A South Carolina judge on Tuesday ordered the court clerk involved in Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial to testify in an upcoming hearing regarding jury tampering. Murdaugh’s legal team has accused Colleton County Clerk of Court Rebecca Hill of rushing jurors to reach a guilty verdict for a book she was writing and self-publishing on …
A final pretrial hearing for Adam Montgomery’s murder charge began Tuesday morning, with the defendant refusing to appear in court. Montgomery is currently facing second-degree murder and assault charges in New Hampshire, in connection with the presumed death of his 5-year-old daughter, Harmony Montgomery. Over the holiday weekend, Montgomery’s defense team submitted motions that could …
In a LaPorte County Circuit Court on Friday, the mother of a 4-year-old Indiana boy who was beaten and tortured to death in 2021, received 42 years behind bars. According to court documents, Mary Yoder, 27, previously pleaded guilty in August to multiple felony counts related to her son’s murder. Judah Morgan’s lifeless body was …
Loved ones of a Louisiana grandmother who died after her SUV was carjacked say the teen who violently attacked her deserves the sentence he received, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. On Friday, a judge ruled that 18-year-old John Honore should spend the rest of his life behind bars, although he will be eligible for parole …
Accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann is expected to be in court next week for reasons that have not been disclosed officially, but the summons could be related to the murder of a fourth woman, Newsday reports. Multiple, unnamed sources told the newspaper that a special grand jury has been weighing charges against the …
The judge in Bryan Kohberger’s trial for the murder of four University of Idaho college students in 2022 has ordered the state to provide to the defense “a portion” of the investigative genetic genealogy information it used to help identify Kohberger as the suspect in the case. Judge John Judge provided the specifics of the …
Chad Daybell’s attorney has filed a motion to withdraw from his case and requested that the accused murderer be appointed two public defenders qualified to work the death penalty case. John Prior wrote in his motion that his client had confirmed that he cannot pay for his services and that he is withdrawing with Daybell’s …
A West Virginia man accused of murdering his 3-month-old daughter appeared in a Cabell County court on Tuesday, with a motion announcing that he has intentions to marry a woman on the witness list. Shannon Overstreet pleaded not guilty at the arraignment to charges of murder, abuse, and concealment in front of Cabell County Circuit …
A Kentucky judge has lowered the bond for one of three men charged in the disappearance and presumed death of mom of 5 Crystal Rogers. Steve Lawson, 53, appeared in court last week with his attorneys to argue that his $500,000 bond should be dropped to $20,000, WHAS reported. On Tuesday, Nelson County Judge Charles …
A homicide suspect who broke out of a northwestern Pennsylvania prison last year and evaded arrest until a pet dog played a crucial role in his capture, will serve a decades-long prison sentence. On Friday, a Warren County judge sentenced Michael Burham, 35, to serve from 25-plus years to 50-plus years after the defendant’s guilty …
A Texas man sentenced to death for three murders is now seeking a new trial, calling his 2014 conviction unfair and biased. According to The Dallas Morning News, former justice of the peace and attorney Eric Williams was sentenced to death for orchestrating a revenge plot resulting in three 2013 fatalities. Now, attorneys representing Williams …
A retired South Carolina chief justice will hear arguments later this month on whether the Colleton County court clerk tampered with the jury in disgraced lawyer Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial last year. Murdaugh was convicted of the shooting deaths of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, and sentenced to consecutive life sentences. He has …
