Sun, Apr 4, 2021
For the four LAPD cops who beat Rodney King with batons it may have been business as usual. But then the world learned that it had been captured on video, and those 81 seconds changed everything. Soon after came a headline grabbing trial that forced the nation to address long simmering racial justice issues that continue today.
Sun, Apr 25, 2021
Just weeks after a jury found four LAPD officers innocent of brutally beating Rodney King, the LAPD was once again put in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. Officer Douglas Iversen shot unarmed tow truck driver attempting to flee a crime scene. Now another jury must decide if an LAPD officer went too far.
Sun, Apr 11, 2021
It takes a lot of planning and skill to pull off an armored car heist in broad daylight outside a mall on one of the busiest shopping days of the year. Timothy Ring and his crew pulled it off, but never planned on how to get away with it, resulting a trial that would eventually change death penalty cases nationwide.
Sun, Oct 3, 2021
Scott Amendure thought the Jenny Jones Show was the perfect place to reveal to his friend Jonathan Schmitz that he had a crush on him. Three days later, Schmitz shot Amendure to death, but was it mental illness or homophobia that made Schmitz snap? And was he the only one responsible?
Sun, Aug 15, 2021
When 15-month-old Ava Worthington became ill with a cold, her parents Carl and Raylene did what they always did - relied on the tenets of the Followers of Christ church, a Pentecostal sect that insisted the power of prayer was the only cure she needed. When Ava died, prosecutors didn't find it to be a matter of faith, they considered it a crime.
Sun, Aug 22, 2021
Prosecutors said the death of 16-year-old Neil Beagley was completely preventable; so much so his parents were charged with criminally negligent homicide. As members of the Followers of Christ Church they, believed unwavering faith was the only thing Neil needed, just as they did months earlier when their granddaughter died under similar circumstances and her parents were charged with the very same crime.
Sun, Aug 29, 2021
Friends and family of Angie Zapata say she never hid from the men she dated that that she was a transgender woman. Michael Andrade claims she did and that the revelation drove him to brutally murder her. His resulting trial set a national precedent for prosecuting a hate crime against a transgender person.
Sun, Sep 26, 2021
With a beautiful wife, loving family and plenty of money in the bank, NFL star Kellen Winslow II seemingly had it all when he left the game behind. But then five women came forward to accuse him of rape and other sex crimes -- charges that could put Kellen Winslow in prison for the rest of his life.