A happy Christmas morningended in murder

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

Trapped in a violent relationship, Zara stayed for her children, until a chance meeting gave her hope of happiness…

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

She fought to save her son but paid a terrible price