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A Tennessee death row inmate tied to three murders from 1994 received a last-minute stay on Thursday after the execution team could not find a vein to deliver the lethal injection. Tony Carruthers had been sentenced to death for his…
A recorded phone call between Mackenzie Shirilla and her mother, Natalie Shirilla, has offered a rare glimpse into her day-to-day reality in custody — and the anxieties she’s carrying as she serves her sentence. Shirilla was handed a 15-year prison…
Deborah Brashers, the daughter of the man police say carried out the 1991 yogurt shop murders, has offered more details about her father’s behavior in a new episode of HBO’s hit documentary series. HBO’s four-part documentary The Yogurt Shop Murders,…
A former prisoner who spent time in the same facility as convicted killer Mackenzie Shirilla has spoken about what she says Shirilla was like behind bars. Since Netflix released The Crash, viewers have been vocal about their impressions of the…
A retired police officer who spent more than a month in jail because of a Facebook post made after conservative commentator Charlie Kirk was assassinated is set to receive a substantial settlement. Larry Bushart, 61, was detained for 37 days…
A pro wrestler who has enjoyed a steady rise in recent years has now run into serious legal trouble, after an alleged assault reportedly led to his arrest and time in custody.
Police have issued a stark warning after a 17-year-old in Atlanta was arrested and charged when a “viral” game involving a toy rifle was mistaken for a real weapon. Officers in Cobb County say they were driving when they spotted…
Warning: This article contains graphic descriptions and imagery of death that some readers may find upsetting Death is surrounded by uncertainty, and while no one can say for sure what happens when life ends, there are people whose jobs bring…
A new TV drama in the UK revisits the ‘horrific’ police questioning faced by Madeleine McCann’s mother, Kate, three months after the three-year-old vanished in Praia da Luz, Portugal. Madeleine McCann disappeared in May 2007, a case that quickly drew…
One of the five Italians who tragically died while exploring underwater caves in the Maldives had sent a final message to her boyfriend just moments before making her final descent beneath the ocean. Federico Colombo, 26, has spoken of his…
The father of a teenager sentenced to two life terms has been suspended from his teaching role after remarks he made in a Netflix documentary about the case. Steve Shirilla, the father of Mackenzie Shirilla, appears in Netflix’s The Crash,…
Authorities have confirmed the identity of one of the two teen suspects accused of carrying out a fatal shooting at a mosque in San Diego, where three people were killed on May 18. Officers became aware of a possible danger…
Warning: This article contains discussion of suicide which some readers may find distressing. New information has emerged about a 911 call placed by a suspect’s mother roughly two hours before the fatal shooting at a San Diego mosque on Monday…
Warning: This article contains discussion of rape and sexual misconduct which some readers may find distressing. A hugely popular dating series has been taken down from a leading UK streaming service after several former participants said they experienced rape and…
Two US nationals have been taken into custody in Japan after intentionally entering the enclosure at Ichikawa City Zoo where the viral baby macaque Punch is kept. Reid Jahnai Daysun, 24, and Neal Jabahri Duan, 27, were arrested on Sunday…
A man who has spent more than 20 years on death row is again challenging his conviction, insisting he has been innocent ever since he was found guilty in 1999. Betty Black, 64, was killed in her Farmer’s Branch, Texas…