She fought to save her son but paid a terrible price

Before they could celebrate the new year, she shot him dead

A mother vanished at sea, her son – rescued after eight days – said it was an accident, but as a popular new Netflix film examines the evidence, it raises questions about another family death...

This week’s crime story...

Melody Hoffman, 20, loved unconditionally. She thought of others and even animals before herself and navigated the world with an endearing innocence. An intellectual disability meant she was mentally

In September 2012, Dan Markel, a Canada-born attorney and law professor, was away on a business trip. The highly respected Harvard graduate wrote about criminal law and sentencing in the justice syste