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This article provides a list of some of the most notorious serial killers in the history of the United States. Body counts weren't emphasized in this story, instead the infamous nature of these dastardly criminals.

With budget cuts and many in-patient facilities being closed down, mental health consumers are finding themselves caught up in the criminal justice system.

Here is a summary of the pros and cons of the death penalty, and an opportunity for readers to share their views.

Remembering two tragedies that shook the orderly university community of Bloomington-Normal, Illinois, in the 1980s: The Hendricks murders in 1983 and the S&S Liquor Store murders in 1988.

John Wayne Gacy is one of the worst serial killers in U.S. history. The brutality of his crimes stunned even seasoned detectives. He sexually assaulted and killed 33 young men for his own pleasure and buried 29 of them under his crawl space. He was executed by lethal injection on May 10, 1994.

Short meditation on the current design of the correctional system and the psychological impact of solitary confinement

Crystal and Ken had been friends since they were small, but on the night of November 16, 1991, the friendship would come to a horrific end.

"An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind." Or does it?

One of the most baffling crimes in British history took place in a quiet Liverpool neighbourhood in 1931.

Over the years our criminal justice system has taken steps to improve the efficacy and reliabilty of its final outcomes. However, several innocent individuals have been incarcerated or executed due to negligence. The "fortunate" ones were able to get exonerated after years of suffering in prison.

Once the country learned her story, Colleen Stan's experience was considered to be "unparalleled in FBI history." Here is the story of the girl who spent more than 7 years locked in a box under a bed.

After Ruth Pelke was viciously murdered by 15-year-old Paula Cooper, Ruth’s grandson, Bill Pelke, forgave Cooper and fought against the sentence that made the teen the youngest inmate on death row.

When facing the executioner, some people are remorseful, some defiant, some courageous, while others even try humour in their final message to the world.

In the summer of 1946 twelve year old Muriel Drinkwater took a short cut through the woods and was brutally murdered. Labelled 'The Red Riding Hood Murder' it has remained an unsolved crime.