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The capital murder trial of a Little Rock man started under a cloud Tuesday after friends and family members of both the defendant and the victim reportedly began taunting one another over social media during jury selection.

The capital murder trial of a Little Rock man started under a cloud Tuesday after friends and family members of both the defendant and the victim reportedly began taunting one another over social media during jury selection.

Tyler Barefield, a Russellville man who was found guilty of two counts of capital murder in 2016, was recently denied his petition claiming ineffective assistance of counsel.

A 29-year-old Conway man facing a potential life-in-prison sentence on charges of drug trafficking and the simultaneous possession of drugs and firearms has

A Saline County doctor indicted in 2020 on charges that he helped defraud the nations military insurer out of millions of dollars was sentenced Wednesday to 102 months in federal prison and ordered to pay restitution of more than $4.6 million.

Damien Echols' requesting DNA testing of evidence, but the state asked that the case be dismissed was denied by the state's highest court.

Damien Echols' requesting DNA testing of evidence, but the state asked that the case be dismissed was denied by the state's highest court.

Damien Echols' requesting DNA testing of evidence, but the state asked that the case be dismissed.

The second of two men charged in a downtown Little Rock homicide last year has been sentenced to prison.

The West Memphis Three are taking the next step in the fight to get new DNA tested, and they're headed to the Arkansas Supreme Court again.