kidnapping
Thursday September 2, 2004
Brian David Mitchell answered "not guilty" today to six different charges related to the kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart from her Salt Lake City bedroom in June 2002. He is charged ... Read More
Peterson Visited Marina Several Times During Search
Thursday September 2, 2004
Several police witnesses who were assigned to follow Scott Peterson after his wife Laci disappeared testified that Peterson repeatedly visited the bay where her body was later found and appeared ... Read More
Charges Against Kobe Bryant Dismissed
Wednesday September 1, 2004
Kobe Bryant will not be tried on sexual assault charges after Judge Terry Ruckriegle accepted a prosecution motion to dismiss the charges because the woman who accused him of raping ... Read More
Peterson Trial Turns to Dog-Tracking Testimony
Wednesday September 1, 2004
In Scott Peterson's double-murder trial a search-and-rescue team testified that search dogs picked up Laci Peterson's scent at the Berkeley Marina where Peterson launched a fishing trip on the morning ... Read More
Bryant Jury Questioning Enters Second Day
Wednesday September 1, 2004
A total of 164 potential jurors have been questioned by attorneys in the Kobe Bryant sexual assault case in the first two days of jury selection and both the defense ... Read More