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March 20, 2024

Georgia to see first execution in 4 years after clemency request denied

Willi James Pye is scheduled to be executed on March 20, 2024, for the of Alicia Lynn Yarbrough in 1993. His lawyers' request for clemency was rejected.

March 19, 2024

Arizona Dem who almost flipped key US House seat resigns over college sex misconduct claims

Democratic Arizona state Rep. Jevin Hodge, who nearly unseated Republican Congressman David Schweikert in 2022, has resigned from office.

March 19, 2024

England's first convicted 'cyber-flasher' sentenced to 5 years

Nicholas Hawkes was the first person in England and Wales convicted of violating the Online Safety Act, which makes it an offense to send unsolicited sexual images.

March 19, 2024

Georgia man sentenced to death seeks clemency on grounds of intellectual disability

Willie James Pye is scheduled to be executed on March 20, 2024. His public defenders want clemency for him because he is intellectually disabled and feels remorse.

March 18, 2024

Illegal immigrant arrested in Arizona had felony child sex crime convictions from Utah, Border Patrol says

A Mexican national convicted of child sex crimes in the U.S. was arrested by border agents in Arizona earlier this month, authorities said Monday.

March 17, 2024

DHS calls Haitian migrant’s alleged rape of disabled teen ‘heinous’

The Department of Homeland Security has called allegations that a Haitian migrant raped a disabled 15-year-old girl last Wednesday "heinous."

March 17, 2024

Massage parlor owner busted after allegedly forcing employee into 'big' and 'small' prostitution jobs

A massage parlor owner in Minnesota was arrested last week after allegedly holding a woman in the parlor and selling her for prostitution purposes, court docs show.

March 15, 2024

LA coroner discovers dead man was child rape suspect thought to have killed self 15 years ago

Christian Robert Basham, who died under the alias of "Mark Clemens" on Feb. 26, is believed to have been the suspect in a 2008 child rape case who faked his suicide.

March 15, 2024

Cruise ship passenger accused of exposing himself, propositioning 14-year-old in sauna

Anish Shan, 21, faces criminal charges after allegedly exposing himself to a 14-year-old boy in a cruise ship sauna and propositioning him for sex acts last Tuesday.

March 15, 2024

'Negligence' by Caribbean police blamed in murders of Americans on yacht: prime minister

Four Grenada law enforcement officers were arrested and charged in connection with a prison escape that led to the fatal hijacking of a retired American couple's yacht.