An Austrian who fathered seven children with a daughter he held captive for 24 years refused to speak to her for years, coming into the squalid cellar only to rape her, often in front of the youngsters, a prosecutor said Monday. ...more

March 17, 2009

The New Mexico Legislature has voted to repeal the death penalty. ...more

March 13, 2009

The man charged with killing Florida Highway Patrol Sgt. Nicholas Sottile pleaded guilty Friday to first-degree murder, three days before jury selection was to begin in his trial. ...more

March 13, 2009

Plans to begin the first-degree murder trial of Luc Pierre-Charles Jr. today went by the wayside as jury selection dragged on for a third day. ...more

March 11, 2009

A federal grand jury has indicted a former Oklahoma deputy on charges he traveled to Pinellas County to have sex with two children. ...more

March 6, 2009

One of five teenage girls charged in the beating of another teen was sentenced today to three years of probation after pleading guilty to misdemeanor battery. Circuit Judge Keith Spoto also sentenced Mercades Nichols to 100 hours of community service and ordered that she pay restitution to victim Victoria Lindsay. ...more

March 6, 2009

A jury has recommend that a southwest Florida man spend the rest of his life in prison for killing a young couple and leaving behind their toddler with the bodies. ...more

March 5, 2009

A Polk County man has been convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison in the death of a 25-year-old gay man. ...more

February 27, 2009

Jurors deliberated for less than two hours Thursday before finding Linda Callam not guilty of second-degree murder in the March 29, 2007, stabbing death of her longtime boyfriend, Paul Pullins. ...more

February 20, 2009

A mentally ill woman who told police she was trying to "kill the demons" when she stabbed her 2-year-old son to death in 2007 may avoid criminal prosecution. ...more

February 13, 2009