Gina Barton

3 days ago | usatoday.com | Gina Barton

Sean “Diddy” Combs is accused of leading a crew of criminals who used sexual abuse, kidnapping, bribery and forced labor to build a mecca of power and money. So, why is he the only one on trial? Combs, 55, is facing charges of sex trafficking, transportation to engage in prostitution and racketeering, which consists of directing an illegal enterprise under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, known as RICO. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

1 week ago | usatoday.com | Gina Barton

Emily Zaballos sat at a bare table in a windowless room, waiting to be interviewed by the police. It was April 2020, and she was waiting to speak with a detective about a rape report she had filed a month earlier. Zaballos had already talked with police several times about the night she says Marshawn Curtis raped her. But the detective, Angela Carter, had asked Zaballos to come to the station and answer additional questions. Their interview was recorded, both audio and video.

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Gina Barton

Girl Was Chained in Basement for Years, Sex Trafficked and Mutilated. She Survived by Drinking Puddle Water: AuthoritiesContent warning: This story contains graphic details of alleged child sexual abuse. A girl alleged to authorities, per a criminal complaint, that she and her sister were sexually abused by their grand-godmother's boyfriend, which began when they both were under the age of 10• David Boyd has been …

2 weeks ago | usatoday.com | Gina Barton

Prosecutors said Stephen Yarborough was sexually assaulted, then fatally stabbed in his Roxboro, N.C. home in 2007. The house was filled with physical evidence: A bloody palm print. Blood on his eyeglasses. Stains on his underwear. Two cigarette butts from an ashtray that had spilled onto the floor. Much of that evidence was tested for DNA. None of it matched the man serving life in prison for the crime.

2 weeks ago | usatoday.com | Gina Barton |Austin Fast

More than 21,000 people died in local jails and state prisons in four years, according to records the government has hidden from public view since 2021. The U.S. Department of Justice released the inmate death records to USA TODAY on April 23 after a years-long court battle. The records include the names, dates, locations and circumstances of deaths in custody. It comes from the prison systems in all 50 states and about 2,800 local jails across the country between Oct. 1, 2015 and the end of 2019.