British novelist Charles Dickens (1812-1870) sat in his study in Gads Hill near Rochester, Kent circa 1860. He wrote one of the best first lines in literature. Great opening lines to books set the ...

A man was sentenced March 12 in connection with a fatal Wells Branch shooting that stemmed from an attempted robbery during a gun sale.

Some short stories build to a single sentence. This is so common, actually, that it sometimes seems most of the stories I read are of this type. Readers are herded toward the shiny black nailhead of a ...

Wesley Morgan and other relatives say the life sentence without parole for 25 years isn't enough punishment for the crime ...

A Texas judge had a few choice words for a teenage defendant convicted of a violent convenience store robbery in which a worker was assaulted. Caden Fontenette, 18, was sentenced to 25 years in prison ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Sara Bennett, a criminal-defense lawyer turned photographer, is shedding a light on the humanity of ...