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Inside the Badge by Robert O'BrienJune 3, 2011

Let's Keep an Ohio Cop Killer Behind Bars

We can help in the effort to deny parole to this cop killer by signing the online petition to deny parole for Michael Manns by visiting Blockparole.com and clicking on "Featured Case: Cop Killer Up for Parole: Detective Sergeant William Prochazka was brutally killed in the line of duty."

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 2, 2011

Prosecution Rests in Trial of Accused Dallas Cop Killer

The last witness called by prosecutors, Dr. Reade Quinton, who performed the autopsy on Sr. Cpl. Norm Smith, testified that the bullet wound to his left eye “was almost immediately a fatal shot.”

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 26, 2011

SCOTUS Overturns Cop Killer's Conviction

The court overturned the conviction of Charles Fowler for the 1998 shooting of a Florida officer. Fowler was convicted for violating a federal communications statute and given life in prison.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 22, 2011

Delaware Cop's Killer Gets Death

Sussex County Superior Court Judge T. Henley Graves sentenced Derrick Powell to death for the September 2009 killing on Friday.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 15, 2011

Obama Skips Police Week, Hosts Controversial Rapper

Obama did not attend the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund's candlelight vigil Friday evening. He also skipped the Peace Officer's Memorial Service on Sunday on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol. President George W. Bush attended the Peace Officer's Memorial every year except one.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 13, 2011

Texas Officer's Killer Gets 40 Years

Sergio Robles apologized to the family of the Pasadena (Texas) Police officer he killed in August 2009 in a Houston courtroom on Thursday where he pleaded guilty to murder in exchange for a 40-year sentence.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 5, 2011

Detroit Cop Killer Gets Life

The 11-year-old son of Detroit Police Officer Brian Huff stood up at the sentencing hearing of his father's convicted killer and said, "I don't know why you had to take my dad away. I don't know why you had to do this. He was a nice man. He was doing his job."

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 3, 2011

Oregon Cop Killer's Mental Eval To Determine If She Stands Trial

The defense attorney for Cheryl Kidd, 56, gained approval from the judge to have his client undergo an evaluation at the Oregon State Hospital in Salem to determine if she is fit to stand trial for fatally shooting Eugene Police Officer Chris Kilcullen.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 26, 2011

Cop Killer Mumia Abu-Jamal Gets New Sentencing Hearing

Mumia Abu-Jamal was awarded a new sentencing hearing today by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, but an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court appears likely by the district attorney.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 13, 2011

Parole Board Denies Appeal for Miss. Sheriff's Killer

For the fifth time since the killing of Marshall County (Miss.) Sheriff Osborne Bell, Bart Mease has been denied parole. The state's Parole Board declined Mease's appeal in the 1986 shooting death of Sheriff Bell during a traffic stop.

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