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FBI Reports Murders Fell 10 Percent In First Half Of 2009 According to USA TODAY, preliminary figures released by the FBI Monday shows murder and manslaughter dropped a remarkable 10 percent in the first half of this year. Overall, violent crimes fell by 4.4 percent and property crimes dropped by 6.1 percent. Crime rates haven't been this low since the 1960's, and are nowhere near the peak reached in the early 1990's. ...

Video: Cleveland Man Claims Insanity In The Deaths Of 11 Women According to CNN, Anthony Sowell, who is charged with murder in the deaths of 11 women, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity Thursday. A grand jury has indicted Sowell on 85 counts, following the discovery of the sets of hu ...

Cleveland Sex Offender Indicted On 85 Counts According to CNN, Anthony Sowell, a registered sex offender, is being indicted on 85 counts -- listing aggravated murder, rape and kidnapping -- in the deaths of 11 women whose bodies were discovered at his Ohio home, said authorities Tuesday. Sowell, 50, is also ...

Hasan Expected To Plead Not Guilty, Claim Insanity According to ABC News, the defense attorney says his accused client in the Fort Hood shooting will likely plead not guilty and states an insanity defense is a possibility. "I anticipate that the plea will be not guilty," said defense attorney John Galligan. ...

Community cries out for Shaniya Davis
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 12:12
Shaniya Davis' community cries out for her horrifying death. Davis' ...

Cleveland murders: You can't be protected, if you don't speak up How did an entire community live among a serial killer for so long? ...

John William Lomax Charged In UConn Football Player's Killing According to The New York Times, John William Lomax, a 21-year-old from Bloomfield, Conn., was charged Tuesday with the stabbing murder of the Connecticut football player Jasper Howard during a fight on the Connec ...

First Pictures Of Steve McNair's Other-Other Woman Appears On CBS According to CBS, the first photos of Steve McNair's other-other-woman, Leah Ignagni, have been obtained exclusively by CBS News' Crimesider. Nashville police ...

Final Text Messages Included In McNair Murder-Suicide Police Report According to USA Today, Nashville police have released more details about the murder-suicide of former Tennessee quarterback Steve ...

Carla Hughes Was Found Guilty And Now Faces Death Penalty A jury has found Carla Hughes guilty of two counts of capital murder. Hughes was charged with killing her lover’s fiance, Avis Banks, who was five months pregnant. (CNN) ...