Court TV’s Year in Review: Defendants who took the stand in 2022
Judge Ashley Willcott says, 'No one can predict what a defendant fighting for their life is going to do or say in front of the jury.' More
December 30, 2022
Chad Absher
Chad Absher was convicted of murdering his girlfriend, Ashlee Rucker, and attempting to kill her sister, Lisa, in 2017.
The verdict is in: Court TV’s year in review
From the high-stakes case of Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard, to the intense trial of killer Darrell Brooks, here's the Court TV verdicts of 2022. More
December 7, 2022
FL v. Chad Absher: Controlling Boyfriend Murder Trial
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Court TV) — After deliberating for just one hour and 20 minutes, a Florida jury found Chad Absher guilty of first-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend, Ashlee Rucker, and guilty of the attempted first-degree murder of Rucker’s sister, Lisa Rucker. In a surprise twist earlier in the day, Absher took […] More
November 2, 2022