by Beth Karas | Jun 20, 2016 | News, Angelika Graswald, Freddie Gray |
UPDATE on June 23, 2016 at 11:30 am: Freddie Gray van driver Caesar Goodson has been acquitted of all charges—murder, manslaughter, assault, reckless endangerment and misconduct in office–by Judge Barry Williams. The big question now is whether the State...
by Beth Karas | Jun 15, 2016 | News, Freddie Gray |
I’ve been following the reports coming out of the Baltimore courthouse where Caesar Goodson is on trial–facing a murder charge, three counts of manslaughter, and other charges–for the death of Freddie Gray in April 2015. Goodson was the driver of the...
by Beth Karas | Jun 10, 2016 | News |
The lenient sentence imposed on former Stanford student, Brock Turner, for the sexual assault of an unconscious woman in January 2015, has outraged many folks. Petitions are circulating calling for the recall of Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky. The prosecution...
by Beth Karas | Jun 6, 2016 | News, Angelika Graswald, Freddie Gray |
Update on 6/9/16 at 11:25 am ET: Judge Williams found the prosecutors committed a Brady violation by not providing information sooner regarding the inmate who was in the van with Gray. Donta Allen initially said that Gray was thrashing around as though trying to hurt...
by Beth Karas | Jun 3, 2016 | News |
Former middle school English teacher Alexandria Vera, 25, admitted to police that she had sex nearly every day for months with a teen who was once her student. The teen, whose name has not been released, was 13 years old last fall when their relationship started. From...
by Beth Karas | May 30, 2016 | News, Forensics |
William Richards learned last week that California’s Supreme Court granted his habeas relief, vacated his murder conviction (he’s served 23 years already) and sent the case back down to the trial court. The San Bernardino County District Attorney (the same...
