Dalia Dippolito Sentencing
2017-07-21 09:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Dalia Dippolito faces up to 30 years in prison for hiring a hitman to kill her husband. She is scheduled to be sentenced today.

Robert Durst Hearing
2017-07-24 09:00 - 17:00
More witnesses will testify in a pretrial hearing in Robert Durst’s murder case in Los Angeles. Durst is accused of fatally shooting his close friend Susan Berman allegedly to silence her from speaking to authorities about the disappearance of his first wife Kathleen in 1982.

Jody Herring Trial
2017-08-01 09:00 - 17:00
UPDATE: Herring pled guilty to murder on July 6, 2017. She faces a minimum of 55 years in prison. A sentencing hearing that could last up to five days may take place in October. (This was a tentative trial date for Herring, accused of murdering a social worker and three relatives in Vermont.)

Michelle Carter Sentencing
2017-08-03 09:00 - 17:00
Michelle Carter is to be sentenced today. She faces up to 20 years. On June 16, 2017, a Massachusetts judge convicted 20-year-old Michelle Carter of involuntary manslaughter for encouraging her boyfriend, Conrad Roy III, to commit suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning. The encouragement was via text messages. Carter waived her right to trial by jury and opted for the judge to decide.

PSU Hazing Death Preliminary Hearing Continued
2017-08-10 08:30 - 17:00
The preliminary hearing against a Penn State University fraternity and 18 students for the hazing death of a student last February continues today and into tomorrow, if necessary. The hearing was begun in June and adjourned to today.

Angelika Graswald Trial (Death on the Hudson)
2017-08-15 09:00 - 17:00
The second-degree murder trial of Angelika Graswald was scheduled to begin today. She was accused of letting her fiance drown in the Hudson River when his kayak took on water. Did she intentionally not assist him so he wouldn’t drown? The State says she admitted to acts that created a risk to Vincent Viafore’s life but the defense says she made false admissions. Viafore drowned on April 19, 2015. His body was found more than a month later in the Hudson River in update New York State. If convicted, Graswald faced 25 years to life in prison. UPDATE: On July 24, 2017, Graswald pled guilty to criminally negligent homicide, a low level felony that carried 1-1/3 to 4 years in prison. She should be out by December.

First Slenderman Trial
2017-09-11 09:00 - 17:00
The trial of Anissa Weier, accused of attempted first degree murder, for stabbing a friend 19 times in order to please a fictional, online character known the “Slenderman” is scheduled to begin today. Co-defendant Morgan Geyser’s trial is scheduled for October 2 in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Both girls were 12 when they stabbed Payton Leutner. Leutner has recovered from her injuries. The defendants are being tried as adults.

First Trial in Holly Bobo Murder
2017-09-11 09:00 - 17:00

Shayna Hubers Retrial--Moved to Jan. 2018
2017-09-18 09:00 - 17:00
Hubers is accused of fatally shooting her boyfriend Ryan Poston on Oct. 12, 2012 in Kentucky. She was convicted in 2015 but given a new trial when it was learned that one of the jurors was a felon. The retrial is originally set for today but is now rescheduled for January 2018.

Charles Merritt: McStay Family Murder Trial
2017-09-25 09:00 - 17:00
A tentative date has been set for Charles “Chase’ Merritt who is accused of murdering the McStay family of four in February 2010. He faces 4 counts of capital murder. The bodies were found in shallow graves in San Bernardino County in November 2013. Merritt had a business relationship with Joseph McStay.

Second Slenderman Trial
2017-10-02 09:00 - 17:00
The trial of Morgan Geyser, accused of attempted first degree murder, for stabbing a friend 19 times in order to please a fictional, online character known the “Slenderman” is scheduled to begin today. Co-defendant Anissa Weier’s trial was scheduled for September 11 in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Both girls were 12 when they stabbed Payton Leutner. Leutner has recovered from her injuries. The defendants are being tried as adults.

Trial of Man Accused of Killing Jessica Chambers
2017-10-09 09:00 - 17:00
A man accused of murdering Jessica Chambers, 19, by setting her car on fire in December 2014 in Mississippi, is scheduled for trial today. Quinton Tellis faces capital murder charges. He was indicted in February 2016.

Robert Durst Preliminary Hearing
2017-10-17 09:00 - 17:00
Durst is scheduled to be in court for a preliminary hearing. The prosecution is expected to present enough evidence to establish probable cause that Durst murdered his friend, Susan Berman, in December 2000. If the evidence is sufficient, Durst will be bound over for trial.

Bill Cosby Retrial
2017-11-06 09:00 - 17:00
Bill Cosby’s retrial for alleged sexual assault of Andrea Constand in 2004 is scheduled to begin today with jury selection.

Todd Kendhammer Trial
2017-12-04 09:00 - 17:00
The murder trial of Todd Kendhammer accused of bludgeoning his wife to death in Wisconsin is set to begin today. The judge set aside Dec. 4 to 15 for the trial.

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Teresa Sievers Murder Case
2018-01-11 13:30 - 14:30
Mark Sievers has been in custody since February 2016, charged with hiring two men to kill his wife Teresa. One man, Curtis Wayne Wright, took a plea and will be a witness for the prosecution. The other hitman, Jimmy Rodgers, continues to face murder charges. Today is a case management conference date. The case should be moving to trial this year.

McStay Family Murders--Status Conference
2018-01-12 09:00 - 17:00
Charles “Chase” Merritt will be in court for a status conference today. He faces four counts of capital murder in the Feb. 2010 bludgeoning murder of Joseph and Summer McStay and their two young sons, Gianni and Joseph Jr. Merritt was arrested in November 2014.

Todd Kendhammer Sentencing
2018-03-09 09:00 - 17:00
Todd Kendhammer faces a sentence of life in prison for the first degree murder of his wife Barbara in September 2016. A jury convicted his last December following a trial at which he testified.

Bill Cosby Retrial in PA
2018-04-02 09:00 - 17:00
Bill Cosby’s sexual assault retrial is scheduled to begin in Norristown, PA. A jury from the Pittsburgh area deadlocked on June 17, 2017. Cosby’s legal defense is now headed by LA attorney Tom Mesereau.

Robert Durst Preliminary Hearing
2018-04-16 09:00 - 17:00
Durst is charged with murder in the Dec. 2000 execution-style death of his friend Susan Berman. The hearing to determine if there’s sufficient evidence to go forward was continued to this date from last October because Durst’s Houston-based attorneys sustained damage from Hurricane Harvey. Durst denies killing Berman.

Bill Cosby Sexual Assault Civil Trial to Begin in California
2018-12-03 09:00 - 17:00
Judy Huth says she was only 15 years old when Bill Cosby allegedly drugged and raped her at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles in 1974. While it’s too late for a criminal prosecution, Huth filed a civil suit against Cosby in December 2014. The case is set for trial today.

Charles Merritt Trial
2019-01-07 09:00 - 17:00
Opening statements and testimony are set to begin today in the capital murder trial of Charles Merritt, accused of killing all four members of the McStay family in 2010. The McStays lived in San Diego County but their remains were found years later in shallow graves in San Bernardino County. The judge is allowing the trial to be televised.

Patrick Frazee Pretrial Hearing
2019-01-29 09:00 - 17:00
Patrick Frazee is charged with the murder of his fiancee, Kelsey Berreth, 29, who disappeared in Colorado on Thanksgiving 2018. The couple has a toddler daughter. As of earlier this month, Berreth’s body has not been found.

Michael Gargiulo Hearing
2019-02-01 09:00 - 17:00
This alleged serial killer has been awaiting a capital murder trial since his arrest in LA in June 2008. Gargiulo is accused of killing two women and attempting to murder a third. He also faces an earlier murder charge in Chicago. This is a hearing today. The trial is expected to start in the spring of 2019.

Kevin Spacey Pretrial Hearing
2019-03-04 11:00 - 12:00
Spacey is charged with sexual assault of an 18-year-old man in a Cape Cod, MA bar in July 2016. Spacey will not be present at this hearing. He’s represented by former LA prosecutor Alan Jackson who was the prosecutor in Phil Spector’s murder case.

Michael Gargiulo Jury Selection Begins in LA
2019-03-18 09:00 - 17:00
Alleged serial killer Michael Gargiulo’s capital murder trial is finally set to begin with jury selection today. Gargiulo is accused of two murders and one attempted murder between 2001 and 2008. He was arrested in the summer of 2008 and has been awaiting trial since then.

Grant Amato Arraignment
2019-03-26 09:00 - 17:00
Grant Amato, 29, is accused of three counts of first degree murder for shooting his parents, Margaret and Chad, and his brother Cody on January 24-25, 2019 at their suburban Orlando, FL home. Amato reportedly had spent $200,000 of the family’s money on his sex addiction to a porn site called Cam Girls. He was under the apparent delusion that a Bulgarian woman on the site was his girlfriend. The family tried to get him help then finally kicked him out of the house. Amato returned that night and allegedly killed them all. He had spent a few days as of late December in an internet and sex addition program but checked himself out in early January. I suspect his mental state is being evaluated.

Joseph DeAngelo, Alleged Golden State Killer, Hearing
2019-04-10 09:00 - 17:00
Joseph DeAngelo, the alleged Golden State Killer, faces 13 murders charges and 13 rape-related charges for a crime spree throughout California in the 1970s and 1980s. He was arrested in April 2018 once familial DNA identified him as having left his DNA at several crime scenes. Six California counties are working jointly in this prosecution. The trial will take place in Sacramento. Some believe the trial could take years to complete. DeAngelo, a former police office, is 73 years old.

NXIUM Sex Cult Trial
2019-04-29 09:00 - 17:00
The federal trial of leader Keith Raniere and actress Allison Mack for sex trafficking is scheduled to begin today in Brooklyn, New York. Raniere is accused of running a sex cult/ring. Mack is accused of recruiting women to the sex ring on behalf of Raniere. They deny the allegations and claim all conduct was consensual. All the accusers were adults at the time. The organization operated out of properties near Albany, New York. Raniere is being held without bail; Mack is free on bond.
