Judge Max Wiley is expected to rule on some pretrial evidentiary matters today (or before) in this murder case. Hernandez is accused of murdering 6-year-old Etan Patz on May 25, 1979 in lower Manhattan. Jury selection should begin on Sept. 6 or 7.

Mark Sievers and his attorney will be in court this afternoon. He recently lost parental rights to his grade school daughters. Custody was awarded to the girls' maternal grandmother instead of Sievers's mother. Apparently some issues arose regarding the maternal grandmother, Mary Ann Grove. The judge is expected to speak to the girls today to hear their complaints. The hearing involves the Department of Children and Families. His next appearance regarding the murder case is July 27, 2016.

Herring is charged with four counts of murder in Vermont. She killed a social worker apparently over a child custody matter. She also killed three family members. Today is a status conference in Barre, VT at which the judge may set a trial date.

Former Vanderbilt University student and football player, Corey Batey faces 15 to 25 years in prison for rape and other charges related to a June 2013 assault of an unconscious fellow student. Three others were also charged. The cases were severed for trial.

The defense team for Charles Merritt says that AT&T did not comply with their requests to turn over phone records. In the most recent hearing on July 8, the defense argued that AT&T's reasons for not providing the records were inadequate. The judge has asked a representative of AT&T to appear at today's hearing presumably to answer more questions.

Bradley is charged with murder in a case without a body or a crime scene or a confession. The state wants to use as evidence against him a previous murder he committed (for which he served 23 years) and another murder for which he has NOT been charged. This hearing will address the "prior bad acts" and should end in a decision.