MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - John Kevin Woodward was charged with murder for the third time last year after new evidence was discovered in the 1992 killing of Laurie Houts. Woodward, a 59-year-old tech ...

Editor’s note: This article was updated at 5:30 p.m. April 3, 2025 to add more information. Karen Read has asked the United States Supreme Court to take up her case as she continues to fight against ...

. . . Nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb. —Fifth Amendment, U.S. Constitution As every U.S. schoolboy learns, the Bill of Rights struck ...

The Maryland Supreme Court has granted review of four cases to be heard during the court’s September term, including a criminal appeal that aims to clarify the state’s common law rule on double ...