by Beth Karas | Jan 29, 2018 | News |
I’ve been following a story in Louisiana that has received a bit of coverage though mainly local coverage. Nanette Watson Krentel, 49, died in a fire in her home in St. Tammany Parish, north of New Orleans, on Friday, July 14, 2017. Nanette was home alone with...
by Beth Karas | Dec 12, 2017 | News |
Justice for Irene Garza took more than half a century but her relatives finally saw her murderer, now 85 years old, convicted and sentenced to life last week in a Texas courtroom. Irene Garza was a 25-year-old second grade school teacher; a former homecoming beauty...
by Beth Karas | Nov 13, 2017 | News, Death Penalty |
Update: The U.S. Supreme Court postponed its conference on whether to take up this case. It was supposed to be discussed on November 21 but will be rescheduled. The U.S. Supreme Court will be decide soon whether to hear an Arizona case challenging the...
by Beth Karas | Nov 5, 2017 | News |
I was a young assistant DA in New York City when news broke that a 6-year-old girl had died from brain injuries inflicted three days earlier by her adopted father–a practicing defense attorney in the courts around me. It was November 5, 1987. The child, Lisa...
by Beth Karas | Oct 30, 2017 | News |
It’s hard to believe that it’s been a decade since Stacy Peterson disappeared from her Bolingbrook, Illinois home. The mother of four has never been found and is presumed dead. Her husband, former Bolingbrook police sergeant Drew Peterson, is currently...
by Beth Karas | Oct 21, 2017 | News |
Reminiscent of the Michelle Carter case, a Utah teen is charged first degree murder for helping a friend commit suicide on May 5, 2017. I was horrified to read what Tyerell Przybycien, 18, is accused of doing. It appears that the facts are not really in dispute. The...
