Murder
30 Nov 2019
Three American men got their first taste of freedom this week after 36 years in jail. They were sentenced to life in prison in 1984 for the murder of a Baltimore teenager, a crime they didn't commit. But after much lobbying, their case was reviewed and they were finally set free. We find out more.
3 Aug 2019
The murder of a Catholic Priest in Enugu State, Rev. Fr. Paul Offu, sparked off protest in the state yesterday, as his colleagues marched around major cities to press for improved security.
7 Jul 2019
The suspect in the murder of local German politician Walter Lübcke has reportedly confessed. The chief prosecutor briefed parliament's interior affairs committee on the case.
29 Jun 2019
Reactions to UN report on Khashoggi murder
23 Jun 2019
Murder, harassment, threats: Environmental journalism 'second most' dangerous field of reporting.
19 Jun 2019
Earlier this year, the UN said that Khashoggi was "the victim of a brutal and premeditated" murder, "planned and perpetrated" by Saudi officials. The journalist was allegedly strangled in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
16 Jun 2019
Afara Community demands Justice over the murder of a youth.
14 Jun 2019
The discovery of a seventh murder victim should bring the two-month search for bodies to a close. Authorities have been severely criticized for their handling of the case.
8 Jun 2019
Former German nurse Niels Högel stands accused of having murdered 97 people while on duty. Defense lawyers conceded most of the charges in a bid to save him from German law's toughest sentence.
6 May 2019
More funding has been pledged for repairs to the site where Hitler propagated his murderous ideology and paraded his forces. Each year, 300,000 people visit the site's adjacent Documentation Center on Nazi crimes.
5 Dec 2018
The trial of Maryam Sanda who has been charged for alleged murder, suffered a setback on Monday when the prosecution presented its sixth witness who was not enlisted to testify before the FCT High Court Maitama.
12 Dec 2017
A lawyer for Rurik Jutting, who was jailed for life in Hong Kong for the murder of two Indonesian women he tortured and raped, says the judge who presided over the gruesome trial last year had misdirected the jury.
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