Guilty plea

A convicted felon serving time in Texas confessed to the cold case killing of a woman out for a jog in California almost 30 years ago.

A judge ruled a Houston woman will spend up to 52 years behind bars after she took a plea deal and admitted to killing her then-boyfriend’s 5-year-old son.

A Philadelphia hit man who was convicted of committing six murders and one attempted murder was ordered to serve five consecutive life sentences, officials say.

A man pleaded guilty to killing a police officer in Illinois and now waits to be sentenced to prison. The officer was serving a search warrant at a home.

A Colorado lawyer accused of trying to hire someone to kill her ex-husband’s new girlfriend has taken a plea deal. She will be sentenced at a later date.t

A California man admitted in court that he suffocated his wife to death but allegedly blamed her for the crime because she had damaged his honor and pride.

A man in Idaho was sentenced in a murder case where another, innocent, man served 20 years behind bars for the same killing. DNA helped free one man and convict the other.

A North Carolina man will spend life in prison after admitting to stabbing and shooting his mom's boyfriend to death. But, officials say the motive remains unknown.

A former pedatric nurse admitted to distributing child pornography and will have to spend at least five years in prison. Officers found thousands of images on his computer.

Four suspects pleaded guilty to federal charges for their roles in a dogfighting ring. Prosecutors say the group had equipment to train the dogs for the fights.

A Illinois man was sentenced to 70 years in prison for murdering a woman who had a restraining order against him. The victim's daughter was also shot and survived.