'THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM': CRYSTAL METH USE IN VANCOUVER RISES 600% OVER LAST DECADE

Crystal methamphetamine -- known on the street as jib -- can be snorted, eaten, smoked or injected... READ MORE›

AUTHORITIES SEIZE 76 POUNDS OF METHAMPHETAMINE IN OREGON

(AP) -- Authorities arrested three men in western Oregon and seized handguns, more than $50,000 in cash and 76 pounds of methamphetamine... READ MORE›

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DRAWINGS OF POLICE TORTURING A SUSPECT CAPTIVATE CHINA

Mr. Liu said in the telephone interview that he was not afraid of possible retaliation from the police over the drawings... READ MORE›

JAMES HOLMES SPARED DEATH PENALTY FOR US CINEMA KILLINGS

Profile Aurora gunman James Holmes In July, Holmes was convicted on 165 counts of murder, attempted murder and an explosives charge over the shootings in Aurora, Colorado... READ MORE›

DECADES IN JAIL FOR ANOTHER MANS CRIME

Robert Jones was accused of being behind a crime spree of rape, robbery and then the murder of holidaymaker Julie Stott in New Orleans in 1992... READ MORE›

MEXICOS MURDEROUS ALLIANCE OF STATE, THE ARMY AND THE DRUG CARTELS

Mexico's murderous alliance of state the army and the drug cartels... READ MORE›

BALTIMORE GRAND JURY INDICTS SIX OFFICERS IN FREDDIE GRAY'S DEATH

Rice, a lieutenant who initiated a chase with Gray, was charged with involuntary manslaughter, second degree assault, two counts of misconduct in office, and reckless endangerment... READ MORE›

BREAKING BAD FAN GUILTY OF DARK WEB RICIN PLOT

The court heard Ali had made a to-do list on his computer which included the entries paid ricin guy and get pet to murder ... READ MORE›

FOREIGN OFFICE WILL NO LONGER EXPLICITLY CAMPAIGN FOR AN END TO USE OF THE DEATH PENALTY WORLDWIDE

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office FCO has alarmed campaigners after dropping explicit references to abolishing the death penalty from its global human right work... READ MORE›

PENSIONER ACCUSED OF EATING ALLEGED VICTIMS 'MAY HAVE MURDERED 10 MORE'

Russian pensioner and suspected cannibal Tamara Samsonova 'may be responsible for 10 more murders'... READ MORE›

FREDDIE GRAY JURY DELIBERATES THIRD DAY IN BALTIMORE

Officer William Porter, 26, could face 25 years in prison if convicted of manslaughter, assault, misconduct and reckless endangerment... READ MORE›

JESSICA WONGSO GETS 20 YEARS FOR CYANIDE MURDER

An Australian resident has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after being found guilty of murdering her friend with a cyanide laced coffee... READ MORE›

SUSPECTED MASTERMIND OF DRUG RING ARRESTED IN LONDON FACES US EXTRADITION

Prosecutors said that from 2013 until his arrest,A HafeezA conspired to import methamphetamine into the United States... READ MORE›

AMANDA KNOX CONVICTION BASED ON POOR CASE

Knox and Sollecito had served nearly four years in Italian prison after a first, lower court conviction by a Perugia court... READ MORE›

INTELLECTUALLY-DISABLED AUSTRALIAN COULD FACE DEATH PENALTY IN CHINA

In all, as many as a dozen Australians have been detained in Guangzhou in the past year or so on similar drug charges which could attract the death penalty... READ MORE›

Execution Date Set for 'Delusional' Murderer Scott Panetti in Texas... READ MORE›

NEBRASKA POISED TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY, WOULD BE FIRST STATE SINCE 2013

If that vote holds in a veto override, Nebraska would become the first conservative state to repeal the death penalty since 1973... READ MORE›

'BLACK WIDOW' INVESTIGATED AFTER DEATHS OF SEVEN PARTNERS

In April 2012, another black widow killer, 39-year-old Kanae Kijima, was given the death penalty for the murders of three men she met through Internet dating sites... READ MORE›

ARKANSAS SEEKS WITNESSES FOR EIGHT UPCOMING EXECUTIONS

A state law requires that at least six people witness an execution to ensure that the state's death penalty laws are properly followed... READ MORE›

AMANDA KNOX ACQUITTED BECAUSE OF 'STUNNING FLAWS' IN INVESTIGATION, SAYS ITALY TOP COURT

Knox was definitively cleared in March over the 2007 murder of Miss Kercher, a 21-year-old Leeds University student from Surrey, after nearly a decade of courtroom saga... READ MORE›

34 INMATES ESCAPE CROWDED JAIL IN HAITI WITH SUSPECTED HELP OF PRISON GUARDS

Photograph Dieu Nalio Chery AP Saint-Marc is a port city about 60 miles 95km north of Port-au-Prince and is the largest city between Port-au-Prince and Cap-Haitien... READ MORE›

BURMESE MIGRANT WORKERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERS OF BRITISH BACKPACKERS

Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Tun convicted of murdering David Miller and Hannah Witheridge in Koh Tao in 2014. Miller's brother says justice has been delivered ... READ MORE›

IRAN JAILS TWO UNNAMED PEOPLE FOR 10 YEARS FOR ESPIONAGE

Revolutionary court sentencing announced on Sunday as Jason Rezaian, an Iranian American reporter accused of spying, awaits verdict... READ MORE›

FAMILIES OF VICTIMS OF COLORADO MASS MURDERER EXPRESS ANGER AFTER HE ESCAPES DEATH PENALTY

James Holmes' victims' families angry as Colorado theatre shooter is spared death penalty over 12 murders... READ MORE›

FATHER OF CHARLESTON SHOOTING SUSPECT CLAIMS HE IS RECEIVING ENDLESS THREATENING PHONE CALLS

The current Black Panther Party was founded in 1989 an extremist black radical political group... READ MORE›

FARKHUNDA MURDER: AFGHAN COURT QUASHES DEATH SENTENCES

On the same day in May that the four men were given the death penalty, the judge sentenced eight defendants to 16 years in prison and acquitted 18 others... READ MORE›

DANIEL HOLTZCLAW CASE: OKLAHOMA POLICEMAN JAILED FOR LIFE

Daniel Holtzclaw, 29, stopped the women while out on patrol in Oklahoma City and forced himself on them... READ MORE›

PRISONER GETS RETRIAL 35 YEARS AFTERA MURDER CONVICTION WAS OVERTURNED

Potential trial jurors were due to report at the court in Bay City, about 60 miles southwest of Houston, for possible selection to serve... READ MORE›

BURMESE MEN FACE TRIAL FOR MURDER OF BRITISH BACKPACKERS IN THAILAND

Burmese men to face trial for murder of british backpackers in thailand... READ MORE›

'SCARED' FIREFIGHTER SETS HOME FOR REFUGEES ABLAZE

However, the decision by prosecutors to charge the men with severe arson instead of attempted murder has drawn criticism... READ MORE›

'AFRICAN TRAITORS!' CHAD DICTATOR TRIAL IN SENEGAL HAS A CHAOTIC START

Video Former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre faces trial in new African courtHissene Habre... READ MORE›

CALIFORNIA UNVEILS LETHAL INJECTION PLAN AFTER 10-YEAR EXECUTION DELAY

The latter two have never been used in the U.S. as execution drugs, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, which opposes capital punishment... READ MORE›