Update, 4:17 p.m. (EST): A judge has rejected a plea deal that would have spared two of Amaud Arbery’s convicted killers from standing trial on federal charges related to the slain man’s civil rights. According to the Associated Press, U.S. District Judge Lisa Godbey Wood said the proposed plea deal did not consider the wishes …
The Colorado judge presiding over case against Barry Morphew for the the murder of his wife, Suzanne Morphew, released a trove of evidence last week that had been presented during a preliminary hearing. The evidence included copies of texts in which Suzanne Morphew shares some of her deepest thoughts and feelings about her marriage and …
On Friday, a Wisconsin judge approved a measure to destroy the gun Kyle Rittenhouse used in the August 2020 protest shooting that left two people dead. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that Rittenhouse, 18, agreed to the arrangement — which entails authorities destroying the Smith & Wesson M&P 15 rifle at the state crime lab …
An Arizona couple has been sentenced to probation after their guilty pleas in a case involving the deaths of three children, who drowned when the family drove into a flooded wash. Lacey Rawlings, 34, was formally sentenced to four years probation on Thursday, while her husband, 38-year-old Daniel Rawlings, was sentenced to five years of …
‘A federal judge on Friday reduced Joe Exotic’s prison sentence by one year for violating federal wildlife laws and devising a murder-for-hire plot targeting controversial animal activist Carole Baskin. According to KOCW, Exotic, 58, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, learned of his new 21-year sentence in an Oklahoma City courtroom. Exotic was originally sentenced …
A Virginia police officer and his wife are facing criminal charges after she allegedly recorded him for proof of an affair, but inadvertently recorded a rape accusation that could be crucial for an upcoming criminal trial. During a bond hearing in Chesapeake on Wednesday, Sharon Maddox, 41, admitted to secretly recording her husband last year …
An East Tennessee judge on Friday denied a request to lower the bond for a mother charged in the death of her daughter, who was found dead on family property after an extensive search in 2020. Megan “Maggie” Boswell faces 19 charges related to the death of 15-month-old Evelyn Boswell, who was initially reported missing …
A South Carolina grand jury issued four more indictments against legal scion Alex Murdaugh, who remains jailed on a slew of charges for financial fraud. On Friday, South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson said in a statement that the indictments, all filed this month, consist of 27 new charges against Murdaugh, 53, whose law license …
An Arizona man who killed a school teacher was sentenced Wednesday for kidnapping and murder. Mark Gooch will spend life in prison for the murder of Sasha Krause, 27, a Mennonite teacher who was found deceased in 2020. Gooch also received an additional five years behind bars for kidnapping, which will run consecutively with the …
Jamie Spears has also asked for the singer’s medical records to be unsealed as her $60 million estate is turned over to her
On Tuesday, a South Carolina judge denied Alex Murdaugh’s bid to lower his $7 million bond. Judge Alison Lee denied Murdaugh’s request, finding he still posed a flight risk as well as a danger to himself and others. Following the ruling, Murdaugh’s legal team said the jailed attorney is unable to pay the hefty bond, …
‘Proving he is a terrible person isn’t the same as proving he murdered his child.’
