By
Mark Lu [former]
, Tory Lysik [former] - January 7, 2022
Daily Stories
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Homicides
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Details A grocery store. A gas station. A barbershop. A non-denominational church. Homicides are on the rise in Washington, DC and mass shootings are one of the causes. Neighborhoods spanning across... Read More
By
D.C. Witness Staff
- July 3, 2019
Appeal
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Daily Stories
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Homicides
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Details During a motions hearing on July 3, a DC Superior Court Judge granted the prosecution’s motion to reduce a defendant’s sentenced. In 2017, a jury found Johnathan Taylor guilty of... Read More
By
D.C. Witness Staff
- May 23, 2018
Court
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Homicides
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Suspects
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Details Second-degree murder defendant Jonathan Taylor asked to have his case severed from that of his co-defendants, Shakim Lyons, Harry Herbert and James Coffield. Lyons allegedly attacked Taylor, fracturing his spine. Read More
By
D.C. Witness Staff
- September 26, 2017
Court
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Homicides
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Suspects
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Details A 26-year-old man was found guilty by a jury and sentenced to 40 years in prison for first-degree murder while armed, assault with intent to kill while armed and two... Read More
By
D.C. Witness Staff
- August 23, 2017
Court
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Featured
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Homicides
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Details In the two-and-a-half years that D.C. Witness has been tracking homicides, there have only been five jury trials resulting in a guilty verdict. This summer saw a lot of cases... Read More
By
D.C. Witness Staff
- July 26, 2017
Court
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Featured
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Homicides
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Details The month of June tallied eight homicides and four cases were put to rest as suspects were either found guilty or pleaded guilty. June of 2016 saw a total of nine homicides,... Read More
By
D.C. Witness Staff
- July 10, 2017
Court
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Homicides
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Suspects
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Details After days of trial followed by more days of deliberation, the jury delivered a guilty verdict on five out of six charges in Jonathan Taylor’s trial. Taylor was found guilty of first-degree murder... Read More
By
D.C. Witness Staff
- June 26, 2017
Court
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Homicides
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Suspects
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Details Murder suspect Jonathan Taylor testified at his own trial, accused of the murder of Dexter Motley. On the stand, Taylor told of his own version of events in August 2014,... Read More
By
D.C. Witness Staff
- June 21, 2017
Court
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Homicides
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Suspects
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Details At the beginning of the second week of Jonathan Taylor’s trial, the government presented its final witness and rested its case. Before the day’s official proceedings began, a juror was... Read More
By
D.C. Witness Staff
- June 20, 2017
Court
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Homicides
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Suspects
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Details As the trial against Jonathan Taylor continued, evidence and testimony from the crime scene was introduced in court. Taylor is charged with the murder of Dexter Motley. The prosecution submitted... Read More
By
D.C. Witness Staff
- June 19, 2017
Court
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Homicides
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Suspects
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Details The testimony of murder victim Dexter Motley’s sister was thrown out after following day two of her emotional testimony in Jonathan Taylor’s trial. While questioning resumed regarding a prior incident involving... Read More