Policy

By D.C. Witness Staff - July 31, 2024
Court | Daily Stories | Policy |

Details A planned furlough that would have sidelined attorneys working for the Public Defender Service (PDS) has been canceled but is not off the table, according to sources at the agency... Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - November 5, 2021
Court | Daily Stories | Documents | Policy | Uncategorized |

Details In a Nov. 1 letter, Acting U.S. Marshal for the District of Columbia Lamont J. Ruffin informed DC Department of Corrections Director Quincy Booth that he has forwarded the results... Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - March 23, 2021
Court | Homicides | Policy | Suspects |

Details A sex abuse defendant whose case got a DC statute invalidated has spent over a decade in St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, DC psychiatric institution. But on March 23, a DC Superior... Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - February 25, 2021
Court | Homicides | Policy | Suspects | Victims |

Details After spending over a decade at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, a sex abuse defendant was found unlikely to become competent to stand trial in the foreseeable future. The defendant was charged... Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - April 2, 2020
Court | Featured | Homicides | Infographics | Juveniles | Policy | Suspects | Victims |

Details Judges didn’t release as many homicide defendants in 2019 as they did in 2018, data shows According to  DC Code, Washington, DC criminal defendants cannot be held in jail from... Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - January 15, 2020
Featured | Homicides | Policy |

Details In January, the District of Columbia followed Maryland and 16 other states in adopting an Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) law. DC’s ERPO law, also known as the Red Flag... Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - November 21, 2019
Court | Homicides | Policy | Suspects | Victims |

Details A defense attorney raised concerns about a lead detective misgendering a murder defendant during her police interview. Sean Baker, 40, is charged with second-degree murder while armed for allegedly stabbing... Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - September 25, 2019
Court | Documents | Homicides | Policy | Suspects | Victims |

Details During a sentencing on Sept. 24, a defense attorney said he is thankful his client was armed.  Mario Alfaro pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter for shooting 22-year-old Jonathan Vilchez on the 5400 block... Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - June 6, 2019
Court | Homicides | Policy | Suspects |

Details During a felony arraignment June 6, a murder defendant pleaded not guilty to all charges stemming from a homicide in 2018. Timothy Gibson, 28, is charged with first-degree murder while... Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - May 20, 2019
Court | Homicides | Policy | Victims |

Details During a status hearing May 20, a DC Superior Court judge said the prosecution has about seven and a half months to indict a murder defendant. Alton Rivers is charged... Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - May 20, 2019
Court | Homicides | Policy | Suspects |

Details The prosecution notified the court May 20  that it was in the midst of obtaining case evidence from another prosecutor in Virginia. Joshua Artis is charged with first-degree murder while... Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - May 15, 2019
Featured | Homicides | Infographics | Juveniles | Policy | Suspects | Victims |

Details Nearly two weeks into February, the mother of a 16-year-old murder victim stood before a crowded courtroom inside the H. Carl Moultrie Courthouse and reminisced about her daughter. She told... Read More