On Wednesday, the California Supreme Court refused to hear Manson family follower Leslie Van Houten’s appeal which stems from Governor Gavin Newsom’s rejection of her parole. According to the Associated Press, Van Houten, 72, asserted that Newsom denied her Fifth Amendment right due process by reversing the Board of Parole Hearings’ 2020 recommendation to grant …
Stanislaus County District Attorney Birgit Fladager announced Monday that a jury member who served during convicted killer Scott Peterson’s trial will be granted immunity in exchange for her testimony, which could determine if Peterson gets a new trial. Richelle Nice, who served on the jury during Peterson’s 2004 murder, will be offered immunity ahead of …
A New York man who allegedly tried to kill his parents on Christmas was indicted in court on Monday. Dino Tomassetti, 30, pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree attempted murder, first-degree assault, second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, second-degree assault, and endangering the welfare of the child for a December 25 shooting at his …
The Georgia man who killed Ahmaud Arbery withdrew his guilty plea on Friday, days after a judge rejected a plea deal in his and his father’s federal case. Travis McMichael’s father, Gregory McMichael, formally withdrew his guilty plea on Thursday, meaning the pair will stand trial alongside co-conspirator William Bryan Jr., 50, on federal charges …
An Ohio family has filed a lawsuit against a fertility doctor who they claim used a stranger’s sperm for the birth of a couple’s daughter. On Wednesday, Jeanine and John Harvey filed a lawsuit against Dr. Nicholas Spirtos and Summa Health System. The pair alleged that they learned about their daughter’s DNA after buying her …
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 …
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 …
