By John Solomon
How the government's punishing of the exposure of official wrongdoing can linger for years
A convicted California serial killer pleaded not guilty Thursday to murdering two women in New York City in the 1970s, charges lodged just last year after suspicion swirled around him for decades.

A man accused of fatally shooting his 1-year-old son and critically injuring another boy in a Laredo, South Texas, motel was charged Wednesday with capital murder and assault.
Police reported a man accused of fatally shooting his 1-year-old son and critically injuring another boy in a South Texas motel is refusing to talk to investigators, stymying the search for a motive.
A Florida teenager was convicted Tuesday of aggravated battery in a horrific 2009 attack on a middle-school classmate who was drenched in rubbing alcohol and set on fire.