by Beth Karas | Jul 3, 2017 | News |
UPDATE on July 6, 2017: The trial of Zachary Adams has been continued to September 11, 2017. The murder trial of Zachary Adams, 32, accused of the kidnapping, rape, and murder of nursing student Holly Bobo, 20, is scheduled to begin Monday, July 10, 2017. On April 13,...
by Beth Karas | Jun 24, 2017 | News |
The recent acquittal of Jeronimo Yanez in Minnesota and the second deadlocked jury for Ray Tensing in Cincinnati illustrate how difficult it is for prosecutors to get convictions of police officers involved in on-duty fatal shootings. Police work is inherently...
by Beth Karas | Jun 6, 2017 | Dippolito, News, Bill Cosby |
There’s no shortage of trials unfolding in courtrooms around the country this week and next. Bill Cosby–Pennsylvania As I write this, Bill Cosby is in the middle of day 2 of his sexual assault trial in a Philadelphia suburb. Predictably, the prosecution...
by Beth Karas | May 14, 2017 | Todd Kendhammer, News |
Todd Kendhammer claims that the death of his wife Barbara last fall was the result of a freak accident on the morning of Friday, September 16, 2016 in Hamilton, La Crosse County, Wisconsin. It was around 8:00 a.m., the time that Barbara was typically arriving at work...
by Beth Karas | May 6, 2017 | News |
Last Friday, May 5, a fraternity and 18 students at Penn State were charged with crimes stemming from the death of sophomore Timothy Piazza at a fraternity pledge night in February. The Beta Theta Pi fraternity along with eight students are charged with involuntary...
by Beth Karas | May 2, 2017 | Tex McIver, News |
A murder case in Atlanta caught my attention in large part because I always find interesting cases where the manner of death is an issue. This is one of them. Atlanta attorney Claud “Tex” McIver shot his wife Diane on September 25, 2016. He was just...
