Caleb Flynn update: Ex-American Idol contestant breaks down amid life without parole sentence; ‘I didn’t kill my wife’

This image taken from pool court video shows 40-year-old Caleb Flynn listening to the judge reading out the jury's verdict at the Miami County Court of Common Pleas on Tuesday, Sept. 29,. (/Pool via AP)

On Monday, September 5, former American Idol contestant and Ohio singing pastor Caleb Flynn was sentenced to life without parole for murdering of his wife, 37-year-old Ashley Flynn. Caleb Flynn was pronounced guilty on September 29. This image taken from pool court video shows 40-year-old Caleb Flynn listening to the judge reading out the jury’s … Read more

David Rivera: Former GOP gets 10 years prison sentence for secret $50mn Venezuela lobbying

David Rivera, a former U.S. Congressman, received a 10-year prison sentence for engaging in a secret $50 million lobbying campaign for Venezuela's Maduro regime. (AP)

A former Miami congressman and longtime friend of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison in connection with a secret $50 million lobbying campaign on Venezuela’s behalf during the first Trump administration. David Rivera, a former U.S. Congressman, received a 10-year prison sentence for engaging in a secret … Read more

Christa Pike’s accomplices: Why did Tadaryl Shipp get a different sentence in the Colleen Slemmer murder case?

Christa Pike and Tadaryl Shipp received different sentences in the 1995 Colleen Slemmer murder case. (J. Miles Cary/ Knoxville News Sentinel/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MANDATORY CREDIT.     TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) (via REUTERS)

Christa Pike, Tadaryl Shipp and a third companion were involved in the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in Knoxville, Tennessee. Pike was 18, her boyfriend Shipp was 17, and Slemmer was their classmate at a vocational training centre called Knoxville Job Corps. The case drew widespread attention because of the brutal nature of the … Read more

What did Christa Pike do to Colleen Slemmer? Inside the 1995 murder case and death sentence

Christa Pike was convicted of murdering her classmate Colleen Slemmer in Tennessee in 1995. (X/@SarcasmStardust)

Christa Pike murdered her 19-year-old classmate, Colleen Slemmer, in 1995. Pike was 18 at the time of the crime, while Slemmer was 19. Pike and her boyfriend, Tadaryl Shipp, were convicted of killing Slemmer in Knoxville, Tennessee. Christa Pike was convicted of murdering her classmate Colleen Slemmer in Tennessee in 1995. (X/@SarcasmStardust) Pike and Shipp … Read more

Caleb Flynn guilty verdict: Does Ohio have death penalty? What sentence could he face for wife Ashley’s murder?

Caleb Flynn listens to court proceedings inside the Miami County Court of Common Pleas in Troy, Ohio. (/AP via AP)

Caleb Flynn, a former Ohio music pastor who once appeared on “American Idol,” has been found guilty of murdering his wife, Ashley Flynn, in Ohio. Caleb Flynn listens to court proceedings inside the Miami County Court of Common Pleas in Troy, Ohio. (/AP via AP) What happened to Ashley Flynn? Ashley Flynna 37-year-old schoolteacher and … Read more

Bobb’e J Thompson update: Where is ‘That’s So Raven’ star being held amid 30-month prison sentence?

Bobb'e J. Thompson has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison. (Instagram/ @iam_kingbobbej)

Bobb’e J Thompson, best known as Stanley from That’s So Raven, is heading to federal prison. The actor has been sentenced to 30 months after pleading guilty to possessing a stolen firearm. Bobb’e J. Thompson has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison. (Instagram/ @iam_kingbobbej) Thompson is currently in the custody of the US … Read more

Lindsay Clancy trial: Does Massachusetts have the death penalty? What sentence could she face if found guilty?

Massachusetts has no state death penalty, and Lindsay Clancy’s jury is deciding whether she is criminally responsible for her children’s deaths.. Greg Derr/Pool via REUTERS (via REUTERS)

The Lindsay Clancy murder trial is now with the jury, but the death penalty is not a possible punishment in the case. Massachusetts does not allow capital punishment in state courts. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled the state’s death penalty law unconstitutional in 1984. Clancy, 36, is charged with three counts of first-degree murder … Read more

Karmelo Anthony update: Judge rejects new trial request after 35-year prison sentence in Austin Metcalf stabbing case

Karmelo Anthony’s new trial request has been denied. (X/@IAmyLeigh)

DALLAS (AP) — A Texas judge denied a new trial for Karmelo Anthony on Saturday in the stabbing death of a 17-year-old athlete at a high school track meeta killing that drew national attention and led to harassment of the families. Karmelo Anthony’s new trial request has been denied. (X/@IAmyLeigh) Anthony, 19, was convicted of … Read more