Nick Hillary is charged with second degree murder in the death of 12-year-old Garrett Phillips, the son of Hillary' former girlfriend, in 2011. Hillary denies he killed the boy. There is no forensic evidence tying him to the murder. Hillary's case has received national attention, particularly after the New York Times published a long article about it on March 5, 2016.

Jury selection is scheduled to begin today or tomorrow in the retrial of this decades-old murder case. Hernandez was arrested in 2012 for the May 25, 1979 murder of 6-year-old Etan Patz. He was tried in 2015 but the jury deadlocked 11-1 for conviction. Hernandez confessed to the murder but has recanted the confession. He faces 25 years to life, if convicted, of second-degree murder.

Justin Ross Harris, the Cobb County, GA father accused of murder for leaving his 22-month-old son in a hot car all day, is scheduled for trial in Brunswick, GA. This is a change of venue from the Atlanta area following an attempt to seat a jury last March. Jury selection is scheduled to begin today.

A decision on Graswald's motion to suppress her statements to police was originally scheduled for July 28. On July 27, the court adjourned the matter to September 1, then to September 30. Presumably, there will be a decision today on whether the prosecution can use her incriminating statements about Viafore's drowning death. The judge also hopes to set a trial date today.

Final jury selection will occur today. Opening statements are also likely, followed by the first witnesses. Ross Harris is accused of murder for leaving his toddler son in a hot car to die. The married man was distracted by texting underage girls at the time.

Attorneys for Charles Merritt who is charged with four counts of capital murder, have asked for a trial date at least seven months away. The attorneys are about to begin a lengthy corruption trial; Merritt's trial, they say, must follow it.

Pilkington faces three counts of murder for killing her infant children over a two-year period in Logan County, Ohio. She is accused of murdering a 3-month-old in July 2014, a 4-year-old in April 2015 and a 3-month-old in August 2015. She originally faced a March 16, 2016 trial but it has been moved to 2017. In August, 2016, her husband who is 20 years her senior pled guilty to felony sexual battery charges for sex acts with Brittany when she was underage. Husband and wife are now in the same jail (at least as of Sept. 2016). Brittany confessed to the crimes and said she killed the boys because their father favored boys over girls. The couple has a daughter.