ROYAL OAK TOWNSHIP, MI – A Michigan man is facing charges related to rape and assault after officers responded to reports of a woman and children screaming for help at a Detroit-area motel, authorities said.

A former NYPD officer accused of punching an unarmed man 13 times while on duty is guilty of attempted assault, a Manhattan judge announced Wednesday. Christian Zapata, 37, repeatedly hit Jerome Collins in the face and neck when responding to a December 2022 call about a child with special needs in emotional distress,

An Indian court awarded a life sentence on Monday to a police volunteer convicted of the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the hospital where she worked in the eastern city of Kolkata, rejecting demands for the death penalty and saying it was not a rare crime.

An Indian court on Monday sentenced a police volunteer to life imprisonment for the rape and murder of an on-duty doctor last year – a crime that sparked nationwide protests. Sanjay Roy, 33, plans to appeal the judgment in a higher court.

India's West Bengal state launched an appeal on Tuesday to overturn a life sentence in favour of the death penalty for a police volunteer convicted of the rape and murder of a junior doctor, a senior lawyer aware of the development said.