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Amanda Knox Documentary Premieres Jan. 26, Tracing Her Return to Confront Former Prosecutor

The film offers a personal account directed by her husband that situates her 2022 trip within a wider look at wrongful convictions.

Police Rebut Fugitive's Framing Claim in Kimberly Hyde Killing as Husband Speaks Out

Autopsy Finds Broken Ribs and Brain Injury in Orrington Infant Homicide as Father Appears in Court

Florida Drops YNW Melly Witness-Tampering Case on Eve of Trial

Trial Opens in Ryan Rogers Killing With DNA at Center of Case

Defense Expert Testifies Height and Trajectory Analysis Rules Out Marni Yang in 2007 Killing

Norfolk County DA Michael Morrissey Won’t Seek Reelection in 2026

Jury Selection Begins in Resentencing of Harrel Braddy Under Florida’s 8-4 Death Penalty Law

Pamela Smart Files New Habeas Petitions in N.Y. and N.H., Citing Flawed Trial Transcripts

Law Professors Urge Second Circuit to Vacate Diddy’s Sentence Over Acquitted Conduct

Texas Appeals Court Limits Enforcement of Paxton’s Prosecutor Reporting Rules

Diddy Appeals 50-Month Sentence, Seeks Immediate Release

Rawalpindi Court Gives Wife Life Term, Accomplice Death Sentence in Husband’s Murder

Elwood Jones Defense Seeks Retraction After Coroner Reverses Hepatitis B Finding in 1994 Blue Ash Killing

Judge Convicts Washington Reis in Real Estate Fraud, Sentences Him to 3 Years and 7 Months

La Plata Court Rejects Work-Release Request for “La Toretto” Under House Arrest

Florida Executes Frank Athen Walls, Marking 19th State Execution of 2025

Murcia Surgeon Held Over Alleged Assault on Sedated Patient as Police Probe Expands

Supreme Court Limits No-Remission Life Terms to Constitutional Courts

Germany’s Top Court Upholds Conviction of Ex-Audi Chief Stadler in Diesel Scandal