HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A man who killed his estranged wife and four other people in Tennessee in 2009 admitted Friday to killing a sixth person in north Alabama at the start of the rampage. Jacob Shaffer, 33, ... Read more
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius portrayed himself as a lover caught in tragedy, wielding a pistol and frightened as he stood only on his stumps, then killed his girlfriend after mistaking her for ... Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Letters from John Lennon's killer detailing his obsession with the novel "The Catcher in the Rye" to the police officer who arrested him went on sale Monday through a Los Angeles auction ... Read more
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — This was a Valentine's Day wedding that the bride's family wanted no part of: An Argentine woman married the man convicted of killing her twin sister. Neighbors were against it as ... Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Two days after a stunning series of errors allowed a convicted murderer to walk out of a Chicago jail where he did not need to be in the first place, police recaptured the man at a northern ... Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — A convicted murderer from Indiana who was mistakenly released following a Chicago court appearance was back in custody Saturday after authorities tracked him down about 60 miles away. Steven L. ... Read more
STOCKHOLM (AP) — A man once considered Sweden's worst serial killer is a step closer to being exonerated of all of his convictions, in what's become a major scandal for the country's justice system. On Friday, a ... Read more