Prosecutors in New Jersey and elsewhere in the US are cracking down on drug crimes and responding to a significant rise in drug overdose deaths by going after the drug dealers who sold the illegal narcotics in the first place. In New Jersey, a person who is convicted of strict liability for a drug-induced death …
The terrorist attack at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida has rocked the nation and prompted calls from many for strict gun control. Now President Obama has spoken out and implored the U.S. Congress to change current gun possession laws and reinstate the country’s ban on semi-automatic assault weapons. Obama urged Congress to take action in …
Michael Jace, who is probably best known as an actor who portrayed a cop on the TV show “The Shield,†may end up spending the rest of his life behind bars for killing his wife. Jace was recently sentenced by a Los Angeles judge to a minimum term of incarceration of 40 years, with a …
Although it seems incredibly unlikely, authorities are looking into the possibility of allowing a talking parrot to provide evidence – eyewitness testimony! – in a Michigan murder case. Martin Duram was shot and killed at his home in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Also shot in the violent incident was Glenna Duram, Martin’s wife. When police arrived …
An actor on the FX network show “The Shield†has been convicted in the fatal shooting of his wife. Michael Jace was convicted by a jury at the end of his murder trial in a Los Angeles courtroom. According to prosecutors in the case, 53-year-old Jace shot and killed his 40-year-old wife, April, at the …
The Netflix series “Making a Murderer†garnered national headlines when outraged viewers began to petition the government, at both the federal and state levels, to re-open the case of Steven Avery. Although Avery, a Wisconsin man who was convicted of the murder charges of Teresa Halbach in 2005, still remains in prison, he has a …
