These are the Detroit Free Press stories that made an impact on our communities and created positive change in 2024.

The other man was found not guilty ... verdict in this unprecedented and high profile case. We found the jury foreman in his home on a country road, and he explained that the storage of the gun ...

A commutation leaves a guilty verdict intact but reduces or eliminates ... racial justice, immigration and gun violence prevention. “I am angry and frustrated,” said Jillian Wheat, who came ...

Trump guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in the Stormy Daniels hush money case. >> This was a rigged, disgraceful trial. The real verdict is going to be November 5 by the people.

Brad Lunsford, an officer in Las Cruces, N.M., shot Presley Eze at point-blank range after he took a stun gun from another ...

The jury found Alfred Atsus not guilty on all counts and judge U.S. District Judge Malachy E. Mannion told him there were no longer any charges against him in the case. The verdict comes after ...

A woman who purchased a firearm her fiance used to shoot two Des Moines police officers last year plans to plead guilty to federal gun charges, according to court filings. Officials say Shawnna ...

but he denied the gun was his. A trial started Monday and went to the jury late Tuesday afternoon with the jury ultimately returning with the not-guilty verdict. Farley was represented by Brett ...

A Multnomah County jury failed to reach consensus on murder and attempted murder charges for Geoffrey Hammond. One of the jurors says it was nearly unanimous.

STAMFORD — A Stamford woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to reduced charges stemming from her role in a Stamford gun bust-turned-robbery that led to the injury of four officers. Jackdelys Maldonado ...

EDWARDSVILLE — A Madison man charged with possessing a machine gun in June pled guilty to a lesser weapons charge in early December. Michael G. McCallum, 21, of Madison, pled guilty on Dec. 4 to ...

Had the jury found him guilty of first-degree murder, Lubitz would have faced up to life in prison. The jury began deliberating Wednesday afternoon. The verdict was announced on Thursday after ...