Too often, innocent people are convicted in the court of public opinion.
Cops arrest alleged cannibal after finding human stew - MSNBC
The suspect was arrested after police found a stew made from a human liver in a fridge at his Moscow apartment
Houston man charged with decapitating friend with chainsaw - NYDN
Bag of body parts, saw found near body
British woman beheaded in Spanish supermarket - The Guardian
Man reportedly approaches stranger in store, decapitates her and then rushes out carrying her head
Cross-dresser kills goat while high on bath salts - The Register
The man had been high for three days on the bath salts before he murdered his neighbor’s goat
Former Miss Russia Anna Malova arrested for shoplifting in Manhattan - NYDN
The winner from 1998 has already been busted for prescription forging and now for trying to steal sandals and a hat
Will jurors' economic troubles work in Rod Blagojevich's favor?
Jury selection for Blago’s second trial began last week.
Three men charged in 1969 murder case - FOX 25
Confession breaks forty-year silence by perpetrators of the Massachusetts murder
Barry Bonds is now a convicted felon - LAT
Bonds is convicted of one count of obstruction of justice for lying about steroids use, but judge declares a mistrial on the three remaining counts
Man steals judge's gavel from courtroom - The Smoking Gun
Magistrate Daniel Cook, who handles small claims cases in Lorain, Ohio, was on the bench when he reached for his gavel and discovered it was missing
'Long Island Ripper' may be linked to old murders - The Independent
Connections between Atlantic City and Long Island cases emerge
Prosecutors say lawyer stole secrets, made millions - WSJ
Alleged 17-year insider trading scheme netted around $32 million in profits
Florida woman stole from in-laws to support multimillion-dollar gambling habit - St. Petersburg Times
In the course of two years Jennifer Dennison won $13 million, but ended up losing around $14 million in a Tampa Bay casino
The 'honest services' fraud statute threatens the rule of law
Why the statute led a jury to convict an innocent man.
Tips lead Lincoln police to suspected vacuuming bandit - Journal Star
The vacuum remains at large, but police ticketed a man who they believe used one to suck quarters out of several apartment laundry machines
New evidence in Bonds' steroids case - LAT
Recording of Barry Bonds’ surgeon discovered; he had denied discussing player’s alleged steroid use
Father says boy, 12, who is charged with hate crime is Muslim too - NY Post
Frank Davies, 32, wants to know how his son, a Muslim, can be charged with committing anti-Muslim ‘hate crime’
Hustler fined for lack of porn protection - AP
Larry Flynt’s Hustler Video, as well as another porn producer, was fined $14K for not having actors use condoms on their sets
Google to toughen privacy policy, undergo regular audits - LAT
FTC settlement comes after charges that Google used deceptive tactics that violated promises to customers with ill-fated Buzz social network
Republicans target AARP's tax-exempt status - AP
GOP lawmakers question AARP’s support for health care reform law after report shows that the organization could make $1 billion in profit from new insurance plans
