This man deserved his 1,000-year punishment

Ariel Castro’s scraggly beard, innocuous spectacles and subtle demeanour could mislead most around him with conviction. But that conviction belies the horrible sins that he committed over a......

Biswanath Halder may face jury

Biswanath Halder, who was not put on the stand during his trial because he is considered to be a loose cannon, could now face the jury during the pre-sentencing phase of one of the more publicised......

Halder case: Into the mind of a killer

One defense witness thought Biswanath Halder was something like Mel Gibson's character in the film Conspiracy Theory. Halder, who lived in an attic in a three-storied house in Cleveland, Ohio, had......

US court dismisses terrorism charge against Indian

A US court on Wednesday dismissed the terrorism charge against an Indian accused of a seven-hour university shooting rampage in 2003, but retained 201 other charges against him, including......