The prosecution in a murder case argued before DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz on June 12 for the detention of a defendant who was initially released by DC Superior Court Judge Anita Josey-Herring last month. Read more »

Convicted killer Merle V. Read more »

After the DC Court of Appeals ruled that a man convicted of murder be released, DC Superior Court Chief Judge Anita Josey-Herring suspended his sentence during a hearing on Nov. Read more »

Parties held off setting trial dates for a man charged with murder for his alleged role in a 2018 traffic fatality. Read more »

A murder trial was put on hold after the defendant tested positive for COVID-19. Read more »

The Public Defender Service (PDS) for the District of Columbia released a memo calling for the release of all persons incarcerated at the DC Jail in the wake of the U.S. Read more »

The Chief Judge of the DC Superior Court sentenced a man to 15 years in prison for murder. Read more »

A jury found two co-defendants guilty of murder in the first homicide trial to come to the DC Superior Court in more than one year. Read more »

Jury selection ended for the first murder trial to come to the DC Superior Court in more than one year. Read more »

June 30 marked the start of jury selection for the first murder trial at the DC Superior Court in over a year. Read more »

As the DC Superior Court continues to face the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on operations, many homicide defendants await jury trials from DC Jail, where data shows some of them have been held for more than three and sometimes four years. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge scheduled a murder case to go before a jury.  Malik Hewitt, 40, and Nyekemia Everett, 35, are charged with first-degree murder while armed in the shooting of 37-year-old Christopher Heard on the 2300 block of Ainger Place, SE in 2017.  Their trial began on March 3, but was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  In August, after learning that the chief judge was extending his order suspending jury trial until Nov. Read more »

The prosecution in a murder case asked a DC Superior Court judge to continue a Jan. Read more »

A trial readiness hearing has been scheduled for two defendants in a murder case after a judge declared a mistrial as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

A DC Superior Court judge sentenced a defendant, who a jury convicted last February, in connection with a shooting in Southeast, DC.  “The only thing I want is justice, no matter what that looks like,” the victim said in an impact statement. Read more »