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By Tory Lysik [former] , Mark Lu [former] - October 21, 2021
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Details A DC Superior Court judge granted a motion to reconsider a compassionate release request from a defendant serving time for a woman’s murder. Joe Barber Jr. is serving a 20-year-to-life... Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - February 23, 2021
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Details A DC Superior Court judge continued a trial readiness hearing for a re-opened murder case. Mark Beasley, 48, was sentenced to 30 years for first-degree murder while armed in the... Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - February 10, 2021
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Details A DC Superior Court judge scheduled a hearing to determine if a homicide defendant’s conviction should be overturned. In 2014, Cydrisse Alvin was sentenced to serve 35 years for felony... Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - September 2, 2020
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Details On Sept. 1, a DC Superior Court judge Judge Juliet McKenna scheduled a status hearing for a post-conviction sex abuse case. A jury found Urbano Vazquez guilty of second-degree child sex... Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - July 3, 2019
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Details During a motions hearing on July 3, a DC Superior Court Judge granted the prosecution’s motion to reduce a defendant’s sentenced. In 2017, a jury found Johnathan Taylor guilty of... Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - November 1, 2018
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Details After nearly a month in trial, a jury found a murder defendant guilty on all counts, for the second time. On Oct. 30, a jury convicted Anthony Waters of first-degree... Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - October 25, 2018
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Details During closing arguments in a murder trial, the prosecution argued the decedent died because he was labeled a “snitch.” Meanwhile, the defense argued the prosecution’s witnesses weren’t credible. Anthony Waters... Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - July 20, 2018
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Details Former Marine Michael Poth pled guilty to the stabbing death of Philip Bushong in 2012. Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - July 6, 2018
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Details Michael Poth, who was convicted of the murder of Philip Bushong, will be retried in July. Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - June 15, 2018
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Details Defense counsel said they would appeal Rickey Pharr’s initial sentence by introducing a new witness and more information. Read More