Judge fast-tracks release of Ghislaine Maxwell’s deposition after Circuit Court ruling
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US District Court Judge Loretta Preska orders document release by 9 a.m. Thursday.
Court
October 21, 2020
Update: Scott Peterson to appear in court this week after order to re-examine his murder convictions
Convicted murderer Scott Peterson is scheduled for a court hearing Friday, after the California Supreme Court’s order for a reexamination of his murder convictions. Peterson, who remains behind bars at the San Quentin correctional facility, has a hearing to determine whether he will need representation by the public defender’s office or if he has retained …
Celebrity Justice
October 19, 2020
Court rejects Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal of ruling ordering release of deposition
A federal appeals court on Monday slapped down Ghislaine Maxwell’s attempts to quash a deposition she gave in a now-settle civil suit and denied her request to combine her appeals of several overlapping cases into one. According to the Miami Herald, a three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a …
Court
October 18, 2020
Nancy Grace questions competency hearing for undocumented immigrant who killed Kate Steinle
An undocumented immigrant acquitted of killing a woman on a San Francisco pier but still faces federal gun charges told a magistrate this week to either accept his guilty plea and send him to prison or deport him back to Mexico, CBS San Francisco reported. Jose Ines Garcia Zarate is currently awaiting a determination about …
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October 16, 2020
Evil gunman unleashes hail of bullets in synagogue, loses in court
On Thursday, a federal judge in Pennsylvania denied a request to dismiss charges against the man accused of opening fire at the Tree of Life synagogue in October 2018, killing 11 people. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Robert Bowers sought to have charges dropped that were related to the Hate Crimes Protection Act and the …
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October 15, 2020
Jordan Belliveau: Mom who reported toddler son missing after she killed him pleads guilty
A Florida mom pleaded guilty this week to killing her toddler son two years ago and was sentenced to 50 years in prison, Bay News 9 reports. Police issued an AMBER Alert for 2-year-old Jordan Belliveau Jr when Charisse Stinson, 23, told police that a man named Antwan knocked her unconscious after she accepted a …
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October 15, 2020
Top court ordered to re-examine Scott Peterson murder convictions after overturned death penalty: Reports
The California Supreme court has been ordered to re-examine Scott Peterson’s murder convictions. The order comes two months on the heels of his death penalty being overturned in connection with the death of his wife, Laci, and unborn son, Conner. Fox News reports that during Peterson’s 2004 trial, one of the jurors, Richelle Nice, committed …
Court
October 14, 2020
Woman who called police on Black birdwatcher in Central Park said he ‘tried to assault her’: Court
The New York woman caught on film in May calling police on a Black birdwatcher in Central Park made a second phone call to police in which she accused Christian Cooper, a member of the city’s Audubon Society board of directors, of trying to assault her, Manhattan prosecutors said Wednesday. Amy Cooper, not related to …
Court
October 10, 2020
Mom assaulted and raped by ‘friend’ pleads GUILTY to murder after judge refuses Stand Your Ground defense: Reports
An Alabama woman who shot and killed a man after she said he raped and physically assaulted her, has pleaded guilty to murder. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Brittany Smith was indicted in March 2018 for the murder of Joshua “Todd” Smith. Months earlier, in January 2018, Brittany shot and killed Smith at her home in …
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October 7, 2020
Mackenzie Lueck: Murder suspect pleads guilty in death of Utah nursing student
The accused killer of University of Utah student Mackenzie Lueck pleaded guilty Wednesday to aggravated murder and abuse or desecration of a human body in a plea agreement that will let him avoid the death penalty. Ayoola Ajayi, 32, was initially charged with aggravated murder, kidnapping, obstruction of justice, and desecration of a human body …
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October 5, 2020
Cannibal who mutilated, murdered Grindr date Kevin Bacon before eating his testicles is deemed competent for trial: Reports
A Michigan man accused of murdering and mutilating his Grindr date has been deemed competent to stand trial. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Kevin Bacon, 25, (pictured right) was reported missing on Christmas 2019, a day after he met in-person with Mark Latunski, 51, who he met on Grindr, a dating app. Bacon’s body was discovered …
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October 3, 2020
Tennessee man stabs, dismembers parents after he learns they were cutting financial support
Joel Guy Jr was found guilty Friday of the gruesome murders.