PISTORIUS, STEENKAMP FAMILY REPS ‘TALKING
By GERALD IMRAY FILE – In this Feb. 19, 2013 file photo, a mourner carries a program at the funeral for Reeva Steenkamp, portrait, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. A lawyer…
Violent crime
PAKISTAN’S MUSHARRAF CHARGED IN BHUTTO KILLING
By ZARAR KHAN FILE – In this April 20, 2013, file photo, Pakistan’s former President and military ruler Pervez Musharraf arrives at an anti-terrorism court in Islamabad, Pakistan. A Pakistani…
JUDGE BARS MOST MOTIVE EVIDENCE IN FORT HOOD TRIAL
By MICHAEL GRACZYK and PAUL J. WEBER FILE- In this Aug. 6, 2013, file courtroom sketch, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan sits in court for his court-martial in Fort Hood, Texas.…
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…
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…
BRAZIL COURT CONVICTS 3 FOR RAPE OF AMERICAN
FILE – In this April 2, 2013 file photo, suspects Wallace Aparecido Souza Silva, left, Carlos Armando Costa dos Santos, center, and Jonathan Foudakis de Souza are presented to the…
MEXICO DRUG CARTEL LAUNCHES RARE PUBLICITY PUSH
By MARK STEVENSON FILE – In this July 29, 2013 file photo, masked members of the Purepecha Indian community guard unit, from the town of Los Reyes in Michoacan, Mexico,…