A federal judge is reviewing the overturned conviction of a New York man convicted of the 1979 murder of 6-year-old Etan Patz. According to ABC 6, the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that Pedro Hernandez should be “retried or released” after his conviction was overturned in July, due to unsound jury instruction. …
Newly unsealed documents reveal that Bryan Kohberger’s sister was on the prosecution’s witness list had the case gone to trial earlier this year. Amanda Kohberger was also on her brother’s witness list, PEOPLE reported. She was the only member of the Kohberger family on the prosecution list for testimony during the guilt phase of the …
Brooks Houck, the man convicted of killing mom-of-five Crystal Rogers in 2015, plans to appeal the conviction to the Kentucky Supreme Court. According to WDRB, Houck’s attorneys say he should have been granted a new trial and the judge should have recused himself in their notice of appeal filed on Monday. They also said his …
The trial of a Massachusetts man charged with the death of his wife in 2023 has been postponed while he undergoes a competency evaluation. Brian Walshe’s trial for the murder of Ana Walshe was set to begin on October 20, but his attorneys requested the evaluation to determine if he was competent to stand trial, …
The US Supreme Court has declined to hear convicted sex trafficker of girls Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal of her 2021 conviction. An order list released on Monday by the high court revealed that it would let stand a ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, Fox News reported. Maxwell, the 63-year-old former …
Convicted child rapist Jerry Sandusky, a former Penn State assistant football coach, has filed a new appeal to his conviction, claiming “new evidence.” That “new evidence” claims prosecutorial misconduct in the course of the 2012 trial that found Sandusky, 81, guilty on 45 counts of molesting young boys, WJAC reports. The nearly 400 pages of …
A 68-year-old Massachusetts man was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison after he pleaded guilty to the murder of his wife last year. It was the second time Kenneth Robson had been convicted of killing a wife. Hampden District Attorney Anthony D. Gulluni said that Robson called 911 early in the morning of …
A Kentucky woman charged with concealing her newborn baby’s death appeared in court as her case was given to a grand jury. Laken Snelling, 21, waived her right to a preliminary hearing, meaning the case against her will go directly to a grand jury. WKYT reported that Friday’s hearing lasted 35 seconds. On August 27, …
On Monday, Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyers asked a New York federal judge to sentence Combs early to 14 months, facilitating his immediate release. Combs’ attorneys wrote that Combs had to fire 100 employees from his businesses, and that many of them have had trouble finding new jobs due to their ties to him. His lawyers …
A New York judge ruled that accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heueremann will face a single trial for all seven murders he is accused of. Judge Timothy Mazzei made the ruling Tuesday, according to ABC 7 New York. The decision comes after Heuermann’s attorneys pushed to have the murders broken up into multiple cases, …
The lawyers for accused killer Luigi Mangione filed to have the possibility of the death penalty removed. NBC News reports that on Friday, Mangione’s lawyers filed a 114-page motion requesting that federal prosecutors not be allowed to pursue the death penalty and that the charges against their client be dismissed. Mangione’s lawyers claim in the …
