Domestic Violence

Abusive behavior in relationships is designed to maintain power and control over another person. Domestic violence can take many forms, including physical, sexual, emotional, economic and psychological.

Ashley Benefield takes the stand in her defense.
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Woman sobbing on one side with an attorney with glasses looking down on the other side
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Texts between Ashley and Doug Benefield shown in court.
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Detective Chris Gillum, a domestic violence investigator, takes the stand.
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Michael & Christine Ricci selfie.
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Judge Matt Whyte admonishes defense attorney Neil Taylor.
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Defendant wearing mask with correction's officer
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Doug Benefield's daughter, Eva Benefield, takes the stand on day one of the Black Swan Murder Trial. Ashley Benefield is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of her husband, Douglas Benefield.
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John Sant takes the stand in the Black Swan Murder Trial. Sant, Ashley Benefield's neighbor at the time of the shooting, takes the stand as the jury listens to the 911 call he made on Ashley's behalf.
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The jury is selected in the Black Swan Murder Trial. Ashley Benefield is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of her husband, Doug Benefield. Ashley claims she shot her husband in self-defense.
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Jury deliberations lasted a little over four hours in the Abused Wife or Murderer Trial where Marcia Thompson is facing trial for the shooting death of her husband, Terry Thompson.
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Jury selection is slated to begin in late July in the Black Swan Murder Trial where Ashley Benefield is accused in the shooting death of her husband, Doug. Benefield claims self-defense, while prosecutors say it was about a custody dispute.
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Teresa Benton
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Ashley Benefield appears in court
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Julie Grant/Marcia Thompson/Terry Thompson
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Doug Benefield's former attorney, Stephanie Murphy, joins Court TV to discuss the status of the family court case that occurred before Ashley Benefield killed her husband, Doug.
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