Faine GreenwoodJuly 13, 2012 11:08

Afghan women's fight for equal rights was dealt another major blow Friday by the bloody car bomb death of a regional head of women's affairs, Reuters reported.

Baader-Meinhof gang member Verena Becker jailed for 1977 murder of prosecutor

Jessica PhelanJuly 6, 2012 10:31

Verena Becker was convicted as an accessory to the murder. The shooters have never been identified.

Germany: Neo-Nazi murder victims remembered with ceremony, minute's silence

Jessica PhelanFebruary 23, 2012 07:43

Chancellor Merkel urged Germans to be vigilant against far-right extremism, citing Edmund Burke's famous warning: "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."

Michael GoldfarbJanuary 4, 2012 09:53

Justice for Stephen Lawrence, pt. 2

Thanks to change in "double jeopardy" law Stephen Lawrence's killers are convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment

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Stephen Lawrence, murdered 18 years ago in Britain's most notorious racial killing. Today, two members of the gang who stabbed him to death were sentenced to life in prison. (Handout/AFP/Getty Images)

Yesterday, 18 years after the crime was committed, two men were convicted of the murder of black teen-ager Stephen Lawrence. Today, Gary Dobson and David Norris, were sentenced to life imprisonment. Britain does not have the death penalty. Nor does life imprisonment mean life here.

Most life sentences stipulate a minimum amount of time to be served before a convicted murderer is eligible for parole. Because Dobson and Miller were teen-agers at the time of the murder, their minimum time in jail was set by Mr. Justice Treacy at 15 years and two months. Norris must serve 14 years and three months.

UK: Royal murder mystery after body found on Queen's private Sandringham estate

Jessica PhelanJanuary 3, 2012 13:18

Officers said they were examining cold cases from across the UK, indicating that the victim may have been killed elsewhere and some time ago.

Mount Rainier National Park suspect found dead (UPDATES)

News DeskJanuary 2, 2012 08:27

The body of Benjamin Colton Barnes has been found dead in a ditch in Mount Rainier National Park.

Virginia Tech shooting: Same gun killed both men, police say

News DeskDecember 9, 2011 11:18

The Virginia Tech shooter was not a student, nor did he have any connection to the university, police and school officials announced Friday morning.

Pair charged with UK riot triple murder

News DeskAugust 13, 2011 21:52

A man and a teenager will face British courts charged with a triple murder during recent riots in Britain. The men that were killed were defending their neighborhood in Birmingham when they were hit by a car, according to police.

Florida teen bludgeoned parents to death, then threw a house party, police say (VIDEO)

News DeskJuly 18, 2011 23:57

The reason the 17-year-old killed his parents was unclear, but there were reports that it might have had something to do with the fact that they "wouldn't let him throw the party."

Casey Anthony to be freed from jail next week

News DeskJuly 7, 2011 18:59

Casey Anthony should be freed from jail next week after being sentenced to four years for lying to police investigating her daughter's death. Anthony is reportedly expected to be released next Wednesday due to time already served. In a shock decision, earlier this week the jury found Anthony, 25, not guilty of murdering her daughter Caylee and has already served three years in custody, mostly in isolation.