Makallie Elizabeth Durham, a 25-year-old woman from Iuka, Mississippi, has been sentenced to life in prison plus forty years for heinous crimes including child abuse and murder. Durham was implicated in the tragic death of a 2-year-old boy and the mistreatment of his 11-month-old sister. Circuit Judge Michael P. Mills, Jr., ordered a life sentence with no possibility of parole or release. The case focuses on child welfare issues in Mississippi and raises awareness of domestic violence and...

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Alexis Clark, a 25-year-old Green Bay woman, was sentenced to five years in jail for a fatal hit-and-run on July 15, 2023. Clark, who was high on cocaine, ran over a 48-year-old bicyclist named David Fournier while riding his bike. Clark was discovered to contain measurable levels of restricted prohibited substances in her circulation, showing poor judgment and recklessness. The judge noted the woman showed little remorse for the effects of her actions on the victim and his family. She al...

Jason Alan Thornburg, born in 1980, is a convicted American serial killer currently on death row in Texas. In December 2024, he was sentenced to death for the gruesome murders of three individuals in Fort Worth, Texas, in September 2021. Thornburg lured his victims to a motel, killed them through strangulation and throat-slitting, then dismembered their bodies and set them on fire. He later confessed to two additional murders—his girlfriend in Arizona (2017) and his roommate in Texas (2...

Samuel James Cooper, born in 1977, was raised in an abusive family where his father subjected him to physical assault on a regular basis. This exposure to violence most certainly influenced his psychological state. Cooper had a history of criminal activity, including armed robberies, which led to his imprisonment in 1994. He escaped from prison in 1999 and attempted to assault a deputy during a court appearance. Cooper was released from prison in 2006 and went on to conduct five murders b...

James Opelton Bradley, a serial murderer born in 1962, formerly served in the United States Army. His criminal actions started in 1988, with the murder of his stepdaughter, 8-year-old Ivy Gibson. After reporting her missing, Bradley staged the crime and confessed to her murder. In 1990, he pled guilty to first-degree murder and was sentenced to life. Following his release, he committed other crimes, including the murder of Shannon Rippy Van Newkirk in 2014 and Elisha Tucker's abduction in...