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Prosecutors say that several out-of-state witnesses in Robert Durst's murder trial are unavailable because of the COVID-19 pandemic. More

April 30, 2020

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A former prosecutor best known for winning a murder conviction against Jodi Arias in the gruesome killing of her former boyfriend was reprimanded Thursday by the Arizona Supreme Court for violating an ethical rule at three other death penalty trials. Though the State Bar of Arizona alleged […] More

April 30, 2020

WEST MONROE, La. (AP) — Three members of “Duck Dynasty” star Willie Robertson’s family have received protective orders against a man charged with shooting at homes on their Louisiana estate. Daniel King Jr., 38, was booked into jail on a charge of aggravated assault by drive-by shooting after two homes were struck by gunfire on […] More

April 30, 2020

CLEVELAND (AP) — A man whose body was found this week in an air duct at an Ohio grocery store had been missing for more than week, his relatives said, Daniel Collins, 54 was found Wednesday after an exterminator was called to investigate a foul odor at the Save-A-Lot store in Cleveland’s Mount Pleasant neighborhood. […] More

April 30, 2020

By MARK SHERMAN UPDATED 4/30/20 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Friday it will hear President Donald Trump’s pleas to keep his tax, bank and financial records private, a major confrontation between the president and Congress that also could affect the 2020 presidential campaign. Arguments will take place in late March, and the justices […] More

April 30, 2020

We dive deep into the trial of Brooke Skylar Richardson, a former high school cheerleader who hid her pregnancy and was accused of killing her baby. More

April 30, 2020

For the first time in its history, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments by telephone conference in a limited number of postponed cases in response to public health guidance to COVID-19. All nine justices and counsel will participate remotely starting Monday, May 4. More

April 29, 2020

CLAYPOOL, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities in east-central Arizona say the victims in a double homicide were the grandparents of the 18-year-man who lived with them and who was arrested in the case on suspicion of murder and other crimes. The Gila County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday identified the victims as 67-year-old Jose Oropeza and 70-year-old […] More

April 29, 2020

PALM COAST, Fla. (AP) — A welcome mat at the front door of a Florida home read “come back with a warrant” — and that’s just what deputies did before finding drugs and drug paraphernalia inside. The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports the home in Palm Coast was part of an investigation into illegal drugs. After seeing the […] More

April 28, 2020

By JESSICA GRESKO and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — On the evening before he was to argue a case before the Supreme Court years ago, Jeffrey Fisher broke his glasses. That left the very nearsighted lawyer with an unappealing choice. He could wear contacts and clearly see the justices but not his notes, […] More

April 28, 2020

The Idaho Attorney General has agreed to investigate Lori Vallow Daybell and Chad Daybell in connection with the death of his first wife. More

April 27, 2020

LAS VEGAS (Scripps News Las Vegas) — Kelsey Turner is back in Las Vegas, according to an inmate search of Clark County Detention Center. She was booked on a charge of open murder with a deadly weapon.   ORIGINAL STORY 7/3/2019 LAS VEGAS (AP) — Prosecutors have decided they won’t seek the death penalty for […] More

April 27, 2020

ORIGINAL STORY 4/22/20 WEST JORDAN, Utah (AP) — A man suspected of forcing his way into the home of a couple he knew and killing them both was arrested Wednesday morning in California, police said.   The U.S. Marshals Service and other law enforcement agencies helped in the apprehension of Albert Enoch Johnson, 31, in […] More

April 27, 2020

UPDATED 4/24/20   ORIGINAL STORY 4/7/20 PITTSBURGH (AP) — A federal judge has rejected a bid by the suspect in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting to have the death penalty removed as a potential sentencing option. Lawyers for Robert Bowers argued that capital punishment violates the Fifth Amendment’s due process clause and the Eighth Amendment’s ban […] More

April 24, 2020

By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A new search warrant was served Wednesday at the Los Angeles home of a man who has long been described as a person of interest in the 1996 disappearance of California college student Kristin Smart, authorities said.   The warrant served at the home of Paul […] More

April 23, 2020

A quarter of a century ago a young immigrant bride and her Marine veteran husband found themselves in the center of media storm due to a night of domestic violence. Their names? Lorena and John Bobbitt. More

April 23, 2020

A federal judge dismissed actor Jussie Smollett's malicious prosecution lawsuit against the city of Chicago and several police officers. More

April 23, 2020

By: Court TV Staff R Kelly’s second bid for release from jail due to COVID-19 has been denied, according to an order from Federal Judge Ann Donnelly.   The judge acknowledged the disease has spread at Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) Chicago, where the Grammy-winning R&B singer is being held as he awaits trial. The judge […] More

April 22, 2020

PHOENIX (AP) — A high-profile Arizona prosecutor challenged a decision to fire him after a 30-year career. Juan Martinez’s appeal of his termination was released Monday by the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, The Arizona Republic reports. Martinez became well known when he prosecuted Jodi Arias, who was convicted of killing Travis Alexander in his Mesa […] More

April 22, 2020

  ORIGINAL STORY: 4/7/30 ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) — Murder charges were filed Tuesday against a Tennessee man accused of breaking into a suburban Chicago home with an accomplice who was fatally shot by the homeowner. Bradley Finnan, 39, of Chattanooga is being held without bond on murder and home invasion charges for the alleged […] More

April 22, 2020

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Until Monday, Oregon was the only state that still allowed nonunanimous jury convictions. The U.S. Supreme Court ended that in a decision involving a murder conviction in Louisiana, a state which, until 2019, had also allowed nonunanimous jury convictions. But the ruling also applied to Oregon’s […] More

April 21, 2020

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Family members of four passengers killed in a helicopter crash with Kobe Bryant and his daughter have joined the NBA star’s widow in filing wrongful death lawsuits against the companies that owned and operated the aircraft. The suits on behalf of three members of one family, […] More

April 21, 2020

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press The judge overseeing the case against actress Lori Loughlin, her fashion designer husband Mossimo Giannulli and other parents charged with cheating the college admissions process called allegations of misconduct by investigators “serious and disturbing” on Friday. U.S. District Judge Nathaniel Gorton ordered prosecutors to respond to allegations that investigators bullied their […] More

April 20, 2020

LAREDO, Texas (AP) — A 20-year-old man was jailed without bond Friday after four members of a Texas family, including a two-year-old child, were found dead. Samuel Enrique Lopez was booked into the Webb County Jail in Laredo on two counts of capital murder, one involving multiple victims and another involving a child younger than […] More

April 20, 2020

By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former lawyer and longtime fixer Michael Cohen will be released from federal prison to serve the remainder of his sentence in home confinement because of the coronavirus pandemic. Cohen is currently locked up at FCI Otisville in New York after pleading guilty to numerous […] More

April 17, 2020

By: Court TV Staff The New York federal case against Grammy-winning artist R. Kelly is expected to be the first of the four pending cases against him to go to trial. This week, attorneys are drafting a juror questionnaire ahead of his trial. Prosecutors are objecting to one of the more controversial questions saying it […] More

April 17, 2020

Dr. Amie Harwick died after she was thrown over the third-floor balcony of her apartment. Gareth Pursehouse pleaded not guilty. More

April 17, 2020

By: Court TV Staff A New York federal judge has set a new September 29 trial date in the sexual abuse case of US-NY v. Robert Sylvester Kelly. The Grammy-winning R&B singer’s trial date in New York was originally scheduled for July 7. The judge and attorneys also decided to distribute juror questionnaires beginning the […] More

April 16, 2020

A Florida jury will soon be seated in the murder trial of Sheila Warren, who is accused of dressing up as a clown and shooting her romantic rival, Marlene Warren, 30 years ago. More

April 16, 2020

By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday denied an effort by one of deceased wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged underage sexual abuse victims to to revive a lawsuit claiming Florida federal prosecutors failed to consult victims when reaching a secret plea deal with Epstein […] More

April 14, 2020