NC v. PETERSON (2003)
Michael Peterson is on trial for the 2001 death of his wife, Kathleen. Her body was found at the bottom of a staircase in the couple's Durham home. Prosecutors allege he killed Kathleen to get her $1.4 million life insurance policy. The defense argues Kathleen fell and struck her head twice at the bottom of the staircase after a night of drinking with her husband.
A MISSISSIPPI EDUCATOR WHO WAS FIRED FOR READING A CHILDREN’S BOOK CALLED “I NEED A NEW BUTT!” TO SECOND GRADERS SAYS HE WILL GO TO COURT TO TRY TO GET HIS JOB BACK….AN OREGON MOTHER FATALLY SHOT HER CHILDREN, AGES 6 AND 8, BEFORE KILLING HERSELF, POLICE SAID, AND COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW THE WOMAN WAS HEADED TO TRIAL IN A BITTER AND LENGTHY CUSTODY DISPUTE WITH HER EX-PARTNER….AN IOWA TEENAGER ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS HIGH SCHOOL SPANISH TEACHER WILL BE TRIED AS AN ADULT, A DAY AFTER A JUDGE REJECTED HIS ACCUSED ACCOMPLICE’S REQUEST TO MOVE THE CASE TO JUVENILE COURT….A SETTLEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED IN A LAWSUIT TWELVE WOMEN BROUGHT LAST SUMMER AGAINST LIBERTY UNIVERSITY, ACCUSING THE CHRISTIAN INSTITUTION OF FOSTERING AN UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT ON ITS VIRGINIA CAMPUS AND MISHANDLING CASES OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND HARASSMENT….THE SUPREME COURT’S NINE JUSTICES WILL GATHER IN PRIVATE FOR THEIR FIRST SCHEDULED MEETING SINCE THE LEAK OF A DRAFT OPINION THAT WOULD OVERRULE ROE V. WADE AND SHARPLY CURTAIL ABORTION RIGHTS IN ROUGHLY HALF THE STATES….MONTHS AFTER A NEWLYWED COUPLE WAS SHOT TO DEATH AT A UTAH CAMPSITE, POLICE ON WEDNESDAY PUBLICLY IDENTIFIED A SUSPECT FOR THE FIRST TIME AND SAID THE MAN HAS SINCE KILLED HIMSELF….A NEARLY $1 BILLION TENTATIVE SETTLEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED IN A CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT BROUGHT BY FAMILIES OF VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF LAST JUNE’S CONDOMINIUM COLLAPSE IN SURFSIDE, FLORIDA….PALM BEACH COUNTY TEACHER DANIEL NORMENT IS UNDER ARREST AFTER AUTHORITIES SAID HE COMMITTED SEX CRIMES WITH A MINOR TWO YEARS AGO….THE RAPPER GUNNA WAS BOOKED INTO JAIL IN ATLANTA ON A RACKETEERING CHARGE AFTER HE WAS INDICTED WITH FELLOW RAPPER YOUNG THUG AND MORE THAN TWO DOZEN OTHERS….IN CONNECTICUT, RICHARD DABATE WAS CONVICTED OF MURDER IN THE 2015 KILLING OF HIS WIFE IN A CASE BUILT PARTLY ON EVIDENCE PROVIDED BY HER FITBIT EXERCISE ACTIVITY TRACKER….NATHAN CARMAN, WHO WAS FOUND FLOATING ON A RAFT OFF THE COAST OF NEW ENGLAND IN 2016 AFTER HIS BOAT SANK, WAS CHARGED WITH KILLING HIS MOTHER AT SEA TO INHERIT THE FAMILY’S ESTATE….
