Joseph DeAngelo, the alleged Golden State Killer, faces 13 murders charges and 13 rape-related charges for a crime spree throughout California in the 1970s and 1980s. He was arrested in April 2018 once familial DNA identified him as having left his DNA at several crime scenes. Six California counties are working jointly in this prosecution. The trial will take place in Sacramento. Some believe the trial could take years to complete. DeAngelo, a former police office, is 73 years old.

The federal trial of leader Keith Raniere and actress Allison Mack for sex trafficking is scheduled to begin today in Brooklyn, New York. Raniere is accused of running a sex cult/ring. Mack is accused of recruiting women to the sex ring on behalf of Raniere. They deny the allegations and claim all conduct was consensual. All the accusers were adults at the time. The organization operated out of properties near Albany, New York. Raniere is being held without bail; Mack is free on bond.

The trial of Mark Sievers, 50, husband of Teresa Sievers, was originally scheduled to begin June 3, 2019 in Fort Myers, Florida, but the trial is delayed. A new trial date has not been set but the judge is holding a pre-trial hearing today. Sievers is accused of hiring a childhood friend, Curtis Wayne Wright, to kill his wife while he and their two children were on vacation in Connecticut. Teresa Sievers had left the vacation early to return home for work. As soon as she walked into her Bonita Springs, FL home, she was attacked and bludgeoned to death on June 29, 2015. Wright was eventually arrested, along with a friend he brought along to help, co-defendant Jimmy Ray Rodgers. Wright took a deal with prosecutors and will testify against Sievers and Rodgers. Wright is serving a 25-year sentence […]

The sexual assault trial of former Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein is set to begin today in lower Manhattan. His current defense team includes Jose Baez.

Rodgers will be sentenced for his role in the bludgeoning death of Dr. Teresa Sievers in 2015 in Bonita Springs, Florida. Rodgers was convicted of the lesser charge of second degree murder and is facing up to life in prison.

The trial of Robert Durst, accused of murdering his friend and confidante Susan Berman, is set to begin today in Los Angeles. Berman was shot execution-style in the back of the head in December 2000. Prosecutors say Durst feared she was about to speak to New York law enforcement about what she knew of Durst's first wife's disappearance in 1982. Kathy McCormack has never been found and is presumed dead. Durst was never charged in her disappearance though many believe he killed her.