Lionel Tate, the youngest person in modern U.S. history to be sentenced to life in prison, has asked to withdraw part of a plea deal he entered earlier this month on unrelated charges, his lawyer told CNN on Tuesday.

AFP - A 50-year-old man was sentenced to eight years in jail after he admitted sending hoax letters more than 25 years ago to detectives hunting one of Britain's most notorious serial killers.

Reuters - Josie Phyllis Brown never had a chance against her 6-foot-6-inch (2-meter) killer, although his stature was one of the few things she should have known from his Internet profile.

AFP - The Norwegian Food Safety Authority said it found what it believes to be the source of E.coli bacteria that infected 14 young children and killed a four-year-old boy.

AP - A judge has agreed to allow New Jersey's worst serial killer to donate a kidney, but the donor and his doctors have to meet conditions.

AFP - Convicted child killer Soulan Pownceby makes his Commonwealth Games boxing bow on Sunday despite a storm of protest over his presence in Australia.

AP - The first-time filmmakers behind "The Zodiac" have gained bragging rights for beating director David Fincher into theaters with their take on California's astrologically nicknamed serial killer.

A man found hanged in a house with the battered body of a woman was in the care of the Probation Service.

A man who stabbed four people to death in three days to gain infamy as a serial killer is told "life means life".

Reuters - A British horror film fanatic who wanted to be an infamous serial killer was found guilty on Thursday of murdering four strangers during a three-day rampage through southern England.

A man is convicted of murdering four people who he stabbed to death in the space of three days in Sussex and London.

A Florida judge formally sentenced Joseph P. Smith to death Wednesday for the 2004 murder of Carlie Brucia, whose abduction was captured by a security camera and shown around the world.

A Florida judge formally sentenced Joseph P. Smith to death Wednesday for the 2004 murder of Carlie Brucia, whose abduction was captured by a security camera and shown around the world.

AP - A former mechanic convicted of raping and murdering 11-year-old Carlie Brucia, whose abduction was caught on a car wash security camera, was sentenced to death Wednesday for her murder.

A Florida judge formally sentenced mechanic Joseph P. Smith to die for the 2004 murder of Carlie Brucia, the 11-year-old girl whose abduction was captured by a security camera and shown around the world. "Pursuant to the laws of Florida, (you) have forfeited your right to live," Judge Andrew Owens told Smith.

A Florida judge formally sentenced mechanic Joseph P. Smith to die for the 2004 murder of Carlie Brucia, the 11-year-old girl whose abduction was captured by a security camera and shown around the world.

A Florida judge formally sentenced Joseph P. Smith to death Wednesday for the 2004 murder of Carlie Brucia, whose abduction was captured by a security camera and shown around the world.