Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A nearly 30-year-old murder case is back under scrutiny, as new forensic testimony and a disputed witness account take center ...

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A Louisiana man who spent nearly 30 years on death row walked out of prison Wednesday after a judge overturned his conviction and granted him bail. Jimmie Duncan, now in his 60s, was sentenced to ...

In December 2001, Kathleen Peterson was found dead at the bottom of a staircase inside her Durham, North Carolina home. Her husband, novelist Michael Peterson, told authorities he discovered her after ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The focus in court today is shifting from eyewitness accounts to science. Jurors today are getting a closer look at forensic evidence, including the bloody clothing investigators ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dr. Henry Lee, the famed crime-scene expert who enlivened the gruesome murder trial of Durham author Michael Peterson by spitting ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The first day of testimony in the Lanaya Cardwell trial began Wednesday with witnesses describing the initial response to Nevaeh Gardner’s disappearance and presenting ...

King Kamehameha I united the Hawaiian Islands to create the Kingdom of Hawaii. His statue stands outside of Ali'iolani Hale, the home of the Hawaii Supreme Court. (Candace Cheung/Courthouse News) ...