It has been 45 years since notorious serial killer Ted Bundy stood trial in Miami for the murders of two Florida State University college students.

“Luckiest Girl Alive” author Jessica Knoll has released her third novel, “Bright Young Women.”.

Legal experts say the antics of a Wisconsin man accused of killing six people by driving his SUV through a Christmas parade last year won't help him win an appeal.

Anti-death penalty advocate Lea Rodger says she is keenly aware of the realities facing her and Richard Glossip, who she married this week inside the Oklahoma State Penitentiary where he sits on death row.

Virginia Democrats who have fought for criminal justice and police reforms since 2020 are worried that their progress could be rolled back by the new Republican majority in the House of Delegates.

FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 31, 2018 file photo, actress Cate Blanchett poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film 'A Star Is Born' at the 75th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy. The lineup for the Venice Film Festival will be announced on Tuesday, July 28, 2020, and will be the first major film event since the coronavirus pandemic lockdown. Barbera noted that almost half of the competition film selections this year are directed by women. The decision to hold the 77th edition of the Venice Film Festival is experienced like a sign of confidence in dnd concrete support of the world of film and the audiovisual industry, Barbera said. Cannes and Telluride were cancelled and others like Venice and the Toronto International Film Festival have had to get creative and scale back where possible in order to proceed.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A California man who is on the autism spectrum was sentenced Monday to more than five years in prison for cyberstalking families of Parkland, Florida, school shooting victims. Fleury was convicted by a jury in October of three counts of cyberstalking and one count of transmitting a kidnapping threat. On Fleury's electronic devices, authorities also found thousands of saved images of Bundy, images of the targeted victims and screenshots of the messages that he had sent the victims. Meanwhile, Cruz, 21, faces the death penalty if convicted in the Parkland shooting. His lawyers have said he would plead guilty in exchange for a life prison sentence, but prosecutors have rejected the offer.

Brandon Fleury used Instagram to harass the families of students killed in the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A California man has been convicted of using Instagram to harass the families of students killed in a mass shooting at a South Florida high school. Court records show that Brandon Fleury was found guilty in Fort Lauderdale federal court Tuesday of cyberstalking and transmitting a kidnap threat. The 22-year-old Santa Ana, California, man faces up to 20 years in prison at his Dec. 2 sentencing. Prosecutors say Fleury used 13 different Instagram accounts to target families and friends of the 17 people killed last year at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.

(CNN) - Samuel Little, 79, confessed to strangling 93 victims between 1970 and 2005 last year -- triple the number of victims that Ted Bundy confessed to killing. Now, the FBI is asking the public to help identify more victims of the man they say is America's most prolific serial killer. FBI crime analysts believe all of Little's 93 confessions are credible, but so far they've only been able to verify 50 of them. Before FBI agents knew about his connection to these dozens of murders, Little was already imprisoned for beating and strangling three women. Texas Ranger James Holland and two FBI crime analysts traveled to California to interview Little over the course of May 2018.

Defense attorneys say Broward County State Attorney Michael Satz won't reconsider the death penalty for Nikolas Cruz, calling him "evil; worse than Ted Bundy." FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Defense attorneys for Nikolas Cruz want to remove Broward County State Attorney Michael Satz for refusing to reconsider the death penalty and because they claim he called the Parkland school shooter "evil; worse than Ted Bundy." The motion goes on to explain that Satz said he believes Cruz is "evil; worse than Ted Bundy." Bundy was a serial killer who was executed in Florida for the murder of Kimberly Leach, a 12-year-old Lake City girl. Cruz killed 17 people during the Valentine's Day 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.

Judge Edward Cowart rules to suppress a pair of pantyhose as evidence in the murder trial of Ted Bundy. Copyright 2019 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.

Cheryl Thomas, who survived the 1978 attack by Ted Bundy, testifies in his Miami murder trial. Copyright 2019 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.

Judge Edward Cowart, who presided over the Ted Bundy murder trial, dies of a heart attack in 1987. Copyright 2019 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.