A woman who strangled an expectant mother and cut her newborn baby out of her womb is scheduled to be executed in December, but her lawyers apparently have coronaviruses, which prompted them to request a pushback. Fox News reports that the lawyers for Lisa Montgomery filed a lawsuit at the U.S. District Court for the …
A Utah woman will spend time in jail over a sexual relationship with a teenage boy in 2016, but she won’t have to register as a sex offender after a plea deal took a sex crime off the table, East Idaho News reports. District Judge Darren Simpson sentenced Amanda Katherine Steele, 35, to 90 days …
Text messages will show that an Alabama man accused of murdering his wife had frequently argued with her before her nearly nude body was found outside their home, AL.com reports. Prosecutors revealed the existence of the text messages in court documents recently filed in the case against Jeff West, whose trial is scheduled to start next …
On Friday, a Georgia judge denied bond for the father and son accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery. Travis McMichael, 34, and Gregory McMichael, 64, were denied bond following a two-day hearing in Glynn County. WSB-TV reported that during Friday’s proceedings, the courtroom was showed the video of Arbery’s death — eliciting anguished cries from a …
Travis and Gregory McMichael, the father and son accused of killing Arbery in February, are seeking bond while they await trial. The bond hearing will continue Friday.
The Utah Supreme Court heard arguments this week in connection with a Salt Lake City girl who said she was raped and forced to listen to the recording of the incident. Deseret News reports that a woman now in her 20s asserted that the male leaders of a Jehovah’s Witnesses forced her to listen to …
Prosecutors presented racist messages reportedly written by the youngest accused killer
Spears is ‘afraid of her father,’ lawyer says
The re-arraignment court date for a woman accused of dismembering slain Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillén, previously scheduled for November 10, has been postponed. The Houston Chronicle reports that a U.S. District Judge Alan Albright approved the postponement for 22-year-old Cecily Aguilar to January 19, 2021, after the defense requested additional time. The prosecution did not …
A mistrial has been declared in the case of the alleged Colorado child killer, Mark Redwine, after members of his defense team exhibited COVID-19 symptoms. The Durango Herald reports that the lead prosecutor in the case against Redwine, 6th Judicial District Attorney Christian Champagne, asked if the defense was trying to delay the trial on …
– President Donald Trump’s outgoing administration is seeking to strike down the entire Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).
– The Supreme Court is hearing arguments two consolidated cases: Texas vs. California and California vs. Texas
– The court’s decision will likely shape the healthcare policy for Americans over the next four years.
The stepmother accused of killing Colorado boy Gannon Stauch is pushing to postpone an upcoming competency hearing. The Gazette reports that the attorneys for Letecia Stauch filed a motion to postpone her competency hearing after an October 26 COVID-19 outbreak at the El Paso County jail. According to Stauch’s lawyers, the outbreak hampered a second …
