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Phil Spector, legendary music producer, saw his trial process begin on Monday, with the first session of jury selection. Spector is charged with murder in the death of B-actress Lana Clarkson on February 3, 2003.

Rock 'n' roll legend Phil Spector will not be the only one on trial when opening statements begin in his murder case Wednesday. Cameras in the courtroom -- specifically television coverage of sensational trials in Los Angeles County -- will also be on trial.

It's been a long trial. Phil Spector will soon learn whether he will retain his freedom, or go to prison. The jury will decide if Lana Clarkson killed herself or was murdered.

A woman doesn't want to live past forty unless she is at the top of her field. Of course, an ambitious woman is only going to shoot herself with a famous producer. John Hampton in Memphis is the answer.

GSR means gunshot residue. It is found at crime scenes where guns are fire. It can be analyzed and used by both defense and prosecution attorneys.

Opening Statements expected tomorrow in the Phil Spector murder trial.

In the weeks prior to her death, actress Lana Clarkson wrote detailed e-mails to friends revealing her seeminly melancholy state of mind...

Anna Nicole Smith's recent tragedy has garnered the world's attention. Hers is only one of many misfortunes to befall Hollywood blondes.

Lana Clarkson Biography

Today bail was set for Jeffrey Scott, accused of murdering his wife on Thanksgiving day

I love a murder mystery. Television's Criminal Minds, Agatha Christie's novels, the complete cases of Sherlock Holmes, an actual murder trial I covered for the local newspaper -- any old murder will do.

A YouTube selection of crazed record producer's greatest hits.

The defense has not convinced everyone that Lana killed herself. There are still questions that make it nearly impossible to put the blame on her. Are there credible reasons to erase the hmmmm questions?

Mary Winkler testified Wednesday, April 18, 2007, in her trial for husband's murder.

The 1995 O.J. Simpson case was obviously unprecedented in its TV coverage. Imagine if you will then the scenario of turning on afternoon TV 16 years earlier in 1978 and seeing a bewildered Roman Polanski on trial with a judge giving a bravura performance...

This article outlines the case against Hampton resident William Shanklin who was convicted in the murder of a four-year-old boy.

Lana Clarkson's longtime friend Michael Nathanson discusses her emotional state shortly before her death.

Dorothy Melvin, an ex-girlfriend of Spector's, testified today about a terrifying and violent night she had with Spector in 1993.

A prosecutor told jurors Thursday as the man's trial opened that physical evidence, including DNA from blood and fingerprints, will link a convicted sex offender to the abduction and murder of 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford.

Paul Cortez is an aspiring actor who has taken his performance into the courtroom. Cortez, 26 years old, took the stand on Thursday, during the trial in which he is accused of murder. The case is being tried before the Manhattan Supreme Court.

David Hicks, a 31 year-old Australian, will be formally charged within the next 30 days and will have his case come to trial soon after. He is charged with giving material support to terrorists as he fought beside al Qaeda and Taliban fighters in Afghanistan

This article tells the story of the trial that ended the illustrious career of the creator of the Hollywood comedy.

Although murder and homicide are both used to describe the act of killing another human being, the circumstances surrounding the charges are different.

Lynn Turner, an ex-911 operator who was accused and found guilty of the murder of her former husband Glenn Turner, a Cobb County police officer in Georgia, is now undergoing a trial for a second murder of Randy Thompson.

Ten percent of serial killers are women. The majority of these woman over the past three decades have used SIDS as a cover up for murder.

Cherry Creek wasn't the type of town where one would expect trouble. Now with better than 25 families, we all just pitched in to preserve peace and tranquility. That was until the murder of Cherry Creek.

Sgt. Paul E. Cortez,24, of the Fort Campbell-based 101st Airborne Division has received a 100 years in prison for his part in the rape and murder of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and her family.

A court in New York has decided to acquit a wealthy landlord of murdering his wife. Benjamin Odierno was found not guilty by a jury and helped dismiss him from being convicted of second-degree murder charges.

NASA astronaut, Lisa Nowak, who was on board the Discovery last July, has been charged with first-degree attempted murder. Why would a successful space scientist and caring mother do such a thing?

One of the biggest courtroom murder cases in the U.S. is running into some major snags, one of which is how to pay for trial...

The television series, Twin Peaks, creates a sense of nightmare by introducing a quaint, small, American town and then stuffing it with a seedy underbelly of sex, drugs, murder, greed and corruption.

Some men take offense to a surprise result of pregnancy. Some men don't want a child changing their life and apparently opt to the extreme of murder.

Why are parents murdering their kids? As a Mother I just cannot understand how a parent could murder their children.And it seems to be happening more and more. Parents are murdering their kids and it isn't getting the attention that it should.

When Petty Officer Amy Peterson's two month old son passed away, the doctors decleared him another victim of SIDS. Four years later however, the Navy's Criminal Investigative Service decided to charge Amy with the murder of her son.

The average parricide is one who has been severely abused physically, sexually or verbally through their entire early childhood and view murder as the last alternative . When there is no abuse present, what would drive a child to kill their parents?

These days celebrities pop up in the tabloids for all sorts of offenses, mostly involving drugs or alcohol. Read here about the rich and famous who seem to be the most violent in Hollywood...

One of the most bizarre and memorable trials of the 19th century was the murder trial of Emma Cunningham. It attracted a media following almost akin to our contemporary OJ Simpson and Michael Jackson trials...

I can't wait for the Phil Spector trial. Here's my ode to him.

For those of you not familiar with this case, it is a murder trial against a former Canton, Ohio police officer. Bobby Cutts Jr. is accused of the murder of his girlfriend, Jessie Davis and their unborn daughter, Chloe.

Reading about Scott Peterson's family offering a reward for information on the killer of their daughter-in-law, Laci Peterson, I was at first incredoulous. After all it was April Fool's Day, but the story was prevelant across all medias. Amber returns.

Detective Fuhrman is an excellent example of what NOT to do.

The courtroom in the small town of A..... was still as the tall, lanky prosecutor rose to give his closing argument in a sensational murder trial that gripped the town in weeks of suspense.

An Alabama man pleaded guilty Monday to the murder of a gay teen who was killed, prosecutors say, at least in part because of his sexual orientation. Christopher Gaines's capital murder trial will begin next week.

According to a report from KHOU.com, the Ashley Benton murder trial has ended in a mistrial declaration. Ashley Benton was on trial for the murder of 15 year old gang member Gabriel Granillo.

A young man dangles and drops a young woman from a highrise to her death

In 2004, 8 year-old Amy Yates was strangled to death. Two different people confessed. Now they're both free...

Sandra Brown, a mystery author with 55 books on the New York Times best-seller list, will host the season premiere of "Murder by the Book" on November 5th.

Told through quiet, effective prose in poem form, "The Trial" tells the story of Katie Flynn, a young girl who lives with her mother in Flemington, New Jersey. It's in this town that the famous Lindbergh kidnapping trial took place in 1935.

The Winkler story about preacher's wife killing her husband.

Would you believe that Marcia Clark is often seen on the Red Carpet? That both Robert Shapiro and F. Lee Bailey face criminal charges? That Mark Fuhrman thinks he can solve the JFK assassination? It's all true.