A father was properly convicted of manslaughter for the death of his 12-year-old daughter, an Oregon appeals court ruled. The man and his wife did not seek medical care for their child, who died of ketoacidosis. The lower court properly introduced evidence the man avoided traditional medical care due to his religious beliefs and “looked to God to heal the body.”
Read moreThe Florida man who shot and killed an unarmed black man in a convenience store parking lot, reigniting the debate over the state’s controversial “stand your ground” law, will serve a 20-year prison sentence, a judge ruled Thursday.
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A former Georgia police officer who shot to death a fleeing, unarmed black man was acquitted Saturday of voluntary and involuntary manslaughter.
Read moreA new jury will decide whether Derick Almena is criminally liable for the deaths of 36 people in a fire at the Ghost Ship artist collective, after the judge in the case set a new trial date Friday.
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Four South Florida nursing home workers are facing aggravated manslaughter charges for the deaths of a dozen residents who perished under their care amid sweltering heat during a power outage caused by Hurricane Irma.
Read moreJurors heard opening arguments Wednesday in the manslaughter trial of a Florida man who shot and killed an unarmed black man in a convenience store parking lot and reignited the debate over the state’s controversial “stand your ground” law.
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A pathologist fired from an Arkansas veterans hospital after officials said he had been impaired while on duty was charged Tuesday with involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of three patients who authorities say he misdiagnosed and whose records he altered to conceal his mistakes.
Read moreA California judge on Monday dismissed three female jurors at the start of the third full week of deliberations over the fate of two men on trial over the deaths of 36 people in a fire at the Ghost Ship artist collective.
Read moreWith the charred remnants of the Ghost Ship warehouse smoldering around them, the attention of police, firefighters and investigators all fixed on one man at the Red Cross station. He was newly homeless and frantic with worry, having lost several friends in the fire.
Read moreBlack smoke, darkness, no exit. So describes the final moments of 36 men and women who died by smoke inhalation from a fire that swept through an Oakland warehouse in December 2016.
Read moreA divided Eighth Circuit panel reinstated an involuntary manslaughter charge Friday against a South Dakota woman whose son died hours after birth and was found to have illegal drugs in his system.
Read moreAn Alabama district attorney said Wednesday she will not prosecute a woman who was indicted on a manslaughter charge after she lost her fetus when she was shot in the stomach during an altercation last year.
Read moreDressed in a charcoal blazer, orange button-down and brown-striped tie accented by a green-checkered pocket square, Ghost Ship warehouse fire defendant Max Harris calmly waited for his attorney’s next question at the involuntary manslaughter trial in Oakland state court Monday.
Read moreMINNEAPOLIS (CN) – The former Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot an unarmed Australian woman after she called 911 to report
Read moreWhen Robert Mule saw flames snaking across the back wall of the Ghost Ship warehouse in Oakland during a December 2016 dance party, he screamed “Fire!” and ran to find a fire extinguisher to put out the blaze.
Read moreA fire marshal’s testimony in the involuntary manslaughter trial involving the Ghost Ship warehouse fire that killed dozens of people in Oakland two and a half years ago appeared to help one one of the men held responsible for the deaths Wednesday, while leaving a second defendant on the hook.
Read moreAn attorney for one of the men blamed for the Ghost Ship warehouse fire that killed 36 people in 2016 told an Oakland state court jury Wednesday the fire was an act of arson that may have been set by people throwing bottles of gasoline.
Read moreA Minneapolis police officer was convicted of murder Tuesday in the fatal shooting of an unarmed woman who approached his squad car minutes after calling 911 to report a possible rape behind her home.
Read moreJurors heard closing arguments Monday in the murder trial of a former Minnesota police officer who fatally shot an unarmed Australian woman, with one defense attorney calling the incident a tragedy but not a crime.
Read moreA former Minnesota police officer on trial for killing an unarmed Australian woman broke his silence and testified that he fired his gun “to stop the threat” when she appeared at the window of his squad car.
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