Emergency Release Requests Mounting in Light of DC Jail Conditions
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…
+ Read MoreThe 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…
+ Read MoreA DC Superior Court judge denied a defense motion in a murder case to conduct DNA testing and stop the prosecution from consuming DNA evidence in light of the Department…
+ Read MoreA murder defendant’s attorney raised concerns over the conditions in which her client is being held. Rashon Hall, 25, is charged with first-degree murder for allegedly shooting 22-year-old Joseph Simmons…
+ Read MoreA DC Superior Court judge denied a request to release a murder defendant from DC Jail. Ch’juan Robinson, 23, is charged with first-degree murder while armed in the shooting of…
+ Read MoreA murder defendant was unable to appear in court for a preliminary hearing to determine if his case has enough evidence to go to trial due to being in quarantine…
+ Read MoreA homicide defendant was unable to attend a preliminary hearing after being placed in quarantine due to possible exposure to COVID-19 at the DC Jail. Treavon Johnson, 24, is charged…
+ Read MoreA DC Superior Court judge denied a defense attorney’s request to allow her client, who is accused of killing her two-year-old child, to see her other children. Ta’jenna Eason is charged…
+ Read MoreA DC Superior Court judge continued a March 29 hearing in a sex abuse case. The 43-year-old defendant is charged with first-degree sexual abuse while armed for allegedly forcing a…
+ Read MoreParties debated if a child sex abuse defendant should remain at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, DC’s psychiatric institution, where he has spent over a decade of his life, following new developments…
+ Read MoreDuring initial hearings on March 9, DC Superior Court Judge Lloyd Nolan held a first-degree murder defendant. In total, there was one homicide defendant and four domestic violence defendants presented…
+ Read MoreDuring initial hearings on March 9, DC Superior Court Judge Lloyd Nolan held a first-degree murder defendant. In total, there was one homicide defendant and four domestic violence defendants presented…
+ Read MoreA DC Superior Court judge scheduled a hearing to give defense attorneys time to ask their client if she is willing to voluntarily take medication that could potentially restore her…
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