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Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time; a look into all aspects of a guilty verdict from the burden of proof to conviction to the judge’s sentence and more.

H. H. Holmes, America’s First Famous Serial Killer
H.H. Holmes was America’s first serial killer in the late 1800s. More famously, he is known for designing and building a murder castle where he killed many women.
By Sam H Arnold2 months ago in Criminal
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At St. Brigid’s Municipal Crematorium Chapel, we have a form for everything except embarrassment. Detective Elias Mercer arrived at eleven forty-three in the morning inside a walnut-colored coffin with brass handles, accompanied by six police officers, three municipal administrators, one former wife, and a sealed envelope marked PERSONAL EFFECTS — DO NOT INVENTORY . Naturally, I inventoried it.
By Jesse L Shelley2 months ago in Criminal
Inside the Taylor Parker Deception
LONGVIEW, Texas — In the months before anyone knew the truth, Taylor Parker’s pregnancy looked like the beginning of a happy chapter. There were conversations about the baby’s future, questions about names, and that excitement that erupts around a family waiting for a child.
By Nolan Reed2 months ago in Criminal
Bunty Chor: The True Story of India’s Most Notorious Super Thief Who Committed Over 500 Robberies
A man sat quietly behind the iron bars of a police lockup, holding a living lizard between his fingers. Without showing fear or hesitation, he swallowed it whole.
By parwinder singh2 months ago in Criminal
Mona Fandey Murder Case: The Malay a Black-Magic Ritual
Content Warning: This true-crime story contains descriptions of murder, dismemberment, occult rituals, and execution. Some criminal cases are remembered because of their brutality. Others survive because of the mystery surrounding them. The Mona Fandey murder case contains both.
By parwinder singh3 months ago in Criminal
Sonia Exelby Murder Case Explained: Did She Hire Her Own Killer and Fly to Florida to Die?
Content Warning: This article discusses murder, mental-health struggles and possible self-harm. True-crime cases are often built around familiar motives such as money, revenge, jealousy or personal conflict. However, the alleged murder of 32-year-old Sonia Exelby presents a far more unsettling question: what happens when a person apparently asks someone else to end their life, but may change their mind when it is already too late?
By parwinder singh3 months ago in Criminal
Bad boy love
Could you fall for a bad boy ? Well, could you? Should you? Could you write to him, perhaps out of sympathy, Thinking him lonely, in his prison cell?
By Raymond G Taylor3 months ago in Criminal
World's Youngest Serial Killer: Armarjeet Sada
In 2007, Amarjeet Sada was only 7-years-old. It was at this age that he would gain the title of the world's youngest serial killer after committing three brutal murders of infants.
By Max3 months ago in Criminal
Large rise in offenders sent back to prison, figures reveal
A significant rise in the number of offenders being sent back to prison has highlighted growing concerns about repeat crime, rehabilitation failures, and the increasing pressure facing correctional systems. New figures showing a sharp increase in people returning to custody have sparked debate among policymakers, justice experts, and communities about how governments should address the causes behind reoffending.
By Sagheen Khan3 months ago in Criminal
The Smiling Dentist - A Broken System
Earlier this year, police shot and killed Steven Lim. He was holding a knife during the confrontation. Tragic as that was, he should never have been on the streets. The justice system failed yet again. Here is why.
By Calvin London3 months ago in Criminal
The FBI’s Most‑Wanted Professor: A Decade Behind the Lectern
In 2018, Chinese police took into custody a foreign teacher who had taught at East China Normal University for more than a decade. In 2024, that individual was formally transferred to U.S. law enforcement. Six years passed between those two dates. From my own enrollment in 2019 to the moment I learned of this case, another five years had gone by.
By Jin3 months ago in Criminal
Something's wrong in Oklahoma
Today, we're headed to Oklahoma. It's often celebrated for its warmth and beauty, (although when I think Oklahoma... I think of huge tornadoes that send you straight to Hell.. but I digress) it also bears the weight of a dark, persistent reputation within the justice system. It boasts having one of the highest incarceration rates in the whole country. In 1996 alone, the state saw over two hundred homicides, but few were as chilling as the one that unfolded along a pitch black shoulder of U.S. Highway 75.
By Sara Wilson3 months ago in Criminal