by Beth Karas | Apr 26, 2017 | News |
In 2009, I bought a copy of a report by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) called “Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward.” The report–actually it’s a 328-page hardbound book–was the result of a...
by Beth Karas | Apr 14, 2017 | News |
On day 6 of deliberations, the Boston, MA jury that began hearing evidence in Aaron Hernandez’s double murder trial six weeks ago, acquitted him of murder and all other charges except one: the unlawful possession of a gun. Clearly, jurors did not believe the...
by Beth Karas | Apr 9, 2017 | News |
As you know, I host at LawNewz Network (an online version of Court TV) on Wednesdays from 9:00 a.m. ET to about 1:00 p.m. ET. Last week LawNewz started to stream another live trial, this one from Flagstaff, Arizona while waiting for the Aaron Hernandez jury to reach a...
by Beth Karas | Apr 3, 2017 | News, Bill Cosby |
Bill Cosby is back in court today challenging some evidence the prosecution wants to use at his upcoming June trial for a 2004 alleged sexual assault of Andrea Constand. A flurry of motions filed last week by both sides include whether the jury will learn that Cosby...
by Beth Karas | Mar 21, 2017 | News |
Movie director Roman Polanski is back in the news. He’s been living in Europe for almost four decades after fleeing the United States in early 1978 on the eve of being sentenced for raping a minor. You can read the complaint and grand jury testimony from 1977 on...
by Beth Karas | Mar 16, 2017 | News, Angelika Graswald |
Jury selection was supposed to start today in the second degree murder trial of Angelika Graswald, 37, accused of the drowning death of her fiance, Vincent Viafore, 46, as they were kayaking on April 19, 2015 on New York’s Hudson River. But a defense notice...
