A Colorado judge on Tuesday denied a request from accused wife killer Barry Morphew to lower his bond from $3 million to $500,000, but she did change the requirements of the bond to make it slightly easier for him to get out of jail until his trial. District Court Judge Amanda Hopkins changed Morphew’s bond …
On Monday, a New York federal judge denied the government’s request to unseal grand jury transcripts related to the criminal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell. Judge Paul A. Engelmayer said disseminating these documents would require “special circumstances,” as doing so would strip the secrecy that is paramount to grand jury hearings. Engelmayer expressed …
An Oklahoma pediatrician accused of killing her 4-year-old daughter on a Florida vacation had her charges downgraded on Thursday. Neha Gupta faces a charge of aggravated manslaughter of a child and is now eligible for bond, KOCO reported. “We believe that the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office rushed to judgment, went out to Oklahoma, with U.S. Marshals, …
The first of three men convicted in connection with the murder of Kentucky mom Crystal Rogers in 2015 was sentenced on Wednesday to 17 years in prison. Lawson was convicted in May of conspiracy to commit murder and tampering with physical evidence, and Nelson County Circuit Court Judge Charles Simms III followed the jury’s recommendation …
A 28-year-old teacher, accused of killing a couple on an Arkansas hiking trail, has been denied bail. According to FOX News Digital, Andrew James McGann, 28, remained mostly silent as a judge in Washington County read him his rights and ordered him to held behind bars without bail. He’s scheduled to be arraigned August 25 …
A federal appeals court has denied a request by convicted Boston marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to remove the judge overseeing his death sentence appeal. Tsarnaev’s attorneys sought the removal because US District Court Judge George O’Toole appeared on a podcast and public panels discussing the work of organizing a complex jury trial, WCVB reported. In …
A Wisconsin judge approved the move of one of the girls involved in the 2014 Slender Man stabbing out of a state mental health hospital where she has been confined since she was 12 years old and to a new facility where she will have more freedom. Morgan Geyser, now 22, will still be in …
On Tuesday, Sean “Diddy” Combs asked a New York federal court to release him as he awaits sentencing for prostitution. Combs’ lawyers argued that “exceptional” circumstances surrounding his case warrant his release on $50 million bond. They claimed that the 1910 Mann Act — which was invoked in this case — has never been used …
The man accused of the brutal slaying of a pregnant Amish woman in her home last year will spend the rest of his life in prison. Shawn Cranston, 53, was convicted last month of first degree murder in the death of 23-year-old Rebekah Byler, second degree murder for the death of her unborn child, and …
A Kentucky judge last week barred wealthy convicted murderer Brooks Houck from selling or transferring any of his property or assets ahead of a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the mother and four of the children of his victim, Crystal Rogers. Nelson County Judge Charles Simms III, who oversaw the trial that ended in Houck’s …
The 263rd Criminal Court Judge in Houston has granted two men convicted of violent crimes retrials and released them on bond. Judge Melissa Morris, who presided over the trials, has granted Patrick Burton, 58, and Aaron Bayne Wright, 46, new trials, and they have subsequently been released on bond, according to FOX 26. In May …
“Cult mom” Lori Vallow Daybell was sentenced to two more life sentences on Friday in an Arizona court, this time for conspiracy to kill her fourth husband and her niece’s ex-husband. “You’ve shattered lives, you’ve undermined trust, you’ve sowed fear in the hearts of many,” said Judge Justin Beresky, who ordered that the sentences run …
