Felony Murder Rule

On the anniversary of her son's death, Wanda Cooper, the mother of Ahmaud Arbery, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the three men accused of killing him, plus police officers and other officials who did not immediately file charges in the case. Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was shot and killed on Feb. 23, 2020, while jogging through a neighborhood in Brunswick, Georgia. Gregory McMichael, a former…

"For nearly three months, Glynn County police officers, the chief of police, and two prosecutors conspired to hide the circumstances surrounding Ahmaud's...

San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin (left) is seeking clemency from New York Gov Andrew Cuomo for his father, David Gilbert, who is serving a 75-year term for the Brink's robbery.

Georgia's attorney general has denied a prosecutor's request to reassign two high-profile cases involving Atlanta police officers accused of using excessive force

Adam Coy, a white former officer, was also charged with improperly wearing his body camera in the shooting of Hill, an unarmed Black man.

More than 1,000 people are serving life sentences in Pennsylvania, even though they never intended to kill anyone — 70% of them are Black. A lawsuit calls the concept cruel and unconstitutional.

Since news of the first death during the Capitol riot Jan. 6 broke — which is to say, before the riot was even over — lawmakers, television personalities and...

The Biden administration will be judged by how seriously it prosecutes the white supremacists who tried to overturn the election.

Higgs had been sentenced to death for the 1996 killings of three women in Maryland, which has since abolished the death penalty.

We should remember the purpose of criminal sanctions and apply them in a measured, carefully targeted and just way.

The FBI has now opened up nearly 160 cases into those involved in last week's siege at the U.S. Capitol.

In the days following the Capitol invasion, officials have made conflicting statements regarding security preparation for the rally and the response to the violence.

U.S. Attorney Michael Sherwin and the FBI's Steven D'Antuono described a sprawling criminal probe of Capitol rioters, but said little about intel failures.

WASHINGTON -- Brian Sicknick followed his Air National Guard unit to Saudi Arabia, Kyrgyzstan and a military base in his home state of New Jersey, all in the...

An 18-year-old woman was arrested early Wednesday and charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old man during an armed home burglary in Jacksonville Beach in September.

Two suspects have been charged in connection to the December disappearance and death of a 20-year-old Army infantryman.

An Army soldier and a 16-year-old boy have been charged in the murder of Hayden Harris, a corporal at Fort Drum, New York who was found dead in New Jersey.

The coronavirus pandemic and its imprint on politics, education, work and society in all corners of Georgia made headlines throughout most of 2020. But the year also included the high-stakes November election and early voting in a pair of Senate run-off elections that cast a white-hot spotlight on Georgia. Two high-profile killings drew sharp attention to racial justice issues in a year that also saw the passing of…

A Georgia babysitter was charged in the murder of a 2-year-old girl she was caring for last Wednesday, police said The Sandy Springs Police Department did not reveal how the little girl died, but s…

William "Roddie" Bryan Jr. has long claimed that he had no involvement in the death of Ahmaud Arbery but newly released bodycam footage has revealed...