News: Crime

John Pucci, on trial for the murder of one Charles Conn, sits on the front steps of the 19th-century Putnam County, New York, courthouse as a jury inside deliberates. A few hours later, they found him guilty. He spent that night in jail. Canon P, 50mm f1.2 Canon, Tri-X, D-76

John Lewis, convicted as an accomplice in the murder of Charles Conn, heads prisonward. Leica M-4, 35mm Summicron, Tri-X, D-76

Frank Filinnino, the second convicted accomplice to the murder of Charles Conn, is taken to state-provided room and board. Leica M-4, 35mm Summicron, Tri-X, D-76

Serge A. Motti was convicted of murdering two Putnam County, New York, women in order to steal their dog in what was known as the "Kent kennel killings." Here, he is taken away to prison on a sunny day in 1979. Leica M-4, 50mm f1.2 Canon, Tri-X, D-76

As double-murderer Serge A. Motti is driven to prison, his lawyer talks to reporters, among them Adam J. Nagourney, who would later become chief political correspondent for The New York Times. Leica M-4, 50mm f1.2 Canon, Tri-X, D-76

Here is where the partially clad body of a 15-year-old girl was found one summer's day. She had disappeared the night before. Leica M-4, 90mm collapsible Elmar, Tri-X, D-76

This roadblock was set up in hope that someone had seen something that would lead police to the killer of a 15-year-old girl whose body had been found that day. Leica M-4, 50mm Summilux, Tri-X, D-76

Franklin Morrison, a stable hand at a local horse farm, was arrested. He told sheriff's deputies where he had buried the 15-year-old girl's clothing, but that evidence was thrown out -- deputies had continued to question him after he'd requested a lawyer. He was convicted anyway, of murder and rape. Leica M-4 with Vivitar strobe, 35mm Summicron, Tri-X

Convicted of rape and murder of a 15-year-old girl, Franklin Morrison heads off to begin a 35-years-to-life sentence. Leica M-4, 50mm Summilux, Tri-X, D-76