In St. Paul, Minnesota, police have finally released a video of an unarmed black man who was beaten by officers and attacked by dogs from a K9 unit in June. His injuries included partially collapsed lungs, broken ribs, and a permanently disfigured leg. Police were responding to the scene of an argument where they believed […]
When a man or woman takes a job with their local police force, they are well aware of the risks associated with serving their communities. With that said, death in the line of duty should never be taken lightly. Sadly, not even police dogs are immune to senseless violence. To this day, there have been […]
Eastern State Penitentiary is a massive structure that looms over the Fairmount section of Philadelphia. The nearly 200-year-old prison once held the likes of Al Capone and infamous bank robber Willie Sutton. Now considered a National Historic Landmark, the corroding building is open to the public for tours. Redditor batoutofbasement and her friend went on […]
In 1985, Steven Avery was arrested by the Manitowoc County police department in Wisconsin for the sexual assault of a woman named Penny Beernsten. It wasn’t until 2003, however, that Avery was released from prison after DNA evidence proved that the culprit was another man. Avery is, of course, tied to another case that was […]
The Department of Corrections postponed the executions of Kelly Gissendaner and Brian Terrell in order to analyze the drugs that were to be used in last night’s execution. Update: March 3, 1:47 p.m. ET — The Georgia Department of Corrections formally postponed the scheduled execution of Kelly Gissendaner and the scheduled March 10 execution of […]
Thirty-five years after Chicago’s infamous “killer clown” was convicted for murdering 33 men, eight of John Wayne Gacy’s victims remained unidentified. Jason Moran, Cook County’s one-man cold case unit, has made it his mission to find those names, exposing what has been called our criminal justice system’s “silent mass disaster.” One day in the fall […]