New Zealand's government on Wednesday agreed to pay a record amount to a 41-year-old man who spent more than 20 years in prison for a rape and murder he did not commit. The government said it would pay Teina Pora 2.5 million New Zealand dollars ($1.8 million) and also issued him a formal apology. The compensation would be...
A DEPUTY police and crime commissioner claims his Twitter account was hacked after it highlighted dozens of tweets by PORN stars. The tweets that reportedly appeared on Paul Robinson's account were published on the political website Guido Fawkes on Wednesday afternoon. It claimed that among the 460 'likes' on his...
THE OBSESSION with matching black orphans with families of the same race left the children "languishing in care", according to a equalities' champion Trevor Phillips. In a hard hitting interview on for Radio Four programme, Why I Changed My Mind, Trevor Phillips talked about his deep regret in not confronting the...
Describing Dennis Hastert as a “child molester” who lied to the FBI, a federal judge in Chicago today sentenced the former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert to 15 months in prison, a sentence far harsher than what even prosecutors had requested. Federal Judge Thomas Durkin also ordered Hastert to a treatment...
One of the latest flash points in the Democratic presidential race is a crime bill signed into law more than two decades ago. The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, passed by then-President Bill Clinton in 1994, has caused outbursts from protesters and is bringing his time in the White House under scrutiny. Last...
The police officer who was critically injured in a shooting this evening at the Prince George’s County Police Department headquarters died after what authorities called an unprovoked attack on the station. Prince George’s County Officer Jacai Colson, 29, was a four-year veteran who was shot during an exchange of...
Detroit is the most dangerous city with a population over 200,000 for a third year in a row. Although Detroit remains at the top of the list, its violent crime decreased by about 4 percent. Indianapolis, Indiana also makes its first appearance on the list this year at number 10. All statistics are based on 2014 data from the...