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Murder Suspect Wants Trial Delayed Over Fair Jury Concerns

Details Before DC Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo, defense attorney Dominique Winters filed a motion on May 30 to reschedule a July 20 trial because her client didn’t think a racially... Read More

Defendant Enters Not Guilty Plea in Fatal Stabbing of Romantic Partner

Details A homicide defendant pleaded not guilty before DC Superior Court Judge Anthony Epstein, during a May 31 hearing. Reginald Jones, 66, is charged with first-degree murder while armed for his... Read More

Document: MPD Investigating Homicide in Northwest

Details The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is investigating a fatal stabbing that occurred on May 26 on the 500 block of Harvard Street, NW. According to MPD documents, officers responded to... Read More

Victim’s Family Files Ethics Complaint Against Prosecution as Homicide Defendant Accepts Plea Deal

By Adrianna Bhan [former] , Thomas Hinton [former], Carmen Quinteros [former] - May 30, 2024
Daily Stories | Domestic Violence | Homicides | stabbing |

Details Both Shana Donahue’s mother and father addressed DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan with an “ethics complaint” in regard to poor communication between the prosecution and Donahue’s family in a... Read More

Jury Convicts Homicide Defendant in Stabbing of Lifelong Friend

Details A jury found a homicide defendant, charged with the murder of his lifelong friend, guilty of all charges before DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe on May 22. Aaron Jackson,... Read More

Judge Denies Murder Suspect’s Fourth Request for a New Attorney

Details In a contentious hearing on May 22, DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan denied murder defendant Sherman Holley’s request for a new attorney. Had the judge agreed, it would have... Read More

Closing Statements in Homicide Trial Present Conflicting Narratives of Deadly Stabbing Video

Details Even though Aaron Jackson‘s alleged fatal stabbing of Damohn Gill was captured on surveillance video, the prosecution and defense offered contradictory explanations of what the jury saw take place before... Read More

Convicted Murderer Pleads Not Guilty in Prison Stabbing

Details 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... Read More

Defendant Accused of Stabbing Woman Found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity

By Aryana Zakeri [former] - May 21, 2024
Daily Stories | Homicides | stabbing |

Details DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun accepted a homicide defendant’s plea of not guilty by reason of insanity in a May 21 hearing. Eliyas Aregahedne, 29, is charged with second-degree... Read More

Homicide Defendant in 1992 Incident Denied Request to Remove GPS Monitor

Details DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe denied a Florida-based defendant’s request for the removal of electronic monitoring during release at a May 20 hearing. Judge O’Keefe has previously granted the... Read More

Homicide Defendant Testifies, ‘I Was Mentally Deranged,’ When Telling His Story

Details Pleading to jurors before DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe, a homicide suspect testified he had no choice but to kill the victim. “You were filled with rage that day,”... Read More

In Fatal Stabbing, Judge Upholds Premeditation Charge Despite Self-Defense Claim

Details A jury heard testimony about an interaction between a homicide victim and a friend hours before his murder, after defense attorneys argued unsuccessfully to dismiss a premeditated charge in a... Read More