Almost a year after a 2018 mistrial, a DC Superior Court judge accepted a murder defendant’s guilty plea. Read more »

On July 26, after four days of jury deliberations, a DC Superior Court judge declared a mistrial for a 2016 murder after a two-day deadlock. Read more »

During closing arguments in a 2016 murder trial, the defense reaffirmed their client's innocence. Read more »

Seven weeks before a murder trial was scheduled to begin, defense attorneys told a DC Superior Court judge that they would not be available.  On July 20, Rasheed Murray's attorneys, Jeffrey Stein and Mani Golzari, filed a motion to push the Sept. Read more »

On July 20, a DC Superior Court judge sentenced a man convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend to 49.5 years in prison. Read more »

New evidence offered by the defense contradicts what a witness said during his testimony in a murder trial.  Paul Swann is charged with second-degree murder while armed for allegedly shooting Adam Barker on the 2700 block of Langston Place, SE in 2016. Read more »

On May 24, a defense attorney requested the grand jury transcript from a 2014 homicide that could be related to his client's murder case. Read more »

Yet again on Thursday, murder suspect Donald Hairston requested a transfer out of D.C.'s jail due to medical problems worsened by the high temperatures inside his cell. Read more »

The man charged with the murder of 40-year-old Stephanie Goodloe on Monday requested to be moved from his cell block and out of jail because it was too hot. Read more »