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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

Juvenile Charged With Multiple Carjackings Indicted, Arraigned, Gets Plea Offer

Details A 17-year-old boy charged as an adult in a series of carjackings was arraigned before DC Superior Court Judge Lynn Leibovitz on May 21. According to a release from the... Read More

Judge Says Juvenile ‘is the Person Who Killed Jihad Darden’

Details DC Superior Court Judge James Crowell pronounced a juvenile defendant guilty of seven charges in connection to a homicide at a May 21 hearing. “This killing was nothing short of... 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

Acquitted: Surviving Victim’s Friend Can’t Identify Deadly Shooting Suspect

Details Editor’s note: On May 30, a jury acquitted Devonte Brothers of all charges connected to the homicide of Deron Leake. Brothers is still being held on homicide charges in another... Read More

Defendant Rejects Plea Deal in Homicide Case

Details On March 8, a plea deal was rejected by a homicide defendant before DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe. Alonzo Brown, 26, and Naquel Henderson, 25, are charged with first-degree... Read More

Document: MPD Arrests Man for October 2022 Homicide

Details The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) announced an arrest was made in connection to a homicide that occurred on Oct. 14, 2022 on the intersection of L and 11th Street, SE.... Read More

Parties Introduce Last Minute Evidence in Three Co-Defendant Murder, Conspiracy Trial

Details At the culmination of a months-long murder conspiracy trial, both the prosecution and the defense submitted evidence at the last minute in hopes of bolstering their respective cases. On May... Read More

Homicide Defendant After Rejecting Plea Asks For More Time

Details A homicide defendant was offered a plea, but requested more time to review, after originally rejecting it following a short discussion with his attorney at a May 17 hearing. Charles... Read More

Judge Sentences Murder Defendant to 24 Years, Victim’s Family Wanted More

Details A homicide victim’s brother told DC Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo , “It should be a life for a life,” before a homicide defendant was sentenced to 24 years of incarceration. ... Read More