Parties in a murder case discussed DNA testing and a change in defense counsel during a recent hearing as they prepare to go to trial later this year. Co-defendants Maurice…
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A murder defendant’s defense lawyer requested more time to review the evidence he received from the prosecution. Amard Jefferson is charged with second-degree murder while armed in the fatal shooting of…
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After more than four years of pretrial detention, several weeks of trial proceedings and two days of jury deliberations, a jury found 33-year-old Dewayne Shorter not guilty on all counts…
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Editors Note: The defendant in this case has since been acquitted on all counts. A murder trial wrapped up with parties delivering their closing arguments. “He was not going to…
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Editors Note: The defendant in this case has since been acquitted on all counts. Both the prosecution and defense called witnesses to testify in the continuation of Daniel Parker’s murder…
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Editors Note: The defendant in this case has since been acquitted on all counts. A murder trial continued on Nov. 29 with prosecutors calling on several witnesses with backgrounds in…
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Editors Note: The defendant in this case has since been acquitted on all counts. The trial for the fatal shooting of Daniel Parker continued on Nov. 23 with a forensic scientist and…
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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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Editors Note: The defendant in this case has since been acquitted on all counts. The trial for the fatal shooting of Daniel Parker continued with a forensic scientist and a…
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Editors Note: The defendant in this case has since been acquitted on all counts. The trial for Daniel Parker’s murder continued with multiple witnesses testifying, including a Metropolitan Police Department…
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A DC Superior Court judge denied a murder defendant’s request for a compassionate release based on the COVID-19 pandemic. The defendant, 27-year-old Lewkus Turner, is charged with first-degree murder while…
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Editors Note: The defendant in this case has since been acquitted on all counts. Jury selection continued for a murder trial. The defendant, 33-year-old Dewayne Shorter, is charged with first-degree murder…
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