Family's battle for justice has impacted victims' rights
The 1979 murder of 18-year-old California college freshman Catina Salarno changed the course of her family's lives—sparking a decades-long battle to keep her killer in prison.
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The 1979 murder of 18-year-old California college freshman Catina Salarno changed the course of her family's lives—sparking a decades-long battle to keep her killer in prison.
Two men have been convicted in Malta of supplying the explosives that killed journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in the Mediterranean island state in 2017.
Detroit artist Richard Phillips, who will turn 73 next month, is having his first exhibition. He is America's most unlikely art phenom, because before becoming celebrated, Phillips was incarcerated for 46 years for a murder he didn’t commit, until he was exonerated last March. Now, with nothing but prison time on his resume, he thought perhaps he could sell his life's work - hundreds and hundreds of watercolors he painted while in prison. Steve Hartman reports.
For years the author of "To Kill a Mockingbird," and a best friend of "In Cold Blood" author Truman Capote, had researched and written a true-crime novel based on a series of deaths in Alabama, for which a small-town preacher had been rumored to be responsible. Though never found guilty, the reverend did collect life insurance policies on several family members who'd mysteriously died, until he himself was murdered by a vigilante. Rita Braver reports on Lee's fascination with the case, and talks with Casey Cep, author of the book "Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee."
A criminal complaint filed in federal court in Little Rock suggests Grant Hardin, the "Devil in the Ozarks," has fled Arkansas.
Watch "It's About Danni" and then catch up with "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant and producer Lauren Clark as they discuss the case of Danni Houchins, who was found dead in Montana near the Gallatin River in 1996. The team discusses why the sheriff's department told the public Danni accidentally drowned, the decades-long fight for justice from her family, and DNA evidence that eventually led investigators to the killer.
Rosewood was once a thriving black community in north Florida. In 1923, a wild mob of whites, 1000-strong, obliterated Rosewood, killing as many as 40 people. Ed Bradley goes back in time, through eye-witness testimony, to the "Old South" and reconstructs the day that Rosewood died.
The carnage was unspeakable: men, women, children, even babies, hacked to death in an age-old feud between two African tribes. Ed Bradley investigates the conflict in Rwanda and speaks with prisoners accused of slaughtering their countrymen.
Ed Bradley revisits the story of Nathaniel Abraham, the youngest murder suspect ever to be tried as an adult. Prosecutors call Nathaniel a cold-blooded assassin, but defenders claim that at age 11, he was too young to plan a murder or fully understand the charges against him.
Six years after Boston mobster and FBI informant James "Whitey" Bulger disappeared, authorities found the bodies of at least six people Bulger allegedly killed. Ed Bradley reports that members of the FBI may have actually helped Bulger perpetrate his crimes.
For years, Kevin Weeks was the right-hand man to James "Whitey" Bulger, one-time leader of Boston's Irish mob and one of the FBI's most wanted. In 2006, Weeks turned on the mob boss, telling his story in a book called "Brutal" and in this interview with Ed Bradley.
The stop snitchin' message delivered by some rappers has infused hip-hop culture with a dangerous edict: Never help the police. As Anderson Cooper reports, that message has caught on and police say even serious crimes like rape and murder are going unsolved as a result.
The video and images show Travis Decker in the days leading up to a visitation with his daughters, police say.
Oscar Pistorius competes in his first race since murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp at his home in South Africa 12 years ago.
A Washington state father is wanted for murder after his three young daughters were reported missing and then found dead.
An experimental computer program is trying to prevent crime by predicting it. Chicago hopes it can reduce the city's gun violence and save lives. Scott Pelley reports.
In 1997, Steve Kroft reported on the Irish journalist's death. After she exposed Dublin's criminal underworld, her murder became a national obsession
Isschar Howard is serving a life sentence for murder, but says he's found new purpose as a mentor for young inmates in an unusual prison program. "They give me something to leave behind," he tells Bill Whitaker.
Two of the crown prince's closest advisers are accused of orchestrating the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. "How could you not know [about the murder]?" Norah O'Donnell asks MBS.
In his first on-camera interview about the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman denies involvement, but says he takes "full responsibility" for the "heinous crime."
Dr. Robert Neulander voluntarily agreed to an interview with Onondaga County, N.Y., District Attorney Bill Fitzpatrick on Dec. 18, 2013, 15 months after the death of his wife, Leslie. Also present were Neulander's attorneys and two officers from the DeWitt, N.Y. ,Police Department.
"48 Hours" has covered the case of A-list fashion writer Christa Worthington, murdered on Cape Cod, since 2006. The man convicted of killing her continues to fight for his freedom. "48 Hours" correspondent Susan Spencer reports. Watch Saturday, July 6 at 9/8c on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.
A father goes hunting in a Florida lake and vanishes. Many thought he was eaten by alligators -- but not his mother. Seventeen years later, stunning courtroom revelations: it was murder. "48 Hours" correspondent Richard Schlesinger reports Saturday, Aug. 3 at 9/8c on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.
Mike Williams disappeared in December 2000, and many thought they would never know what had happened to him. But 17 years later, his best friend Brian Winchester told prosecutors that he’d killed Mike that winter day on the lake. Listen to an excerpt of his confession.
Doug and Peggy Ryen, their daughter, Jessica, and neighbor Christopher Hughes were brutally murdered inside the Ryen family’s home on June 4, 1983. Josh Ryen was the only survivor. A year-and-a-half later, the 10-year-old answered D.A. Dennis Kottemeier’s questions about that horrific night – with his grandmother by his side.
The Justice Department has released records from the Epstein files, the first documents to come to light under a new law signed by President Trump.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, whose government earlier this year recongized a Palestinian state, was booed by the crowd.
About 30% of San Francisco was without power at the height of the outage, according to utility provider PG&E.
It's the second time in recent weeks that the United States has interdicted a tanker, and it comes amid a large U.S. military build-up in Latin America.
The episode has deepened concerns that had already emerged from the Justice Department's much-anticipated document release.
President Trump initially signaled he would not make an endorsement at this stage, but Rep. Elise Stefanik's exit cleared the way for him to show his support for Bruce Blakeman.
The Justice Department released thousands of new photos and records on Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, but at least 550 pages in the documents were fully redacted.
"Some victims were randomly shot in the streets by unknown gunmen," the police said of the incident.
Friends and colleagues of Rob Reiner sat down with CBS News to share personal anecdotes and fond memories of him following the news of his tragic death.