by Beth Karas | Aug 15, 2016 | News |
Last Friday, I posted a blog about high profile defendants challenging the effectiveness of their counsel’s representation at trial. Sometimes it’s a winning argument; most often it’s not. At the end of the day on Friday, another high profile case...
by Beth Karas | Aug 12, 2016 | News |
It’s not unusual for a defendant to appeal a conviction after trial. Appellate counsel will scour the record for possible errors at the trial made by the judge, the prosecution, or the defense. A common claim on appeal is that the trial counsel for the defense...
by Beth Karas | Aug 9, 2016 | News |
Opening statements are scheduled today in the criminal trial against Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane. She’s charged with leaking secret grand jury information to the press in order to embarrass Frank Fina, a political opponent, and others, then lying...
by Beth Karas | Aug 5, 2016 | News, Death Penalty |
KOC continues to monitor developments in the death penalty across the U.S. Earlier this week, Delaware’s highest court struck down its death penalty based on a January 2016 U.S. Supreme Court case that invalidated Florida’s capital sentencing scheme. The...
by Beth Karas | Jul 30, 2016 | News, Forensics |
Some of the guests I have interviewed for the KOC podcast series have been making news… Bloodstain pattern analysis expert, Paulette Sutton, apparently had a role in a decision a few weeks ago that granted a Pennsylvania man a new trial. In 1992, Kevin Siehl was...
by Beth Karas | Jul 25, 2016 | News, Freddie Gray |
UPDATE on July 27, 2016: On the eve of Officer Garrett Miller’s trial, the State announced this morning that it will NOT go forward with the remaining three trials. The charges against Miller, Alicia White and William Porter will be dismissed. The gag order is...
