Sean "Diddy" Combs has filed a request through his attorney to appear unshackled during court proceedings. The motion, submitted late on Monday, Nov. 18, argues that shackling the music mogul creates risks of juror bias and hampers his ability to communicate with his defense team. “We write on...

Susan Smith, the South Carolina mother convicted of murdering her two sons in 1994, was denied parole on Wednesday, Nov. 20, after appearing before the South Carolina parole board. The denial comes nearly three decades after Smith drove her car into a lake with her children, Michael (3) and Alex...

Alysia Adams, a woman from Caddo County, Oklahoma, declined to plead guilty on Wednesday to the murder of 4-year-old Athena Brownfield, reversing her decision moments before a scheduled court hearing. The unexpected move has reinstated the possibility of the death penalty if she is found guilty...