For nearly three decades, Tupac Shakur’s murder remained unsolved. Then the man accused of helping orchestrate it spent years publicly discussing his own involvement. This Casefiles examines how those statements, a limited proffer agreement, and the law of accomplice liability ultimately helped turn a long-running mystery into a murder conviction.

A son poisoned his mother intending to kill her, only for the court to discover she died from something entirely different. This Casefiles entry explores R v White (1910) and the criminal law principle of causation, asking whether bad intentions alone are enough for murder.

Stranded at sea with no food or water, two sailors killed and ate a cabin boy to survive. In this #Casefiles entry, Mide Alabi examines R v Dudley & Stephens (1884), the infamous English case that tested the limits of morality, survival, and the defense of necessity in criminal law.