A murder suspect can claim self-defense to justify killing an innocent bystander, the state’s highest court has ruled. The ...

A man considered by prosecutors to be the "mastermind" behind the kidnapping and murder of a Minneapolis real estate agent ...

Charles Shay was sentenced on Sept. 10 to life without parole plus 120 years, and Michael McCormack was sentenced Monday to ...

The boy was arraigned in Salem Juvenile Court on charges of armed assault with intent to murder and assault with a dangerous weapon, officials said Tuesday.

A second teenager accused of murdering a retired police officer as part of a deadly crime spree has agreed to a plea deal.

The homicide came years after a restraining order against the daughter expired, follows several distressing incidents ...

Charles, 48, was sentenced to life behind bars for hiring two hit men from Miami to kill Markel and is serving his sentence ...

Missouri is set to execute a death row inmate for fatally shooting a state trooper in 2005. The inmate, Lance Shockley, says ...

Harvey Fishbein, one of Hernandez's attorneys, told reporters on Thursday that "an innocent man is sitting in jail right now.

We conclude that a defendants right to exercise lawful self-defense to protect him or herself against an imminent danger of ...

Winston Leal has agreed to plead guilty to second-degree murder in the shooting death of Theresa Kenkel in a hearing set for ...

New court documents detail a man's troubled history of mental health and drug use after a 17-hour standoff in Tecumseh ...