by Beth Karas | Mar 10, 2016 | News, Death Penalty |
Every time I covered a death penalty trial in Florida–my first was in 1995 where Jeff Ashton was the prosecutor and Belvin Perry was the judge–I was a bit uneasy with their law that allowed a death recommendation to go to the judge on a majority vote. So...
by Beth Karas | Mar 7, 2016 | News, Pedro Hernandez |
UPDATE at 4:45 pm (3/7): Today the judge postponed the trial. The next date is May 23 as a control date. The trial is now scheduled for September 2016. The man accused of kidnapping and murdering six-year-old Etan Patz on May 25, 1979 faces a retrial later this year....
by Beth Karas | Mar 4, 2016 | Dippolito, News, Bill Cosby, Freddie Gray, Justin Ross Harris |
There were a number of developments this week in cases that we are tracking in the Cases of Interest link. Dalia Dippolito lost her motion to dismiss her case that she filed last November. The court held a two-day hearing—January 19 and February 23—that...
by Beth Karas | Mar 3, 2016 | News, Freddie Gray |
UPDATE on March 8: The Maryland Court of Appeals ruled against Porter today. He must testify against all five of his fellow officers. Original blog post from March 3 is below. The six officers charged in Freddie Gray’s death last April have appeals being argued...
by Beth Karas | Mar 1, 2016 | News, Bill Cosby |
Today, an appellate court in Pennsylvania temporarily stayed Bill Cosby’s preliminary hearing that was scheduled for next week while it reviews issues related to last month’s hearing. On February 3, Cosby lost his motion to dismiss the criminal charges of...