Murder Victim’s Mother Speaks at Sentencing
“My oldest son was killed on my second son’s 34th birthday,” James Eric Ferrell‘s mother said before the Chief Judge of the DC Superior Court sentenced the man convicted of…
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“My oldest son was killed on my second son’s 34th birthday,” James Eric Ferrell‘s mother said before the Chief Judge of the DC Superior Court sentenced the man convicted of…
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Convicted killer Merle V. Watson told DC Superior Court Judge Anita Josey-Herring he is frustrated his efforts to win vindication have stalled. Watson addressed the April 10 proceeding on a…
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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….
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A sexual abuse defendant rejected a prosecutor’s offer to plead guilty to a lesser charge. In March 2021, the victim met with officers in the lobby of a NoMa apartment…
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Parties held off setting trial dates for a man charged with murder for his alleged role in a 2018 traffic fatality. Roger Hamilton is charged with second-degree murder, driving under…
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This case has been acquitted. A recent rise in coronavirus cases prompted DC Superior Court Chief Judge Anita-Josey Herring to order that new jury trials scheduled through Feb. 11 be…
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A murder trial was put on hold after the defendant tested positive for COVID-19. The situation unfolded in a few hours on Dec. 21 during what was anticipated to be…
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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…
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The Chief Judge of the DC Superior Court sentenced a man to 15 years in prison for murder. Jerrell Powell was indicted on charges of first-degree murder while armed and…
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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.
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Jury selection ended for the first murder trial to come to the DC Superior Court in more than one year.
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June 30 marked the start of jury selection for the first murder trial at the DC Superior Court in over a year.
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