Criminal Law

Brian Rooney Convicted in Rape and Murder of Michelle Gardner-Quinn
Last week, on Thursday, May 22, 2008, the man charged with the rape-slaying of a University of Vermont student was found guilty of aggravated murder after the jury deliberated barely six hours...

Protecting Children
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments yesterday in the case of Kennedy v. Louisiana regarding the constitutionality of imposing the death penalty for the rape of a child, when no murder has taken place...

Rape victim joins in effort to exonerate deceased inmate
There?s a new twist in the effort to exonerate Timothy Brian Cole, who died in prison in 1999 while serving a 25-year sentence for aggravated sexual assault. On Sept. 25, the rape victim who identified Cole as the man who...

Ex-US soldier may raise insanity defense in Mahmudiya rape-murder case
[JURIST] Former US Army Pfc. Steven D. Green [JURIST news archive] may raise an insanity defense at his scheduled 2009 civilian trial [JURIST report] for the rape and murder of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl [JURIST news archive] and the murder of her family in Mahmudiya (also "Mahmoudiya"), according to two motions filed Thursday...

More male partners will be convicted of murder after law reform
A male rape victim who kills his attacker after being taunted over what happened could avoid a murder conviction under reforms outlined yesterday. Similarly, a mother who returns home to find a man raping her daughter and kills the assailant could also be sentenced for manslaughter rather than murder.

WA: Cowboy down
From the Olympian:Braae convicted of murder, rape"Cowboy" Mike Braae was convicted of first degree murder and rape this morning in the 2001 death of Lori Jones...

Man Awarded $21 Million for Wrongful Imprisonment for Murder
Man Awarded $21 Million for Wrongful Imprisonment for Murder

Christopher Fairchild
guilty verdict for helping Tommy Baldridge murder James Mollette.