Murder trial News

Baton Rouge - Louisiana rapper Lil Boosie is a free man for the first time since 2009. Boosie, real name Torrence Hatch, was released from the Louisiana State Penitentary in Angola Wednesday evening.

London - The trial of the two men accused of brutally killing British soldier Lee Rigby on the streets of Woolwich in May entered its fifth day Thursday. The court heard that Rigby was not the intended target, as any military person would have sufficed.

London - The trial of Michael Adebolajo, 28, and Michael Adebowale, 22, the two men accused of killing soldier Lee Rigby in Woolwich in May, has begun in London.

Former SS officer Siert Bruins, 92, will go on trial in Germany Monday on charges of killing a Dutch resistance fighter during World War II by shooting him in the back.

Ottawa - Fifty-year-old Warrant Officer Howard Richmond has been remanded into custody and is scheduled to appear before an Ottawa court Aug. 20. He appeared by video link before an Ottawa court this afternoon.

Ottawa - Fifty-year-old Warrant Officer Howard Richmond has been formally charged in the homicide of his 28-year-old wife, Melissa Richmond. He appeared in court for the first time yesterday.

Pretoria - South African runner, Oscar Pistorius, may be "on the verge of suicide, his close friend, Mike Azzle, has revealed. Pistorius is accused of killing his girlfriend and rising legal fees have forced him to sell his belongings.

Hefei - After being sentenced to death, Gu Kailai, wife of former Chinese Politburo member Bo Xilai, had her sentence suspended by the court. She will most likely now face life in prison for last year’s murder of British businessman Neil Heywood.

Hefei - The murder trial of Gu Kailai, the wife of ousted political leader, Bo Xilai, began in Hefei, China Thursday morning and ended around 7 hours later. Ms. Gu is accused of murdering British businessman Neil Heywood in November 2011.

A Florida attorney, Frank Louderback, from St. Petersburg asked U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday to suspend a murder trial on July 20 so he can attend the Key West's annual Ernest Hemingway look-alike competition.