A Philadelphia man who spent many hours each day playing video games was convicted Tuesday of killing his 17-month-old daughter when she pulled down his Xbox.

Follow-up: picked by mysterio 7 months ago

Daniel Sharp, a 55-year old homeless man from South Bend, Indiana, pleaded guilty to murdering four men in a dispute over a space heater and was sentenced to 65 years in prison. picked by mitzuzake 12 months ago

A 62-year-old woman known as the "Black Widow" is being held in a North Carolina jail on $1.5 million bond for relatively petty charges, while police race to unravel a web of mysteries — including the deaths of her two husbands and a female "best friend" — before time runs out and "she's outta here." picked by suebe 1 year ago

A woman who claimed she tried to "fix" her 3-year-old autistic daughter by suffocating her with a plastic bag was convicted of murder Thursday after jurors rejected her insanity plea. picked by dollyllama 7 months ago

Social workers in Paris were astonished to find more than 68,400 euros (94,250 dollars) on a homeless woman when they moved her off the street last week. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Everyone remembers the Laci Peterson murder in the bay area a few years back. Well a panel decided to give the $250,000 life insurance payout to her mom instead of her husband who murdered her. picked by Proverb 10 months ago

His wife wrote a letter before she died saying she thought he was trying to kill her. I guess she was right. picked by moe 6 months ago

Joran van der Sloot, the main suspect for Natalee Holloway supposedly confessed to the murder, caught on a hidden cam. Dutch investigative journalist Peter R de Vries had the story on his website but it was taken down. The above link may be dead so I've rehosted the original screen shot of the site with details here. picked by Stadsman 7 months ago

A woman has been convicted of murder in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court, after stabbing her life partner to death with a knife because he hadn't prepared her egg to her taste. picked by deepcleanfun 10 months ago

Traditionally the theme of a 7th wedding anniversary should be copper, not antifreeze. Flouting tradition, Kate Knight poisoned her husband Lee's wine and curry during their anniversary dinner with ethylene glycol. She was found guilty of attempted murder, no doubt in part due to the insurance policies she took out on her husband's life without telling him. picked by pocksucket 7 months ago

...Helen Golay, 77, and Olga Rutterschmidt, 75, found themselves in Los Angeles Superior Court recently, facing life in prison on charges of murders that challenge even Hollywood's powers of diabolical imagination. picked by dollyllama 5 months ago

MOBILE, Ala. - An 81-year-old woman shot a homeless man picked by wags273 10 months ago

UPDATE of this story picked by TheBlueFrog 1 year ago

Sometimes a life sentence just means a long time. In the case of Steve Wright, the man convicted of murdering five prostitutes in Ipswich it means he will not ever be released from prison.

Some are now suggesting he was involved in more murders, including that of Suzy Lamplugh.

Update to thenegativeone's post from yesterday. picked by pocksucket 6 months ago

He testified during the sentencing phase of his trial, but not exactly in his own behalf. Scary. picked by tigertony 5 months ago

A mum has been arrested after dumping her baby with a homeless man sitting outside a shopping store. picked by BrownTrout 1 year ago

A man who served six years in prison for the nonfatal shooting of a 16-year-old girl now faces a murder charge because the woman died. picked by dollyllama 7 months ago

Ray Nagin, of the "Chocolate City" racist spewing, says that although murder is "bad", at least it makes people think about New Orleans. I guess he really believes in the theory that there is no such thing as bad publicity" picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

The court, in it's infinite wisdom, has seen fit to make an exception to the "a person convicted of manslaughter cannot inherit money from his victim" rule. picked by tigertony 4 months ago

A Marion County judge sentenced a man to at least 38 years in prison for the murder of a woman whose body was found burning under a Salem bridge in 2006. picked by muppet 9 months ago