crime-and-criminal-justice

Richard Ramirez, known as the Night Stalker, terrorized California during the mid‑1980s through a series of burglaries, rapes, and murders. This evergreen profile explains who...

In Georgia, murder-suicide is a low-frequency but high-impact event that draws public concern when it occurs. This evergreen explainer describes what defines a murder-suicide, h...

Rodney Alcala, known as the "Dating Game Killer," is a convicted serial offender whose crimes and prosecutions illustrate decades-long investigations across multiple jurisdictio...

Edmund Kemper, often referred to as Ed Kemper, is a convicted American serial killer whose crimes between 1972 and 1973 profoundly affected California and national discussions o...

Mark David Chapman is the man who fatally shot John Lennon outside The Dakota apartment building in New York City on December 8, 1980. Lennon, a former member of The Beatles, wa...