The Supreme Court on Monday denied John Allen Muhammad's request to stay his execution, clearing the way for Virginia to put to death the man who terrorized the Washington region as the Beltway Sniper. ...more

November 10, 2009

Seven years ago, the captured "Beltway Snipers" - John Allen Muhammad, 41, and his 17-year old accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo - were in federal custody, accused of 16 shootings and 10 murders. They had set out to create a reign of terror in the Washington area to match the terrorist attacks of the year before. ...more

November 9, 2009

Joe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman and judged incorrigible though he was only 13 at the time of the attack. ...more

November 8, 2009

Sylvia Grant and her then-husband, Joseph Coleman, stood on the porch of Grant's Stewart Road home on May 1, 2006. ...more

November 4, 2009

Sylvia Grant and her then-husband, Joseph Coleman, stood on the porch of Grant's Stewart Road home on May 1, 2006. ...more

November 3, 2009

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad will die by lethal injection when he is executed next month. ...more

October 27, 2009

Sheriff's officials are investigating how an inmate at a central Florida jail obtained a loaded handgun in an attempted escape. A sheriff's spokeswoman says Osceola County Jail inmate Angel Santiago pulled out a gun and threatened to kill an officer escorting him back to his cell Monday evening. ...more

June 24, 2009

Good defense attorneys make a living crossing up prosecution witnesses, challenging their credibility and giving jurors a reason to disbelieve their testimony. ...more

April 22, 2009

Donald Penn isn't attending Bucs minicamp, but he and his agent haven't exactly been idle, either. ...more

April 2, 2009

Luc Pierre-Charles Jr. will spend the rest of his life behind bars for the slayings of two Wesley Chapel High students. ...more

March 19, 2009