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DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz sentenced a chronic violent offender for his involvement in a fatal stabbing at the DC Jail during a hearing on Oct. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz sentenced six defendants on Oct. Read more »

A repeat homicide offender accepted a plea deal before DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz on Oct. Read more »

A homicide defendant was extended a new global plea offer before DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz on Aug. Read more »

On July 31, a repeat homicide defendant requested DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun order the DC Jail to move him out of a year-long stay in solitary confinement to have better access to his attorney.  Mussye Rezene, 31, is charged with first-degree premeditated while armed for his alleged involvement in the fatal stabbing of 34-year-old Darrow Johnson, that occurred at the D.C. Read more »

Frustration about jail security boiled over during a hearing on June 25 in the DC Superior Court.  Arguing for his client’s immediate release under an emergency motion, Public Defender Jason Tulley told DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun, “The DC Jail is horrible!”  Tulley said that murder suspect Jahi Settles, 23, is forced to live under conditions that violate constitutional provisions against cruel and unusual punishment. Read more »

Thirty-one-year-old Mussay Rezene was back in court on May 21 in front of DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun, where he pleaded not guilty to a fatal stabbing incident at the DC Jail. Read more »

Thirty-one-year-old Mussay Rezene was back in court on May 7 in front of DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun, charged with a fatal stabbing incident at the DC Jail. Read more »

On March 22, DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun sentenced a homicide defendant to 45 years of incarceration.  Mussye Rezene, 31, was convicted of first-degree premeditated murder while armed for his involvement in the death of 17-year-old Brayan Villatoro on Sept. Read more »

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DC Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan agreed to a new trial date for co-defendants in a robbery and shooting case in an Aug. Read more »

The Metropolitan Police Department's (MPD) Homicide Branch is investigating a homicide that occurred on Aug. Read more »

On June 30, Darrow Johnson waived his right to independently test DNA evidence linked to a homicide.  Johnson, 34, is charged with first-degree premeditated murder while armed, violation of a gun-free zone, possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, violation of a gun-free zone, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon violation in a gun-free zone for his alleged involvement in the fatal shooting of 32-year-old Michael Whitehead. Read more »

Two months after he was officially arraigned, a murder defendant appeared in front of D.C. Read more »