STATES REVISIT MANDATORY SENTENCES FOR JUVENILES
By SUSAN HAIGH This undated identification photo released by the Connecticut Department of Correction shows Nicholas Aponte. As a 17-year-old, Aponte went along with an older cousin to rob a…
Homicide
FAMILY OF SLAIN OKLAHOMA COUPLE PURSUES JUSTICE
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN FILE – This combination of undated photos released by the New Mexico Department of Public Safety shows shooting victims Linda and Gary Haas of Tecumseh, Okla.…
DRUG LORD’S RELEASE PAINFUL FOR VICTIMS’ RELATIVES
By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN In this undated photo provided by Keely Walker Muse, her father, journalist John Clay Walker poses for a portrait at an unknown location. Mexican drug lord Rafael…
CAR IN CALIF. MISSING TEEN CASE FOUND IN IDAHO
By REBECCA BOONE and ELLIOT SPAGAT FILE – This combination of undated file photos provided by the San Diego Sheriff’s Department shows James Lee DiMaggio, 40, left, and Hannah Anderson,…
MEXICO DRUG KINGPIN CARO QUINTERO ORDERED RELEASED
By MARK STEVENSON The undated file photo distributed by the Mexican government shows Rafael Caro Quintero, considered the grandfather of Mexican drug trafficking. A Mexican court has ordered the release…
POLICE ARREST SUSPECT IN DEADLY LA DRIVING ATTACK
By TAMI ABDOLLAH and ANDREW DALTON In this image take from a security camera, pedestrians scatter as a car drives through a packed afternoon crowd along the Venice Beach boardwalk…
CLEVELAND KIDNAPPING VICTIM: I CRIED EVERY NIGHT
By THOMAS J. SHEERAN and ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Ariel Castro listens in the courtroom during the sentencing phase Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, in Cleveland. Three months after an Ohio woman kicked…
CORRECTION: HONDURAS-DEATH SQUADS STORY
By ALBERTO ARCE FILE – In this undated file image obtained by the Associated Press on Feb. 14, 2013, a man lies on the ground surrounded by unidentified people. On…