A wrongly convicted man freed by DNA evidence is suing his civil lawyer and an Innocence Project of Texas official, saying $650,000 in attorney fees is excessive. ...more

December 23, 2009

Deep into the night of Dec. 11, word slinked from a West Pasco jury room that the panel weighing the fate of a self-proclaimed neo-Nazi was deadlocked. ...more

December 23, 2009

A former auto mechanic found guilty of strangling 11-year-old Carlie Brucia, whose abduction was captured by a security camera, lost an appeal of his murder conviction and death sentence this week in the Florida Supreme Court. ...more

December 19, 2009

The organization that helped free James Bain from prison for a crime he didn't commit did not exist when he was sentenced to life 35 years ago, nor did the science that eventually freed him. ...more

December 18, 2009

TALLAHASSEE (AP) — The Florida Supreme Court has affirmed the murder conviction and death sentence of 11-year-old Carlie Brucia's killer. ...more

December 17, 2009

Deep into Friday night, word slinked from a west Pasco County jury room that the panel weighing the fate of a self-proclaimed neo-Nazi was deadlocked. Witnesses say the trace of a smirk played across the face of the accused. ...more

December 16, 2009

The Florida Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence for the ringleader of a mass killing over an Xbox video game system. ...more

November 26, 2009

A former Walker Middle School student charged with petty theft while out on bail in a rape case will be freed from jail. ...more

October 28, 2009

Authorities arrested a Sarasota man Friday in connection to a woman's rape and murder in DeSoto County in 1984 after DNA evidence linked him to the crime scene, police said. ...more

April 11, 2009

Testimony began today in the trial of a former youth baseball volunteer accused of raping a 10-year-old girl in May. ...more

March 25, 2009