Daily News
By
Adriana Marroquin
- January 14, 2025
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Homicides
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Details Parties delivered opening statements, and multiple law enforcement witnesses testified, before a jury in DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt’s courtroom on Jan. 14. Idrissa Fall, 37, is charged with... Read More
By
Jeff Levine
- January 13, 2025
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Homicides
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Details In a brief hearing on Jan. 10, a murder defendant gave up his DNA testing right before DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz. Juan Guerra, 32, is charged with second-degree... Read More
By
Jeff Levine
- January 13, 2025
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Non-Fatal Shooting
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Suspects
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Details After an argument about two conflicting identifications of a shooting suspect, DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman denied a defense motion to suppress the victim’s identification of the shooter at... Read More
Editor's Corner
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D.C. Witness Staff
- December 3, 2024
Editors Corner
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Details During this season, we give thanks to the blessings in our lives, but unfortunately for some, the holidays are just another reminder of a tragic loss of a loved one.... Read More
By
Amos Gelb
- November 20, 2024
Editors Corner
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Details Let’s start with the good news. The number of homicides and shootings in the city are down this year again. That is two years where the numbers have been falling. ... Read More
By
LaTrina Antoine
- December 15, 2023
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Details Last week I sat through a conference focused on shootings in the United States. It was held by the Center for American Progress and featured, over several days, mothers of... Read More
Features
By
Lucy Orgolini [former]
- December 21, 2024
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Details D.C. Witness discovered in the Tony Mcclam v. United States jury bias case, a convoluted statistical section that raises a core question: Is the Superior Court calling a racially representative... Read More
By
Lucy Orgolini [former]
- December 19, 2024
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Uncategorized
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Details The District of Columbia Courts face a mounting security crisis as its two-decade-old surveillance and fire alarm systems edges closer to complete failure, according to court documents. Tucked deep in... Read More
By
Elizabeth Brady [former]
- December 6, 2024
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Details A jury in the retrial of a murder defendant found him guilty for a second time on Dec. 4 before DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun. Mark Beasley, 52, was charged... Read More
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