http://www.mail.com/subjects/2552-violent-crime.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/2552-violent-crime.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092746-23-dead-initiation-rites-south-africa.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Twenty-three youths have died in the past nine days at initiation ceremonies that include circumcisions and survival tests, South African police said Friday. Police have opened 22 murder cases in the deaths in the northeastern province of Mpumalanga, according to spokesman Lt. Col. Leonard Hlathi. He said an inquest is being held into ... Fri, 17 May 2013 15:48:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092746-23-dead-initiation-rites-south-africa.html 2013-05-17T15:48:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2092668-arrests-orleans-parade-shootings-cheered.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Days after bursts of gunfire brought a chaotic and bloody end to a Mother's Day neighborhood parade in New Orleans, news of now seven arrests gave an organizer of the traditional event reason to celebrate again. "I'm just ecstatic," Edward Buckner, president of the Original Big 7 Social Aid and Pleasure Club, said Thursday. Two brothers... Fri, 17 May 2013 21:43:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2092668-arrests-orleans-parade-shootings-cheered.html 2013-05-17T21:43:37Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2092656-arias-victims-family-dramatic-statement.html PHOENIX (AP) — Steven Alexander stood before the jury, looked up at a family picture and grimaced and cried as he ticked off the list of problems that have befallen him in the five years since his brother was murdered: ulcers, depression, a separation from his wife, nightmares. The dreams consist of someone coming at him with a knife then going after his ... Fri, 17 May 2013 08:18:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2092656-arias-victims-family-dramatic-statement.html 2013-05-17T08:18:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2092592-hagel-orders-review-sex-abuse-prevention.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Friday ordered the military to recertify all 25,000 people involved in programs designed to prevent and respond to sexual assault, an acknowledgement that assaults have escalated beyond the Pentagon's control. He said this step, which also applies to the military's approximately 19,000 recruiters and must... Fri, 17 May 2013 21:40:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2092592-hagel-orders-review-sex-abuse-prevention.html 2013-05-17T21:40:14Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2092498-ohioan-to-appeal-conviction-dying-blinks-case.html CINCINNATI (AP) — The man convicted in a murder trial that hinged on a paralyzed victim blinking his eyes to identify his shooter plans to appeal, a defense attorney said after the verdict. A jury on Thursday found Ricardo Woods guilty of murder and felonious assault for the death of David Chandler, who was shot Oct. 28, 2010, while sitting in a car in Ci... Fri, 17 May 2013 06:46:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2092498-ohioan-to-appeal-conviction-dying-blinks-case.html 2013-05-17T06:46:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2092518-pa-coffee-leads-to-hatchet-hitchhiker-arrest.html ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) — Two cups of coffee ended life on the run for an Internet sensation known as Kai the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker. An employee at a Starbucks in Philadelphia is credited with recognizing 24-year-old Caleb "Kai" McGillvary, whose fledgling celebrity took a turn toward notoriety when authorities announced this week that he was wanted in... Sat, 18 May 2013 04:41:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2092518-pa-coffee-leads-to-hatchet-hitchhiker-arrest.html 2013-05-18T04:41:21Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2090460-mom-nm-chases-child-abductor-man-arrested.html ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A mother whose 4-year-old was being abducted chased the suspect down and crashed her vehicle into his car, triggering a manhunt and the arrest of the suspect, Albuquerque police said Thursday. The young girl was playing in her yard at St. Anthony's Plaza Apartments in Albuquerque's North Valley about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday when a gro... Fri, 17 May 2013 04:45:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2090460-mom-nm-chases-child-abductor-man-arrested.html 2013-05-17T04:45:42Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2092384-soldier-life-without-parole-iraq-killings.html JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) — An Army sergeant was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without parole for the 2009 killings of five fellow service members at a combat stress clinic in Iraq. A military judge, Army Col. David Conn, found Sgt. John Russell guilty of premeditated murder on Monday and imposed the sentence Thursday morning. The only o... Fri, 17 May 2013 04:07:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2092384-soldier-life-without-parole-iraq-killings.html 2013-05-17T04:07:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2089618-emotional-day-testimony-arias-trial.html PHOENIX (AP) — Jurors deciding whether convicted murderer Jodi Arias will get the death penalty heard the victim's brother describe Thursday how he was hospitalized for ulcers, lost sleep and separated from his wife after his brother was killed. Travis Alexander's younger brother Steven paused to choke back tears and regain his composure as he recounted t... Fri, 17 May 2013 02:42:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2089618-emotional-day-testimony-arias-trial.html 2013-05-17T02:42:08Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2092046-2nd-degree-murder-conviction-honolulu-shootings.html HONOLULU (AP) — A jury on Thursday convicted a Wahiawa man of second-degree murder and other charges in a 2011 shooting rampage through Honolulu that killed a mother of 10 and wounded two other people. Jurors deliberated for about 13 hours over three days before delivering a verdict in the case of Toby Stangel, 30. They also found him guilty of two of sev... Fri, 17 May 2013 02:27:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2092046-2nd-degree-murder-conviction-honolulu-shootings.html 2013-05-17T02:27:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2092146-head-fort-campbell-harassment-program-arrested.html FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) — The manager of the sexual harassment and assault response program at Fort Campbell, Ky., was arrested in a domestic dispute and relieved of his post, authorities said Thursday. Lt. Col. Darin Haas (HAHZ') turned himself in to police in Clarksville, Tenn., late Wednesday on charges of violating an order of protection, and stalking... Fri, 17 May 2013 01:36:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2092146-head-fort-campbell-harassment-program-arrested.html 2013-05-17T01:36:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2089316-brothers-arrested-mothers-day-parade-shooting.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two brothers with a history of drug arrests and suspected ties to a neighborhood gang each face 20 counts of attempted second-degree murder in a shooting spree that brought a sudden bloody end to a Mother's Day parade in a New Orleans neighborhood. The arrests by city police and U.S. marshals came less than four days after gunfire scatt... Fri, 17 May 2013 01:32:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2089316-brothers-arrested-mothers-day-parade-shooting.html 2013-05-17T01:32:32Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2091582-dying-mans-eye-blinks-lead-to-ohio-murder-verdict.html CINCINNATI (AP) — An Ohio man was found guilty Thursday of fatally shooting a man who authorities say identified his assailant by blinking his eyes while paralyzed and hooked up to a ventilator. A jury convicted Ricardo Woods, 35, of murder and felonious assault for the death of David Chandler who was shot Oct. 28, 2010, as he sat in a car in Cincinnati. ... Fri, 17 May 2013 00:07:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2091582-dying-mans-eye-blinks-lead-to-ohio-murder-verdict.html 2013-05-17T00:07:38Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2089628-obama-vows-sustained-effort-military-sex-abuse.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Thursday the nation's military leaders told him they are "ashamed" of their failure to end sexual abuse in the armed services. Obama pledged to "leave no stone unturned" in the effort to halt the abuse, which he said undermines the trust the military needs to be effective. Obama also said he has asked Defense ... Thu, 16 May 2013 23:42:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2089628-obama-vows-sustained-effort-military-sex-abuse.html 2013-05-16T23:42:29Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2090786-oj-court-day-4-bid-vegas-trial.html LAS VEGAS (AP) — The lead defense attorney in O.J. Simpson's armed robbery trial had a conflict of interest because he could have been a witness in the case, a lawyer who worked on Simpson's unsuccessful appeal to the Nevada Supreme Court testified Thursday. Witness Malcolm LaVergne said that defense attorney Yale Galanter's conflict was that he had given... Thu, 16 May 2013 21:48:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2090786-oj-court-day-4-bid-vegas-trial.html 2013-05-16T21:48:32Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2091290-newtown-parents-seek-focus-school-security.html HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The moment Alissa Parker learned of a shooting at her daughter's school, she suddenly regretted not pointing out what she had seen as security gaps at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Parker, whose 6-year-old daughter Emilie was among 20 first-graders killed in the Dec. 14 massacre, had thought security could have been tighter, althoug... Thu, 16 May 2013 20:35:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2091290-newtown-parents-seek-focus-school-security.html 2013-05-16T20:35:54Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2089694-7-egyptian-security-personnel-abducted-sinai.html CAIRO (AP) — Suspected militants in Egypt's Sinai abducted seven security personnel as they headed to Cairo for holidays early Thursday, security officials said. It was the first such kidnapping of security forces in the lawless peninsula. The officials said masked gunmen ambushed two taxis at gunpoint outside the city of el-Arish, the capital of North Si... Thu, 16 May 2013 20:11:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2089694-7-egyptian-security-personnel-abducted-sinai.html 2013-05-16T20:11:26Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2087796-mont-man-custody-release-1979-slaying.html BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The three-decade fight for freedom by a Montana man convicted of the 1979 slaying of a teenage classmate entered what could be its final stage this week, when the Montana Supreme Court ordered him back to prison and took away his brief taste of normal life. But from the time he confessed to out-of-state police four years after the n... Thu, 16 May 2013 20:00:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2087796-mont-man-custody-release-1979-slaying.html 2013-05-16T20:00:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2091218-afghans-tell-us-soldiers-killing-rampage.html KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — Sitting on a dirty straw mat on the parched ground of southern Afghanistan, Masooma sank deeper inside a giant black shawl. Hidden from view, her words burst forth as she told her side of what happened to her family sometime before dawn on March 11, 2012. According to Masooma, an American soldier wearing a helmet equipped with... Thu, 16 May 2013 18:42:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2091218-afghans-tell-us-soldiers-killing-rampage.html 2013-05-16T18:42:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2090964-army-chief-time-to-fight-sex-assault.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army's top officer is telling soldiers that after demonstrating courage and resilience in 12 years of war, it's time for them to make the fight against sexual assault their primary mission. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno sent a message to the force Thursday saying that sexual assault and harassment violate the trust between sol... Thu, 16 May 2013 17:26:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2090964-army-chief-time-to-fight-sex-assault.html 2013-05-16T17:26:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2090244-man-shoots-head-paris-school.html PARIS (AP) — A dozen students and a teacher saw a man kill himself with a shot in the head at a private Catholic school on Thursday, Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoe said. The mayor said his thoughts were with "all the little Parisians who were present, their parents and all the educational community." Police said the suicide happened shortly before noon as c... Thu, 16 May 2013 13:46:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2090244-man-shoots-head-paris-school.html 2013-05-16T13:46:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2089430-gosnell-case-fuels-bitter-us-abortion-debate.html PHILADELPHIA (AP) — One of the last people seated in the witness box at Dr. Kermit Gosnell's murder trial was a character witness for a co-defendant, and had nothing to do with Gosnell's abortion clinic. But the woman happened to be six months pregnant, and nearly waddled to the stand. If the jury had any doubts about the second- or third-trimester aborti... Thu, 16 May 2013 06:32:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2089430-gosnell-case-fuels-bitter-us-abortion-debate.html 2013-05-16T06:32:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2087794-inmate-who-killed-wash-guard-sentenced-to-death.html EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state judge has sentenced an inmate to death for killing a state corrections officer in a prison chapel two years ago. Byron Scherf is a convicted rapist who already was serving life in prison when he attacked officer Jayme Biendl and strangled her with an amplifier cord at the Washington State Reformatory in Monroe in J... Thu, 16 May 2013 04:40:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2087794-inmate-who-killed-wash-guard-sentenced-to-death.html 2013-05-16T04:40:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2088518-sexual-abuse-cases-pentagon-under-fire.html WASHINGTON (AP) — One after another, the charges have tumbled out — allegations of sexual assaults in the military that have triggered outrage, from local commanders to Capitol Hill and the Oval Office. But for a Pentagon under fire, there seem to be few clear solutions beyond improved training and possible adjustments in how the military prosecutes such ... Thu, 16 May 2013 02:05:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2088518-sexual-abuse-cases-pentagon-under-fire.html 2013-05-16T02:05:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2089136-joint-chiefs-chair-cites-military-sex-abuse-crisis.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. military officer says women in uniform are losing confidence that the problem of sexual assault in the armed forces can be solved. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, says that diminishing confidence is a crisis for the military. Dempsey spoke about the problem Wednesday during a flight from ... Thu, 16 May 2013 01:53:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2089136-joint-chiefs-chair-cites-military-sex-abuse-crisis.html 2013-05-16T01:53:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2086574-jurors-find-jodi-arias-eligible-death-penalty.html PHOENIX (AP) — The same jury that convicted Jodi Arias of first-degree murder last week took less than three hours Wednesday to determine that the former waitress is eligible for the death penalty in the killing of her one-time lover. The swift verdict sets the stage for the final phase of the trial to determine whether the 32-year-old Arias should be sen... Thu, 16 May 2013 00:35:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2086574-jurors-find-jodi-arias-eligible-death-penalty.html 2013-05-16T00:35:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2086654-murder-charges-sought-man-5-nevada-deaths.html RENO, Nev. (AP) — Authorities in northern Nevada are seeking murder charges against a 25-year-old man they believe is responsible for killing five people, carjacking a newspaper deliveryman, and setting fire to an elderly couple's home all in a matter of hours. Lyon County Sheriff Allen Veil said it appears Jeremiah Bean acted alone in the random shooting... Thu, 16 May 2013 00:02:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2086654-murder-charges-sought-man-5-nevada-deaths.html 2013-05-16T00:02:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2088742-ap-photos-oj-simpson-testifies-trial-bid.html LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson didn't testify at his infamous murder trial. And he declined a chance to testify when he was tried for a bungled attempt to retrieve personal items and memorabilia. Now, after more than four years in prison, Simpson has taken the witness stand to explain why he deserves a new trial for the 2007 robbery and kidnapping of two s... Wed, 15 May 2013 22:20:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2088742-ap-photos-oj-simpson-testifies-trial-bid.html 2013-05-15T22:20:46Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2086514-jurors-deliberate-ohio-trial-hinging-blinks.html CINCINNATI (AP) — A video showing a paralyzed shooting victim blinking his eyes is expected to be key in a murder trial as jurors consider whether the blinks were intentional responses to detectives' questions. The jury failed to reach a verdict Wednesday in the trial of Ricardo Woods, 35, of Cincinnati. Jurors were to reconvene Thursday for a third day o... Wed, 15 May 2013 22:10:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2086514-jurors-deliberate-ohio-trial-hinging-blinks.html 2013-05-15T22:10:10Z