Police & Courts

May 20, 2013

Police investigating shooting at Pleasures adult store

Police described the suspect as a black male, in his 20s, standing between 5-feet 7-inches tall and 5-feet 9-inches tall, weighing about 150 pounds with a one-inch “afro”-style haircut

May 17, 2013

Colorado sheriffs suing over gun control measures

DENVER | Most of Colorado’s sheriffs say they are suing to block two gun-control laws scheduled to take effect this summer. Fifty-four sheriffs are joining …

This May 16, 2013 booking photo released by the Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriffs Office shows Akein Scott after being charged with 20 counts of attempted second degree murder in relation to the Mothers Day parade shooting in New Orleans last Sunday. Authorities had earlier said 19 people were wounded in the Mother's Day shooting, but prosecutors said Thursday that the tally has increased to 20. (AP Photo/Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriffs Office) May 17, 2013

Arrests in New Orleans parade shootings cheered

"I love New Orleans and I love anything that helps to heal New Orleans from this event, including bringing justice to the perpetrators," Hertsgaard said Thursday in a telephone interview from his home in San Francisco.

O.J. Simpson, center, talks with defense attorneys Ozzie Fumo, left, and Josh Barry during an evidentiary hearing in Clark County District Court, Thursday, May 16, 2013 in Las Vegas. Simpson, who is currently serving a nine to 33-year sentence in state prison as a result of his October 2008 conviction for armed robbery and kidnapping charges, is using a writ of habeas corpus, to seek a new trial, claiming he had such bad representation that his conviction should be reversed. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, Pool) May 17, 2013

Ex-OJ lawyer to testify in bid for new Vegas trial

He is invited as a key state's witness in a hearing that, since Monday, has revolved around Galanter's promises, payments and performance in the 2008 trial that sent the 65-year-old former football hero to prison for nine to 33 years for armed robbery and kidnapping.

Steven Alexander, brother of murder victim Travis Alexander, looks back towards Jodi Arias as he reads his "victim impact statement" to the jury on Thursday, May 16, 2013 during the penalty phase of the Jodi Arias trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. Jodi Arias was convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing and shooting to death of Travis Alexander, 30, in his suburban Phoenix home in June 2008. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, Pool) May 17, 2013

Arias victim’s family makes dramatic statement

"I don't want these nightmares anymore. I don't want to see my brother's murderer anymore," Steven Alexander said.

Lopez May 16, 2013

CLUB DEADLY: Experts say those who attack and kill homeless people share many traits

Aurora man who police say admitted killing homeless woman in wheelchair was homeless himself and wanted to know what killing felt like

In this March 12, 2013 file photo, James Holmes, left, and defense attorney Tamara Brady appear in district court in Centennial, Colo. for his arraignment. Lawyers for Holmes, the man accused of killing 12 people and injuring 70 in a Colorado movie theater, said Tuesday May 7, 2013 he wants to change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity. (AP Photo/The Denver Post, RJ Sangosti, Pool, File) May 16, 2013

MIND CHANGED: Holmes defense team wants to plead insanity, judge likely to accept plea

Holmes is scheduled for trial in February 2014, but that date could be pushed back as Holmes is sent to the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo for evaluation.

May 15, 2013

Dunlap’s defense counters DA, says race a factor in death sentence

AURORA | Lawyers for Nathan Dunlap on Wednesday rejected the district attorney’s argument that race isn’t a factor in Colorado’s death row cases. In an eight-page …

Dr. Kermit Gosnell is escorted to a waiting police van upon leaving the Criminal Justice Center in Philadelphia, Monday, May 13, 2013, after being convicted of first-degree murder in the deaths of three babies who were delivered alive and then killed with scissors at his clinic. (AP Photo/Philadelphia Daily News, Yong Kim) May 15, 2013

Convicted Pa. abortion doctor gets life in prison

Prosecutors had sought the death penalty because Gosnell killed more than one person, and his victims were especially vulnerable given their age. But Gosnell's own advanced age had made it unlikely he would ever be executed before his appeals ran out.

O.J. Simpson appears in court at Clark County Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Monday, May 13, 2013. Simpson, who is currently serving a nine-to-33-year sentence in state prison as a result of his October 2008 conviction on armed robbery and kidnapping charges, is seeking a new trial, claiming that trial lawyer Yale Galanter had conflicted interests and shouldn't have handled Simpson's armed case. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jeff Scheid, Pool) May 15, 2013

Co-counsel: Simpson was dependent on main attorney

"I could advise O.J. all day long, and he was very respectful of me," Gabriel Grasso told the court. "But if I advised him of something different from what Yale said, he would do what Yale said."