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By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The South Carolina Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions Wednesday primarily focused on how a county clerk’s improper comments to the jury violated his right to a fair trial. But the court’s 29-page ruling also offered “guidance” for prosecutors, advising them to reel in their use

CNN By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Disgraced former South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh’s dramatic downfall was sealed following a sensational six-week 2023 trial in which he was convicted of murdering his wife and son. But the long-running saga involving the scion of a prominent and powerful family of local lawyers and solicitors took an

By Linh Tran, Brynn Gingras, CNN (CNN) — After 29 years, nine execution dates and three last meals, former death row inmate Richard Glossip is out on bond Thursday awaiting retrial after his previous conviction in the murder-for-hire plot of his former boss was overturned by the Supreme Court last year, his attorney told CNN.

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — It might sound like a tale from the Gold Rush: Three men leave Tennessee hoping to strike it rich in California. But the twists of their saga, as laid out this week in a federal indictment, are closer to a horror story – with pistol-whipping, lives threatened and people

By Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — Before a judge sentenced Kouri Richins for fatally poisoning her husband, the couple’s three young sons made their feelings clear. They urged Judge Richard Mrazik to sentence their mother – who two of them referred to as “Kouri” – to life in prison, saying they would fear for their

By Alexandra Banner, CNN The 2026 World Cup final at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium is already expected to draw millions of viewers worldwide. Now, with a celebrity-packed halftime show, FIFA is turning the championship match into a full-blown pop culture spectacle. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on

By Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — Mark Thomas Ryan arrived at his in-laws’ Phoenix, Maryland, home with a loaded handgun tucked in his pocket. Hours earlier, local law enforcement had issued a temporary restraining order against him, after his wife alleged Ryan had struck and threatened her the night before, according to court records. Now,

By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the Trump administration to return to the US a Colombian woman who was deported to the Democratic Republic of Congo, even after the African country refused to accept her. Judge Richard J. Leon of the US District Court for DC ordered the return