A single DNA sample obtained at the scene where Joseph Benaquist was found murdered Feb. 19, 2009 does not match the DNA profile of the victim and may not match that of the man convicted by a jury for his murder, Scott F. Doll, according to a recent …

Lake County prosecutors are trying to block a convicted murderer's request for a new trial, according to a court motion filed Wednesday that calls for a judge's ruling without a hearing involving witnesses and arguments. Defense attorneys for Marvin …

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Supporters of a Puerto Rico man challenging his murder conviction are the first to take advantage of a new law in the U.S. territory that allows convicted criminals to request DNA analyses on certain types of evidence.

"The arrest and removal of criminal aliens is at the absolute core of what we do," said ERO Miami Field Office Director Marc J. Moore. "ICE uses its unique immigration enforcement authorities to safeguard our communities from criminal aliens and others …

Bijan Ebrahimi (pictured), 44, died in July 2013 after being beaten to death and set alight by an angry mob outside his home in Brislington, Bristol.

A Jackson County jury on Thursday convicted a 31-year-old man whose DNA linked him to a 2012 rape of a woman near 33rd Street and Southwest Trafficway. The defendant, Justin Simon of Kansas City, was found guilty of rape, sodomy and second-degree …

State District Court Judge George Larke sentenced 27-year-old Joseph Riney Friday to mandatory life in prison without benefits, prosecutor Bud Barnes said. Riney was convicted of aggravated rape Nov. 5 following a two-day trial that involved DNA …

The Vatican has still not agreed to remove Paul David Ryan, 67, from the priesthood, nine years after the Diocese of Ballarat asked he be dismissed, documents before the child abuse royal commission show. Then Ballarat bishop Peter Connors wrote to the …

ELIZABETHTOWN – Any doubt that Norfolk Junior "Fuzzy" Best Jr. murdered a popular and prominent Whiteville couple in 1991 should be erased by new DNA test results, the former prosecutor who handled the death penalty case says. "I'm real glad that the …

The double amputee Olympian was today sensationally convicted of murdering his former girlfriend on Valentines Day 2013 and faces being sent back to jail until he is well into his forties.