murder cases

I am surprised there is no thread for this fascinating case. So, I'm starting one :) And I am also committing myself to a position of pro-innocence for Shrien Dewani. He married Anni Dewani on 29th October 2010 in Mumbai and arranged for her murder in Cape Town, SA, on 13th November (so it...

Once again, the thread has become quite lengthy, so here is another new continuation thread. This continues from Part Seven. For further reference, see also Part Six, Part Five, Part Four, Part Three, Part Two, and Part One. Vibio, Knox's defense stated it to a judge. That is a complaint...

Once again, the thread has become quite lengthy, so here is another new continuation thread. This continues from Part Six. For further reference, see also Part Five, Part Four, Part Three, Part Two, and Part One. Whether they're called mitigations (which amount to reductions) or reductions...

In 1993 Susan May, then aged 48, was convicted of the murder of her aunt, Hilda Marchbank, at the latter's home in Royton. Ms. May was her aunt's principal carer and visited her several times a day; it was she who discovered the body and called the police. Initially the murder was thought to...

Once again, the thread was getting quite lengthy, so this new continuation thread has been started. As always , please feel free to refer back to the previous thread here to make your points. The cut-off post was arbitrary and no offense is intended. Thank you for keeping the conversation...

Marriage counselling author kills wife; posts confession & pic of body on Facebook "Im going to prison or death sentence for killing my wife love you guys miss you guys takecare Facebook people you will see me in the news." http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/09/us/florida-facebook-confession/...

This thread has once again got rather long, so here's the 5th part of the continuing saga. Re-runs of part 4 can be found here.

Debra Milke conviction overturned after 22 years on Arizona Death Row. Brady bill violated by undisclosed history of misconduct of officer Armando Saldate. http://abcnews.go.com/US/arizona-womans-death-sentence-thrown-22-years-death/story?id=18732077 Here's the Court of Appeals judgement...