Karak Castle on a hilltop above the town of Karak

The Crime Ledger: October 23 to 27, 2026

A five-day catch-up edition: verdicts, sentences, appeal rulings, charges and arrests from 37 countries, Oct. 23 to 27, 2026. Gunmen kill nine mourners at a church funeral in Jordan's Karak Governorate, and three suspects are…

The Life and Career of J. Edgar Hoover

James Crawford came to work a little early that Tuesday morning. The Boss had ordered some rosebushes and Crawford promised him that he would be there at 8:30 to help him plant them.…

Bonny Lee Bakley: the 2001 killing, the Robert Blake acquittal and the civil verdict

Bonny Lee Bakley was shot near a Studio City restaurant in 2001, and no one has been convicted of killing her. Her husband, Robert Blake, was acquitted of her murder, then found civilly liable under…

Greenwich Harbor in Connecticut on a clear day, with wooden pilings in the foreground and boats moored across the water

The Murder of Martha Moxley: Belle Haven, 1975, and a Case Without a Conviction

"Truth exists, only falsehood has to be invented."…

The Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center, a tall white office tower in downtown Los Angeles

O.J. Simpson Trial: Acquittal, Civil Liability and the Record

A Los Angeles jury acquitted O.J. Simpson of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman in 1995. A civil jury found him liable in 1997. Here is what the record shows.…

The George Washington Bridge seen from the Manhattan shore of the Hudson River

The Crime Ledger: October 22, 2026

Verdicts, sentences, appeal rulings, charges and arrests from 43 countries in one worldwide edition. A retired NYPD detective is charged with murder in the George Washington Bridge killing of Con Edison worker Koran Irvine. Jack…

The Crime Ledger: October 21, 2026

Verdicts, sentences, an execution, charges and arrests from 32 countries in one worldwide edition. Alabama's governor commutes Toforest Johnson's death sentence. Florida executes William Reaves. Kharkiv's appeal court upholds life for the Russian soldier "Altai."…

View over the town of Malindi on the Kenyan coast

The Crime Ledger: October 19, 2026

A Kenyan judge has convicted Shakahola cult leader Paul Mackenzie and his co-accused of murdering 190 children and one adult, rejecting the claim that the victims chose to starve, with sentencing set for Nov. 6.…

Howrah Bridge over the Hooghly River in Kolkata under a clear sky

The Crime Ledger: October 18, 2026

A Kolkata court sent seven people, including two office bearers of the organising committee, to police custody until Oct. 28 after a stampede at the Chorbagan Durga Puja pandal killed 19 people on Saturday evening.…

Ensenada Bay on the Pacific coast of Baja California

The Crime Ledger: October 17, 2026

A judge in Ensenada sentenced three men to 158 years each on Friday for killing Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and their American friend Carter Rhoad on a 2024 surf trip in Baja California.…

View over Bend, Oregon, from Pilot Butte

The Crime Ledger: October 16, 2026

A 16-year-old former student shot his way through the locked doors of Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday and killed three children and a teacher before a bystander who chased him inside…