Robert Durst, convicted murderer and disgraced real estate heir, dies
Durst died in California hospital while serving life sentence for murder of Susan Berman
There are Murphys, Grogans, Kellys: The forgotten Irish on a distant Bronx island
This is the final resting place of Irish emigrants who didn’t achieve the American dream
New Zealand mosque killer launches legal challenge on prison conditions
Brenton Tarrant also wants court to review his designation as a ‘terrorist entity’
US execution halted after court agrees pastor should be present
Alabama case is latest in series of legal fights over personal spiritual advisers at executions
Music producer and convicted murderer Phil Spector dies of Covid aged 81
‘Wall of Sound’ innovator had been convicted for 2003 murder of Hollywood actor Lana Clarkson
Alt energy goes mainstream in US with Texas leading the way
Now that wind and solar are becoming cheaper than fossil fuels in many parts of the country, coal, oil and gas have lost the one thing they had going for them: price
Two court bailiffs shot dead at Michigan courthouse
Suspect in shooting killed and deputy sheriff injured, Berrien County Sheriff Paul Bailey says
US executes woman despite Pope Francis plea
Georgia executes a woman for the first time in 70 years despite appeals from her children
Jailed for murder at 12, man freed after 16 years
Curtis Jones and his sister Catherine were convicted of murder when aged 12 and 13
New York prison escapee moved from hospital to prison
David Sweat to be locked alone in cell for 23 hours a day after three-week manhunt
Convicted murderers use power tools to escape New York jail
Men fooled prison guards with dummies as they drilled out of Clinton Correctional Facility
Report in Aisling Brady McCarthy case was ‘rewritten’
Irish nanny accused of killing toddler Rehma Sabir
Murderer Charles Manson (80) to marry prison visitor (26)
Manson has been given a licence to wed in prison but wife will not be able to stay night
Inmate dies after botched execution in Oklahoma
Clayton Lockett died of apparent massive heart attack, raising questions of US death penalty
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