Crime News

A Florida judge has denied a request to take the death penalty off the table for a mother charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter. Circuit Judge Stan Strickland ruled Friday that prosecutors can ask a jury to consider the death penalty during Casey Anthony's trial next year.

Thieves snatched the 90-pound "Work Sets You Free" sign from the main entrance of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, police said. The theft drew immediate condemnation from Jewish leaders around the globe.

The brother-in-law of a missing Utah mom says the woman's husband could be considered controlling, and prays that he had nothing to do with Susan Powell's disappearance. Kirk Graves tells NBC's "Today" show that Josh Powell is an "interesting person" with a "different" personality.

Fake caller identifications have been used to phone in false alarms to SWAT teams, steal financial information and disguise those irritating dinnertime telemarketing calls. But Wednesday, the House passed legislation barring the practice.

A man who spent 28 years behind bars for a rape and murder he said he didn't commit walked out of a federal prison in Arizona on Tuesday with $75 and a bus ticket to Ohio after DNA testing showed he was innocent.

The husband of a missing Utah woman is hindering the investigation because he failed to show up for an interview on the advice of his lawyer, police said Tuesday.