Judge

The judges were also concerned he'd obstruct justice and intimidate witnesses.

I don't know what's going on. How old are you? You should get a lawyer. You have no idea how those people hurt this girl.

All right, good morning, ladies and gentlemen of the jury. We're ready to proceed with that as a state rating.

Remember your admonishments not to discuss the case, and we'll see you back at 9.30 in the morning.

We, the jury, find the defendant Leon Philip Jacob guilty of solicitation of capital murder as charged in the indictment.

Do you have anything to say?

Birmingham, our absolute favorites, with the arrival of Tom Brady. It's a friendly competition. Oh! Well, not so friendly.

The defendant's motion to vacate the judgment.

I find no reason to release the defendants. nor to grant bail in this case.

Okay, thank you. Please be seated.

It was premeditated attempt to kill someone. On that basis, then, I'll order that the defendants, Ms. Geiser and Ms. Weir, be retained in the adult jurisdiction.

Anissa Weier was found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect. With that, I will order that she be committed to the Department of Health Services.

What did you do on May 31, 2014? I hurt Bella. All right, so what did you do?

And then what happened?

It was classified as a suicide based on the preliminary investigation and what they saw at the scene.

As we gathered information from various sources, determined to, you know, we need to go that route.

I am, as I told the parties yesterday, particularly sensitive about closing things when we don't need to. And I think that there has been to date a over-caution in asking that I seal things by stipulation that perhaps don't need to be sealed.

All right, now, Mr. Truman, you may proceed.

Mr. Truman, you may call your first witness.

Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God? Yes, Your Honor.

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen of the jury. Good morning.

All right, are you folks ready to deliver your closing remarks?

Has the jury reached a verdict?

Would the defendant please rise? The jury verdict is as follows. The defendant is guilty of murder in the first degree.

Good morning, members of the jury. You are back.

You raise your right hand, please.

Raise your right hand, please, ma'am.

We, the jury, unanimously do not recommend mercy.

Please rise. I'm going to have the clerk read the verdict.

Is there any statement you would like to make? No.

There are serious disadvantages and dangers to representing yourself. Can you just tell me a little bit why you want to represent yourself?

And the case got colder and colder.

I spent more time on this case than any other case in my entire career. Sometimes in later years, I would pretend I was on vacation and lock myself in the library and just go through this file. As Courtney got older, she would call me sometimes and ask if I knew anything, and I never had any answers.

She was living with Mike Warner. They were, you know, setting up their life, although he wasn't the father of the child. They were a couple and they were trying to make their way.

Things were in disarray. Blood up the banister, and then in the bedroom was Kathy, very bloody, unclothed mostly.

The person that did it was in the 10,000 pages of police reports.

If someone had written on her body, on the inside of her thigh, and said, I was here.

It's his fingerprint. It's his bare, bloody footprint. And it's his DNA. It turned into a massacre.

Okay. I mean, I don't know how I got there, but...

He seemed like the guy next door that would mow your lawn for you if you were going to be out of town for a week.

And then the person left without being seen and without being discovered.

It was like a great big neon clue. It was like, holy smokes.

I go by Judge Jeffrey Middleton now, but at the time of this, I was chief assistant prosecuting attorney. We would have maybe one homicide a year, not a young woman killed alone in her apartment during broad daylight. At that point, they were leaving no stone unturned.

They went into the crime scene with a black light.

And we found that someone had written on her body, probably in magic marker, on the inside of her thigh, and said, I was here, with an arrow pointing up toward her groin. That was not visible to the naked eye.

So the charges were dismissed. As it turns out, he was wrongfully arrested and wrongfully charged.

I thought we would solve this quickly. So the first month passed. We didn't know. Three months passed. A year passed, and it wasn't solved.

We will now begin the trial. Stay.

We are about to begin closing arguments.

Thank you, Your Honor. Zachary David Hughes. You're to be committed to the State Department of Corrections for life.

Based on the nature of these charges and the situation involved in this case, I am going to no bond you.

State of Arizona versus Jodi-Ann Arias verdict, count one. We, the jury, duly impaneled and sworn, and the above entitled action, upon our oaths, do find the defendant, as to count one, first degree murder, guilty.

State of Arizona versus Jodi Ann Arias.

We, the jury, do find the defendant guilty.

I don't know. I don't know what this is all about. What are you going to do with him?

They're going to put me in jail.

And your understanding is that you want to enter a plea today, is that correct? That's correct.

It is the judgment of this court that you be sentenced to life in prison.

I want to talk right now about how this child is going to be delivered.

Judge Weller's hands were tied. This court does not have jurisdiction in this case.

In every case, as much as we try to avoid it, oftentimes there are winners and losers. I can say that my job is to go into the courtroom and decide cases without bias, and that's what I have striven to do the entire time that I've been on the bench.

Now, a special two-part edition of 48 Hours.

At this time, I want to advise you of your right against self-incrimination. You can step down. Thank you.

Good morning, sir. If you would come forward, please, and raise your right hand.

Gentlemen, let's calm down, all right? You ask the question. Sir, you answer the question.

You will provide me with responses. Do we understand each other? All right. Ladies and gentlemen, we're going to take a break.

Ladies and gentlemen, I understand that you have reached a verdict in this case. Is that correct? Yes. Very good. Mr. Foreperson, if you would hand me the verdict one. After five weeks of testimony... Let your verdict be fair and impartial.

Ladies and gentlemen, I understand that you have reached a verdict in this case.

We, the jury in this case, being duly impaneled and sworn, do find the defendant, Yazeed Issa, guilty.

I cannot imagine the evil that you have done to these people. At this time, I sentence you to life in prison with the possibility of parole in 20 years.

We, the jury, find the defendant, Robin Allen Frotta, guilty of capital murder as charged in the indictment.

Bye-bye.

You're all done. Thank you, ma'am.

Okay, please be seated. All right, thank you. I'm Mr. Dever on behalf of the state of Ohio.

Ladies and gentlemen, this case is now in your hands for a verdict.

My final vote was guilty. It's not guilty.

All right, we're back in session here.

Case number 447950, State of Ohio versus Jeffrey Croteen. Docket already stated, count one, murder. We, the jury in this case, being duly impaneled and sworn, do find the defendant, Jeffrey Croteen, not guilty of murder of Ramona Croteen. He's signed by all 12 members of the jury.

Please be seated, ladies and gentlemen.

Defendant Jeffrey Protein, not guilty of murder.

We're reconvened in 02CR623.

Opening statements. Mr. Daniels.

Excuse me, I don't think this is necessary. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury have the idea what these exhibits show.

Is this an appropriate time, Mr. Eisner, to talk with your client about whether he'll testify? Yes, it is, Judge. What is your decision?

Is this an appropriate time, Mr. Eisner, to talk with your client about whether he'll testify? Yes, it is, Judge. What is your decision? I will not be testifying.

Has the jury reached a verdict as to each count? Yes, sir.

As to count one, we, the jury, find the defendant, Michael Blagg, guilty of first-degree murder. Mr. Blagg, anything you'd like to say before your sentence?

Thank you. For the offense of first-degree murder, which is a Class I felony, The defendant is sentenced to the Colorado Department of Corrections for the remainder of his natural life.

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen of the jury.

Guilty of first-degree murder.

Good morning, people of the state of California versus Jane Marguerite Dorotick.

No. It's too unbelievable that she's going to murder her father and come up and go for a nice walk with me, go for dinner.

I'm going to ask the prosecutor to get back down into his seat, please, and refrain from doing this two feet from the witness.

The old saying goes, be careful what you wish for. And that's certainly true when you're talking about a person's life and liberty.

She's walking a razor's edge, and she might get life.

Where's your right hand, please?

Sergeant Reynolds is tying another knot around the headboard bedpost.

When she said Jeff did certain things, Jeff didn't do those things. We believe Susan witnessed her own father doing that to her mother.

And you were asked at that time, under oath, were you ever abused or assaulted by your husband, right? Yes.

And you said no.

Yes. You are turning your testimony into a circus act.

Let's take the jury out. You and I are going to have a little talk.

You are turning your testimony into a circus. If it continues, I'll strike everything you've had to say, and nothing you've come down here for will mean anything.

You are excused. Thank you.

State of Texas versus Susan Lucille Wright with the defendant, please stand.

Assess her punishment at confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for 20 years.

All right, Ms. Wright, once again, the jury has spoken, assessed 20 years. She had hope for a period of time, and that's been taken away.

What do you mean he's still alive? This is not rational. You understand that now.

Es gibt schriftliche Beweise, die beweisen, dass Dr. Tipton eine Möglichkeit und einen Motiv hatte, das zu tun. Aber ich verurteile ihn nicht. Die schriftliche Beweise gegen ihn ist nicht stärker als die schriftliche Beweise gegen Daniel. Ich weiß nicht, wer es gemacht hat. Es könnte eine völlig andere Partei sein. Ich habe keine Ahnung, wer es gemacht hat.

Sie lachen. Sie lachen.

Well, Mr. Valeska, who was the lead prosecutor for the state, stood in this courtroom and I'll quote him. He says, there ain't no such thing as an FBI report. You asked him directly. Absolutely. And he looked me in the eye and said that. It infuriates me when someone lies to the court. They should be indicted for attempted murder and perjury.

Um ihre Theorie zu funktionieren, musste sie um 1 oder 1.30 Uhr sterben. Es würde nicht funktionieren, wenn sie auf 3.30 Uhr lebte. Ich denke, sie wussten das klar. Und sie sagten, na gut. Aber Judge Thompson fand Smith kritisierbar. und war überzeugt, dass Moore nicht gerecht wird. Der Mann wurde nicht gerecht. Es gab jede Möglichkeit, ihn gerecht zu prüfen.

Aber du hast es trotzdem getan. Ich habe es trotzdem getan. Es war die richtige Sache, es zu tun.

Es gibt noch keine Gerechtigkeit.

I pray that before the end of my life on this earth, that the killer will be brought to justice and sentenced. But justice is slow. Certainly it is not justice for Karen Tipton to put an innocent man in jail.

It didn't matter what I thought. The jury said that he did it.

It was the most heinous crime that I think has been committed in this county ever.

Niemand muss für seine Lieblinge so geäußert werden.

Der Tod war der richtige Satz.

Es ist nicht so, dass ich ihn zum Tod senden wollte, aber ich habe es getan.

On January 31, 1998, almost 15 years to the day he left his home and family, Patrick Welsh was arrested and charged with insurance fraud and non-support of his two sons.

Mr. Welsh, do you agree with the facts as has been stated by the prosecutor? Yes, Your Honor.

Are you entering the pleas or changing your pleas freely and voluntarily, knowing what your rights are? Yes, Your Honor. Coming up... You have no conscience, your acts were cowardly, and they were criminal.

Just ahead, Elizabeth Walsh wishes to make a statement.

Besides facing his punishment... This is the state of Ohio versus Patrick Kennedy Welsh.

Today's date is May 21, 1998. We're here today for the purposes of sentencing.

This court finds that the defendant is guilty as charged.

Coming now, the matter of sentence. But first... The court has been informed that Elizabeth Welch wishes to make a statement, and also Christopher, I believe, wishes to make a statement. Ms. Welch?

Christopher, do you wish to make a statement? Yes. Come forward.

Finally, Mr. Welsh, is there anything you wish to say before the court pronounces a sentence in this matter?

You may proceed.

Thank you, Mr. Welch.

Your acts were cowardly and they were criminal. His sentence. And for that you will be punished. You therefore have a total sentence to be served of four years at the Orient Correctional and Receiving Center. There is restitution to be made and you will pay every penny of that.

I'm advised there's an agreement in this case? That's correct, Judge.

Mr. Folley, your plea is guilty, is that correct?

Was it your decision? Yeah. Say it again. You're going to need to speak up, Mr. Folley.

Mr. Foley, before sentence is formally pronounced, is there anything you would like to say? No.

In the couple of months before I was shot, there were blogs on a couple of websites, and there were some just horrible posts attacks on me, calling me Hitler, saying that I was unfair, that I was biased, that I was corrupt. I knew some people from Nevadans for equal parenting. I had some sympathy for some of their views.

And he said, I thought Darrell, but perhaps he said Darren Mack. He told me that Darren Mack was behind it.

Darryl Mack.

That man right there.

Sir, because I didn't know his name doesn't mean that I was unfamiliar with the divorce. I was very familiar with the divorce. I'm diligent about my job, sir. I review the file before I go to court.

No. I've never had my reputation attacked the way that you're attacking it, sir. It's unfair and it's unwarranted.

Mr. and Mrs. Mack, I'm sorry. that I'm going to have to rule in this case. I've said over and over today, and I mean it, that this is a terrible thing. I can only pick one side or the other, and one of you has to lose.

As to count one, murder of the first degree, how do you plead?

I'm accepting the guilty plea.

Before I accept your plea, I need to be satisfied that it's freely and voluntarily made, is it?

You willfully, feloniously, and without authority of law stabbed Ed into the body of Charla Mack, causing her death, is that correct? That's correct. And that that was done with premeditation and deliberation, is that correct? That's correct.

It's time set for a hearing on the motion to withdraw a plea.

He had expressed to you all that he previously thought about having Charla killed.

The defendant wants a do-over. I don't think that's fair, I don't think that's just, and I don't think that's right. The motion to withdraw the plea is going to be denied.

There was never a, I am sorry, Charla Mack is dead. I'm sorry I shot the judge. And saying you're sorry is not a magic word. You don't automatically get a certain sentence by expressing sorrow to the court for what you've done. Which leads me to the conclusion, Mr. Mack, that you're not sorry.

And Mr. Mack, your sentence needs to speak to you for your actions and leave no room for error to the people of this community and this state.

Hopefully you don't raise an angry and spiteful child who doesn't know who in her family to trust. She needs to be raised with hugs and kisses and not talking bad about each of those people. I'll see you in the next video.

My inclination now is to require you, sir, to give her $10,000 by Friday at 5 o'clock, or if you don't do that, to report to 911 Parr Boulevard at that time for incarceration.

We assess her punishment of confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for a term of two years. Order in the court, please. Order in the court.

Come forward.

I do have a note from the jury indicating that they have reached a decision.

Counsel and defendant, please rise.

Thank you.

Sentencing will be August 30th at 1.30.

Mr. Lighterman, you have been convicted of first degree murders. Anything you'd like to say to the court?

It is the sentence of the court that you serve the rest of your natural life in the Michigan Department of Corrections without the possibility of parole.

Please bring in the jury.

Should you choose to recommend life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, your decision must be a unanimous one.

You know, I don't know.

If the defendant would stand for the publication of the jury's verdict...

A person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to murder must be punished by death or by imprisonment for life.

Mr. Solicitor, you may proceed.

That lady right there looks familiar.

You know that, right? Yeah.

Joanne Lawson, is this your verdict? Yes. Beverly Owens, is this your verdict? Yes. Holly Pace, is this your verdict? Yes.

Have a seat, please, Ms.

All rise. No matter now before the court shall be the truth, the whole truth, and I think the truth shall be God.

And I have my opinions as to who was lying in the case. And it wasn't your son who testified today, just now.

I can't believe, for instance, that you went out to Home Depot to buy a hatchet to kill your husband. It just doesn't make any sense. I don't take any pleasure in sentencing you to life in prison, but I have no discretion in imposing the sentence I have to impose by law. I only feel pity for you, and I feel pity for your family.

And I find that the bond, as currently said, is not appropriate.

In the event that that bond is not posted, he'll be committed to the custody of the sheriff.

Why don't you ask Mrs. Jensen to come up, please?

She seemed to be depressed and distraught and almost frantic, actually. Frantic? Yes.

And is it your desire that you not testify in this case? Yes.

This is totally the face of everything that I know.

The defendant will rise and face the jury.

Your crime is so enormous, so monstrous, so unspeakably cruel that it overcomes all expectations. other considerations.

Gerald Garson served 30 months in prison. He later died in 2016 at age 83. Paul Semenovsky pled guilty to a misdemeanor. Nisa Melman pled guilty to all the charges against him. Luis Salerno was convicted of receiving a bribe. And Paul Sarnell was found not guilty of all charges.

We're back on the record in the Tuitt case. Let the record reflect the presence of the ladies and gentlemen jury, the attorneys, and Mr. Tuitt.

I don't know right now. Madam Clerk, please read the verdicts. A verdict is reached.

This state just does not have the proper facilities to take care of those people who are mentally ill and who present a danger to the community. Should we feel sorry for Richard Tuitt?

We're here today in the case of the state of Georgia versus Craig Height.

Let's hide if you would please come to the witness stand.

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, the court's informed that you have reached a verdict.

Dee Warner was a woman with a big heart and a temper. She cared for her children and grandchildren and employees. There was nothing in the evidence that suggested she would disappear intentionally, especially from her children.

The statements by Dale Warner of a secret phone.

And someone coming to pick up Dee Warner. She's with someone somewhere. Were not supported by any facts or evidence in this case.

There's probable cause that Dee Warner died by homicide at the hands of the defendant, Dale Warner. All rise. This is reality.

We, the jury, find the defendant guilty of the crime of murder.

We, the jury, find the defendant guilty of the crime of murder in the first degree as charged in count one.

What do you think? We're fucking shooting raw dog in here?

That's a cystic.

Zero, zero.

No.

What? M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-P-I. Three Ps? Are you fucking kidding me? No, it's not. It's M-I-S-S-I-S-S. M-I-S-S-I-S-S. What word? I-P-P-P-I.

You're such a pussy. Fuck.

My first spelling. Spelling bee. Sure. Spell spelling. S-P-E-L-L-I-N-G.

Wow. I got N-U-T-R-I-S-C-O-U-S.

Nutritious. Nutritious.

I might have this. Fanatically, I got it.

The darkest corners of our souls.

And to be truthful, and to be honest, when he said it the second time, I made the O and A. Ha!

Give me something that we got to ask some questions about.

Flabbergasted. You said did. Flabbergasted. I got everything but the fucking T. That's got to give me something.

Yeah, I thought you were going to fuck me on the double B's, but you didn't. No, I'm trying to help you there.

You didn't say tid.

Listen, the way I did it, the way I did it, alleviates anybody's feelings. First of all, I didn't invite any of my boys from home. Not mine or Luke's. You don't have any boys from home. It shouldn't.

I don't like the... I don't like this dealer.

Matriculate.

Patty, we're on the podcast.

Love to hear it. You don't think she's in the back? Are you kidding me? Listen, we're playing. Just relax. We're doing a spelling bee. Oh, God. And I'm allowed to phone a friend. The word is arachnophobia.

Look it up.

Arachnophobia.

Hey, everybody out there, and welcome back to everybody's favorite podcast. This is Are You Garbage? Yeah. It's that little show we sit down with your favorite comedians, and we find that it would be good to be classy.

You don't let it go, which leads me to believe that there's a little bit of serious doing, and it makes me feel bad. Listen, I would love for you to be in it.

What? What did you say? What? Ask Google. I'm in a contact. I got money on the line here, you dumb broad. What are you talking about? You're all I got. Help me out here. Take a shot at it.

What the fuck is that? Zyroglyphics.

What are you drinking?

Arachnophobia. Last shot.

P-H-O-B-I-A. Right. You might be somewhat close. Iraq. I might be able to figure this out. All right, listen. I got to get back to this. I love you.

You're not getting any. You screwed me. You don't know when the fix is in.

No, you can't do it.

So what, I'm down to nothing? No, you didn't lose, though.

And I told you you're sitting with that one couple.

I think I've told you this. I struck out in, like, the championship Little League game.

We're going to be super rude.

And fucking our team rallied. Because I remember my brother and my cousin Harry. Harry. My brother, my cousin. No, no. My brother and my dad's buddy's kid, Mark.

It was like two guys on base. And I had the fucking bat. I remember the coach going... Like, you're hurt, right? You're hurt. Everybody was like, who's up? Who's up? Who's up? And all of a sudden he just goes, I swear to God, just like this, grown man. Double zero? I was at the snack bar.

Or I ground it out or something like that. Ground it out is better. But I remember fucking just the way that guy, that coach, I can't remember his name.

A lot of high school wrestling paid for that day, I'll tell you that.

Oh, they know you got deep pocket.

One P right there.

Show the people. All right, so I lost four points.

I think he said multiple choice or multiple.

Yeah.

Four divided by eight.

Oh, 18,000.

Yeah. Divided by four. Four.

I don't listen. You're breaking my balls. My fucking cousin's breaking my goddamn balls.

Seven times.

Yes, it does.

Then you got 212.

Damn. Wait, hold on. Let me get a fresh piece of paper.

4,553.

And I wagered 100,000 points.

They're just a big old piece of trash. Trash. I'm your host, H. Foley, coming at you on a beautiful day. We're out back here with Tootie's in the new edition. They got the goddamn radiators on. Sure.

The same shit.

What's next?

We were dying.

Get some dinosaurs in there. Okay. Fuck this guy.

For all of our benefit. Please.

Okay, what are we at now?

I said fucking dinosaurs, man.

Consequently.

I was back in the nurse's bunk. Getting it in. Yeah. Okay. He's busting my, I got my brother fucking bitching about this.

Wait, hold on. I forgot about something. Can I re-spell it? Sure. Okay.

Con-sequent-ly.

Wait, what? Wait, no, spell it out. The C is an S. The C has an S sound. Consequently. Is it an S? S is an S. You know what else makes a pretty good S sound?

Okay.

Spell my asshole on your face.

At this point in class, I'd be setting something on fire.

D-E-C-E-N-T-R-A-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N. You're so stupid.

Fuck. What is Sam Elliot? What is it again?

Okay, the first one I have.

Yes.

What? Next. No, it's not.

Ceratops. Ceratops. And tops, T-O-P-P-S. Okay.

It's Sarah like Michael.

Okay, so what's the score? Two to five? You got three letters wrong. I got one.

Anywho. Idiot. I'm under a lot of goddamn pressure. I'm taking a lot of fucking heat on this thing. And you know that there's a little bit of truth in the joke.

And we've done this five times on the show.

You're the only table with a low count. You only got six.

I'm working on it. That's what he wants. His chicken sandwiches, by the way. Are we wearing chicken sandwiches over here on the bonies?

Not a big fan of mine at this moment, but it's fine because we're in competition right now. He's the CEO of RU Garbage, which means Chief Executive Officer.

And I got you up front. Keep my eye on you.

All right. And then we're looking at it, and then my family's here, her family's there, and then you're going to be there, and her friends are going to be there. There's something like that. But you're up front with us. My fucking boys. We're right behind my family. Okay. You want to carve the turkey? You're having a turkey? Yeah. What do you mean? It's the holidays.

Hold on. You didn't know that?

We're having a turkey.

All right. We're doing a little spelling bee, gang. For once and for all to find out who the smartest guy in the room is. R-O-O-M.

The benefit of this is that he walks out today a free man. And that's a pretty big benefit. And I can appreciate the decision he has made. I have signed the order and it says that the petitioner has voluntarily withdrawn the grounds alleged in the original petition.

And as Ms. Elam has said, you only get one bite of the apple when it comes to a post-conviction review proceeding. And so this is your only opportunity to pursue those claims. And by agreeing to this, this will terminate all matters with regard to the 1989 through 92 proceedings. You understand that, Mr. Sanborn? I wish you well in the future. Thank you.

You may, sir.

Thank you. I understand you've lost your faith in the justice system, and my only goal is to ensure justice is done and to give everyone a fair hearing, fair trial. And I hope that you leave here with that conviction today. Thank you.

And here's the guy. Here's the dude that's doing it. You guys don't even have to go out and find who it is. We already did it. Just please do something.

Friday, November 3rd.

Retired to the jury deliberation room.

I've indicated that y'all have not yet reached a unanimous decision. The jurors were split six to six. The judge sent them back to try to make it unanimous. Watch everybody else remain. Let the jurors leave first. Thank you. But hours later, they were back. and courtroom 3C was still. It appears that they are hopelessly deadlocked at this point. Eight jurors had voted for acquittal.

Coming up, the verdict, take two. With a jury by unanimous verdict, find the defendant Jason Lynn Young to be

We, the jury, by unanimous verdict, find the defendant, Jason Lynn Young, to be guilty of first-degree murder of Michelle Young.

I understand that the jury is unable to reach a unanimous verdict at this time. Is that correct? That's correct.

Counsel, are you ready to begin? Yes, Your Honor. Okay. Okay.

Ms. Chandler, I'm going to ask you to stop talking right now unless you really have something, you have a motion to make. I'm just exercising my right to be heard.

The jury comes back guilty.

The court has received notification that the jury has reached a verdict.

The court will now have the clerk read the verdict.

Ms. Rice, you've been found not guilty. You are discharged.

Did you have anything good?

The defendant has now elected not to testify in her own behalf.

I'll expect no outbursts when I read the verdict.

We, the jury on the issues, joined unanimously find the following. The defendant is guilty... of murder in the first degree.

If she receives mercy, she will be eligible for parole in 15 years.

We, the jury, unanimously do not recommend mercy.

There is absolutely not a single scintilla of credibility that I'm attaching to anything that was testified to, at least in this hearing of Ms. Benefield. It starts from basically the absurd. We then move forward to the actual presentation that she's had in this courtroom, the turning on of tears when she thinks it's appropriate. There is not a single scintilla of credible evidence that Ms.

Benefield has ever been poisoned or suffered from any illness of any poison.

Okay, let's go ahead and go on the record of Benefield v. Benefield, case number two.

How does Mr. Rossi plead to the crimes charged in the information?

Are you that man? Are you Nicholas Rossi?

Are you losing confidence, sir?

Are you Arthur Knight or Nicholas Rossi?

Nicholas, you've completely failed to pull the wool over their eyes.

I am ultimately satisfied on the balance of probabilities by the evidence of fingerprint, photographic and tattoo evidence that Mr. Knight is indeed Nicholas Rossi.

Is it the end of the road, sir?

Some suggesting Rossi has made a mockery of the justice system and created an international spectacle in the process. Thank you.

Removed from this prison and put on a plane back to the States.

Thank you.

The court finds that the state has met its burden of proof. I will order that Mr. Rossi be held without bail.

I'll order that the verdicts be recorded.

Murder in the first degree, how do you plead to that, guilty or not guilty?

You may call your witness.

The investigation into like the chain link and how they trace that to the Lowe's store. The toxicology reports will be most important. That could take several weeks.

I didn't say that. All right. I said that sometimes there are reasons to not go forward to trial as fast as you want.

For the Honorable Beverly Canone, the Justice of the Superior Court, this court is in session. Please be seated.

If you do want to testify, it will be question and answer, meaning you need to write out all your questions that you want to be asked. You can't take the witness stand and just give a narrative.

That's going to take him time to extract and analyze and then prepare a report. Months, maybe. I understand that, Your Honor. And I'm hoping he can do it in an expedited manner. You're the one pressing for your speedy trial. So you want to go to trial or you want to have him do that work that you want? Because I don't think both are going to happen.

Commonwealth just provided the court with information that causes me grave concern. The implications of that information may have profound effects on this defense and defense counsel.

You can sit there.

In some shape or form, Gary had close ties or disagreements with all the family members relating to money.

Have a great day, everybody. And everyone in LA, be careful.

Does the jury have any questions for Investigator Crocker?

The receipt from Walmart shows asparagus. The video shows no asparagus was purchased. Was this investigated further, and if so, relevant to the case?

Did Jason Chen have any observable cuts or injuries on his body? Could you determine where a murder occurred? Were you able to identify the driver of the Prius that was just investigated further?

Thank you, Andrea. Good to be here.

It's a state issue. Overwhelmingly, the majority of states do allow it. 34 states and the federal system allow it. Minnesota, Texas, and Nebraska clearly have put down decisions that do not allow jurors to ask questions.

Yes, it is. The judge is the one that makes the call.

What happens is the trial progresses where one side calls a witness and the other side gets to cross-examine that witness. And at that point, I will ask the jurors if they have any questions for that particular witness. They write the questions down. They pass them to the bailiff. The questions come to the bench where the lawyers will talk about whether the question should or should not be asked.

And if it's a question that clearly cannot be asked, I won't ask it. They ask for a defendant's prior record, and it's not relevant. I just won't ask the question. If they ask if it was raining that day or if – Any other blood was found in any other spot than was testified to. Then I'll ask the question. The witness will face the jury when answering.

Then finally, the lawyers will have the chance to redirect or recross if they feel they need to develop the testimony any further to clarify the witness's answers for the jurors.

Oh, there's many of them. It keeps jurors more engaged in the process. I mean, think about sitting in a classroom where you can't ask questions. If the students can't ask questions, how much of that are they really learning? As far as the actual significant weighty reasons, I think that it's a good idea to let jurors ask questions. They make more informed decisions.

Absolutely. They're questions that people from outside the system would be curious about. How does blood spatter tell the story? What does DNA really mean? How long can it last?

The concerns that have been communicated to me from lawyers that I do respect talk about how they're concerned that the ability for jurors to ask questions may change. lessen the state's burden that, say, a prosecutor forgets to ask a question or ask in a certain way, then a juror can come back and ask the question.

Another one that came up is that if a juror's question isn't asked, it might cause the juror to speculate about the withheld answer or resent their question not being asked. Maybe they think the lawyers are hiding something.

I don't think so. Hung juries are possible if the jury does not have enough information for sure. Gaps in the proof, we'll call it. Allowing juries to ask questions doesn't change the proof. If the gaps were there before, they're still there at all.

Thank you, Andrea.

They're questions that people from outside the system would be curious about. How does blood spatter tell the story? What does DNA really mean? How long can it last?

All right. Please only ask questions. Sure. When you make statements about what you saw or heard, that's testimony.

Yes.

Hey, hey, hey. All persons have any business before the Honorable Beverly Canody, Justice of the North, or Superior Court. The court is now open. You may be seated.

All right. Well, thanks, Celia. Happy New Year, everyone. See you soon.

You are the spawn of Satan.

You're evil. You are the spawn of saints. My daughter was only 20. Why? ! Greedy Jake Wagner. You. I want you to suffer. I want you to die so your mom feels a heartache. What it's like to bury a child. It's a heartache that never goes away. I hate you. You ruined my life. You ruined innocent children's lives.

That's exactly right. It is a lot of, I don't recall. I'm not sure. She's like, hmm.

Um,

You know, it does leave him frustrated. But at the same time, I think he's trying to use that to show the jury that this woman is really trying to just confuse them and trying to play with the facts.

Well, the judge is really exhorting Dana to kind of wrap it up. Because don't forget, the people on this jury, I mean, they've got their lives to get back to. And this is kind of dragging on.

Well, you know, she's got a lot of the lingo down. She certainly has read into rules of evidence and procedure. But then she repeats things. She gets emotional at odd moments that you wouldn't expect someone to get emotional.

She interrupted her testimony at one point to say she was cold and she needed to get her jacket. So she... She basically sat the rest of the time on the stand in her winter coat, her puffer jacket. That I just never seen that before. I think she even uses a composite notebook that like the kind we had in school.

So there are some things that are kind of jarring and other things that go, OK, she's she's doing an OK job.

I think the clearest argument is that which can't be refuted. It's that they really do not have physical evidence tying her to these murders. They really don't even have any kind of direct evidence. No one says, hey, I saw her there. I saw her in Topeka, Kansas. on this date, at this time, around the time when these murders occurred.

Yeah, this is something fairly new that's come up, that she went to an AA meeting on the day that basically— The prosecution says she left Denver to go commit these murders. And she's saying, no, no, listen, this woman was in need of gas. I met her at an AA meeting. I didn't know who she was. She was in need. She didn't have any money. I went to go...

goodness of my heart, to get her five-gallon cans of fuel. I even brought them back. And then I went inside to my AA meeting. So where is this woman then? Can she call her to the stand? Well, here's the thing. We're talking about Alcoholics Anonymous. Anonymous.

Well, you'd have to ask the jury, but let me tell you, just sitting in that courtroom— It did sound damning. Everything he asked her, are you saying your daughter, are you saying your son, misspoke or lied when they said you did this back in the day? Yes, that's not true.

So what's coming across is that everyone else is wrong or lying about her.

And this would have been the moment you dropped him off at the party.

All right. I'll caution the defendant not to testify about things that were not entered into evidence.

Murder is by its nature a monstrous deed, but the one you've committed is even more gruesome than most.

I would have to ask that you would recuse yourself from the obvious personal bias that you have against me.

And what personal bias is that?

A lot, obviously, the personal bias that you're showing right now.

Okay, well, I don't have any personal bias, all right?

I think I was here this morning about 15 minutes ago when I granted your motion to meet with your attorneys over the lunch hour.

She apparently wore a wig at a mosque. There's CCTV footage. footage of her entering this house. They had all this evidence. They just didn't act on it until recently.

I'd have to ask that you would recuse yourself from the obvious personal bias that you have against me.

That is correct.

Commonwealth just provided the court with information that causes me grave concern. The implications of that information may have profound effects on this defense and defense counsel.

Did Jason Chen have any observable cuts or injuries on his body? Could you determine where a murder occurred? Were you able to identify the driver of the Prius that was just investigated further?

Thank you, Andrea. Good to be here.

It's a state issue. Overwhelmingly, the majority of states do allow it. 34 states and the federal system allow it. Minnesota, Texas, and Nebraska clearly have put down decisions that do not allow jurors to ask questions.

Yes, it is. The judge is the one that makes the call.

What happens is the trial progresses where one side calls a witness and the other side gets to cross-examine that witness. And at that point, I will ask the jurors if they have any questions for that particular witness. They write the questions down. They pass them to the bailiff. The questions come to the bench where the lawyers will talk about whether the question should or should not be asked.

And if it's a question that clearly cannot be asked, I won't ask it. They ask for a defendant's prior record, and it's not relevant. I just won't ask the question. If they ask if it was raining that day or if – Any other blood was found in any other spot than was testified to. Then I'll ask the question. The witness will face the jury when answering.

Then finally, the lawyers will have the chance to redirect or recross if they feel they need to develop the testimony any further to clarify the witness's answers for the jurors.

Oh, there's many of them. It keeps jurors more engaged in the process. I mean, think about sitting in a classroom where you can't ask questions. If the students can't ask questions, how much of that are they really learning? As far as the actual significant weighty reasons, I think that it's a good idea to let jurors ask questions. They make more informed decisions.

Absolutely. They're questions that people from outside the system would be curious about. How does blood spatter tell the story? What does DNA really mean? How long can it last?

The concerns that have been communicated to me from lawyers that I do respect talk about how they're concerned that the ability for jurors to ask questions may change. lessen the state's burden that, say, a prosecutor forgets to ask a question or ask in a certain way, then a juror can come back and ask the question.

Another one that came up is that if a juror's question isn't asked, it might cause the juror to speculate about the withheld answer or resent their question not being asked. Maybe they think the lawyers are hiding something.

I don't think so. Hung juries are possible if the jury does not have enough information for sure. Gaps in the proof, we'll call it. Allowing juries to ask questions doesn't change the proof. If the gaps were there before, they're still there at all.

Thank you, Andrea.

They're questions that people from outside the system would be curious about. How does blood spatter tell the story? What does DNA really mean? How long can it last?

All right. Please only ask questions. Sure. When you make statements about what you saw or heard, that's testimony.

Yes.

Hey, hey, hey. All persons have any business before the Honorable Beverly Canody, Justice of the North, or Superior Court. The court is now open. You may be seated.

Good morning, sir. What's your name? Me? Yeah, you. Yes. Nathaniel Saxton, sir. Your name's not ButtF***er3000, you yo-ho. Logging into my court with that as your screen name? What kind of idiot logs into court like that? What's your name again? Nathaniel Saxton, sir, but I don't believe that I typed anything like that in. Well, that's what it says. Yeah, you should.

I'll put you in the waiting room. You can sit in limbo for a while and think about what you call yourself online.

Objection. Is that what you're saying, Trooper?

So don't spell it. So these are your words, Trooper Proctor?

Go ahead and say them.

John never went in the house. It wasn't a story. It was the truth. And it is the truth.

We continue to find ourselves at an impasse. I'm declaring a mistrial in this case.

We continue to find ourselves at an impasse. I'm declaring a mistrial in this case.

We continue to find ourselves at an impasse. I'm declaring a mistrial in this case.

We continue to find ourselves at an impasse. I'm declaring a mistrial in this case.

We continue to find ourselves at an impasse. I'm declaring a mistrial in this case.

We continue to find ourselves at an impasse. I'm declaring a mistrial in this case.

We continue to find ourselves at an impasse. I'm declaring a mistrial in this case.

We continue to find ourselves at an impasse. I'm declaring a mistrial in this case.

We continue to find ourselves at an impasse. I'm declaring a mistrial in this case.

We continue to find ourselves at an impasse. I'm declaring a mistrial in this case.

We continue to find ourselves at an impasse. I'm declaring a mistrial in this case.

We continue to find ourselves at an impasse. I'm declaring a mistrial in this case.

you did willfully, deliberately, and with malice of forethought, unlawfully kill the person of Kenneth R. Gardapi, a human being, to wit, by shooting him, which resulted in his death, and which was premeditated and or to execute vengeance. That offense carries a potential death and or life imprisonment. Do you understand the charge and the potential maximum penalties for that count?

Yes.

Admissions were ultimately made to the offenses charged. In subsequent interviews by law enforcement, with those in or around the scene, identified both a motive, a method, and a witness to at least two of the four charged murders.

Did you willfully, deliberately, and with malice aforethought, unlawfully kill the person of Kenna L. Gardapi, a human being, to wit by shooting her, which resulted in her death?

What is your plea to count one murder in the second degree?

Yeah.

Your motion to dismiss with prejudice is granted.

It's obvious to me that you feel justified. You don't take any responsibility for the outcome of your actions. You just don't get it. The first thing you do on the witness stand when you come up here and testify is you made a joke to the jury.

You senselessly took the life of Kaylin Gillis and you have the gall to sit here and talk about how you plan to finish up the work on your house and race motocross in the future? You don't deserve that. What would make you think that you deserve those things? Any remorse you have isn't for the harm you've caused.

The only regret you have is that you're finally facing the consequences for your actions. You murdered Kalen Gillis. You shot at a car full of people. And you didn't care what would happen. And you repeatedly lied about it. You deserve to spend the maximum time in prison allowable under our law. And I don't make this decision because it's easy. I make it because it's what's deserved.

I make it because it's what's just.

So as to the conviction of murder in the second degree, I sentence you to a term of 25 years to life in prison.

The some of these exhibits. appear to be screenshots of conversations, either text, Facebook, Instagram, whatever other social media platform that there is. And they're not actual screenshots. They are snippets of conversations taken from a phone extraction that was done. And I just want you to understand that.

Which means that it's not necessarily a sequential stream of conversations back and forth.

I now have charged and alleged two first degree intentional, the highest counts that we have, quite frankly, in our country is what's been alleged here.

I don't... This is not number 36.

That's one of the AKAs, it looks like. We're having a really... Is it July 11th, 1987? No, m'lady, it's 22nd of November, 1986.

Yes, ma'am.

You broke into her house and you shot her 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 times. If they haven't already, your boys will realize that their father doesn't love them.

Mr. Bliefnik, you researched this murder. You planned this murder. You practiced this murder. You broke into her house and you shot her. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 times. I don't know how long it took you to do that. Some of those shots were fired while she was lying on the ground. And you did all of that

while your children were upstairs at your house lying snug in their beds. The court believes that the appropriate sentence for each of the two counts of first degree murder would be natural life in prison. Court believes that the third count of home invasion Appropriate sentence is life in prison. Those three sentences will merge together into one life sentence.

We had a lengthy... argument in front of the chief judge of the United States District Court on issues of what we contend to be profound constitutional significance, which is whether or not the Norfolk DA could re-prosecute Ms. Reed when there's such strong and compelling evidence that the prior jury acquitted her.

There was no verdict. The verdict was we cannot reach a unanimous decision, which resulted in the mistrial.

They knew that asking for this instruction was implicitly saying, if a mistrial happens, we accept that.

Does the jury agree on the highest level of offense that the defendant is either guilty or not guilty? Yes. What is the verdict in that?

Okay. So the jury has found the defendant not guilty of first-degree murder?

Okay. Has the jury considered the second level of the offense attempted first degree premeditated murder?

Is there an agreement that the defendant is not guilty as to that offense?

Has the jury considered the level of offense second degree murder?

Is there an agreement that the defendant is not guilty as to second degree murder?

I have not asked you specifically, but are all of these agreements unanimous as to these levels of charges?

Okay. Has the jury considered the next level of charge attempted second degree murder?

Do you all find the defendant not guilty of attempted second degree murder?

Did each of you? Ma'am? Yes. Okay, I'm looking at you because I want to see. I want to see. And if you disagree, just let me know, okay? Now let's go back. We did not do this as a first degree murder charge that I'm told you found him not guilty of. Is that correct? Okay, I see head nodding affirmatively and attempted first degree murder. Is that correct as well? Okay.

Has the jury considered the charge of voluntary manslaughter? Is there an agreement or has the jury found the defendant not guilty of voluntary manslaughter?

No agreement? Is that the level of the offense at which there is disagreement? Yes, sir. Is that correct, ma'am? All right.

Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

They came picking up the following Monday.

Yeah. So Suave gets a strange message from a judge that he doesn't know, saying, I don't think they intended to steal your car. The judge also tells Suave that they don't know where the car or the woman is.

I'm like, fuck this, I'm filing a police report. This is going to blow up in their faces, big time.

Yeah.

Well, they still haven't found my car.

Let the chips fall where they fall.

When it was his turn to speak, Williams told the judge he only agreed to the plea bargain to avoid risking a possible death sentence if he'd gone to trial.

But the judge said the evidence proves Williams committed the crimes, sentencing him to 62 years to life in prison.

A judge delayed the sentence for the convicted murderer known as the black widower. Thomas Randolph and his lawyer submitted a motion to dismiss at the end of the day yesterday on the eve of his sentencing. Some 700 pages of exhibits, many of them handwritten, were turned in. The judge says the charges against Randolph are so serious she's giving prosecutors a month to reply.

Randolph spoke in court for the first time since his conviction, offering to explain his reasoning for the motion.

Do you swear that the testimony you're about to give should be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? Yes.

I invoke the Fifth Amendment.

I invoke the Fifth Amendment.

I invoke the Fifth Amendment.

I invoke the Fifth Amendment.

Thank you. Thank you. Will the defendant state her name to the court, please? Tara Lynn Lee.

She clearly can't help herself. And the two, almost two months that she has been on bond, her behavior has been egregious. I'm going to grant the government's motion to revoke. She's remanded.

Good afternoon. Will the defendant please state her name to the court?

All right. Let me make it very clear that you will not be leaving the country, you will not be going to Ghana, and you will not be using your passport or your visa.

For any purposes. Ms. Lee, you are here this afternoon making your initial appearance on a federal criminal complaint. You are charged in the federal criminal complaint with wire fraud. Have you seen a copy of the complaint?

And have you read it?

I respect their judgment. It seems to take a whole lot of... legal maneuvering to get around the existing precedent of that same Supreme Court, upon which I relied in concluding that a charge on lawful conduct that legitimately performed would be appropriate. The only other observation I'll make is that the jury rejected recklessness as a level of mens rea or intent in finding aggravated assault.

And so it struck me as even if the correct legal answer going forward is given certain evidence, you must charge on that lowest level of intent. If a jury concluded that a higher level of intent didn't apply either, then it was harmless error. wasn't addressed in the opinion. But it controls and the conviction was reversed and we got back at it.

You don't see too many cases like this being overturned one level up, do you? You don't see a lot of people like Mr. MacGyver and all his connections either.

Dressed in a dark pinstripe suit, 81-year-old Claude Tex MacGyver was back in a Fulton County courtroom Monday.

And we are here to start the trial of Mr. MacGyver.

In 2018, a jury convicted Tex of killing his wife, Diane. But last year, the state Supreme Court threw out the conviction saying...

As long as this negotiated plea agreement is going to be made part of the record, it need not be part of the final disposition, but it needs to be enforceable should something change. And what the state could point to would be paragraph two that indicates that the settlement's going to be supervised by person X for the benefit of persons Y and Z and it's all in there.

But the important part is not where it's going, where it's not going. And that is that Mr. MacGyver is abandoning any claim he might have colorable or otherwise to those settlement proceeds. Exactly right. Okay. Your understanding as well?

Okay. Got it. Then I think I understand the contours.

Mr. MacGyver, when you're ready.

The last condition that I'm aware of that needs to be part of your sentence and will be in the final disposition is that you are forfeiting, waiving, giving up, whatever the right term is, I'm gonna say waiving, any and all rights that you may have to the settlement from the lawsuit that was brought by the administrator of Diane MacGyver's estate against you and a settlement resulted. You are...

I guess what I need to say is not that you're waiving. You are assigning the rights that you have, any rights that you may have. You are assigning them to Judge Schwal for the benefit of his two sons, which means you are abandoning and relinquishing the rights you have to that settlement amount. Your assignment is a condition of your probation. You may have already done it.

you'll have complied and completed that term of probation. But that's something you don't get to unwind or undo so long as you are on probation. Mr. Abate, did I miss any conditions of probation that you had expected and negotiated would be part of this resolution? All right, Mr. Samuel, I did not intend to make them any more severe or restrictive than were negotiated.

In other words, I am going along with the plea agreement.

Biting words from the judge to an Atlanta attorney convicted in his wife's murder, Tex McIver is sentenced to life in prison with the chance for parole.

We, the jury in this case, find the defendant, John F. Boyle Jr., guilty of the offense as charged in the indictment.

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Okay, so now we'll go to DC 23344, State of Montana v. Sunny Catherine White. The courtroom door opened again, and Sunny walked in. I have just been handed a plea agreement. Is that correct? Yes, Judge. That is correct, Your Honor, and I'm sorry for our tardiness.

So, Ms. White, with your rights in mind, are you ready to enter into a plea based on the plea agreement?

As to counts one and two, how do you plead?

This is my daughter, Lisa.

All right. Well, you don't, I know everything that you're saying is completely valid. I totally understand where you're coming from, but you don't actually, you don't know what this court is going to sentence her to yet.

Sorry, he can't answer you. I'm done.

And you don't agree with the plea agreement? Absolutely not. You would have wanted this to go to trial?

The treatment that you went through.

And it seems like you that you went through the treatment that you were subjected to, you know, is horrible. And I'm so sorry for that.

And, you know, I think that it's powerful for you to come here today, though, to talk about this. And we need to hear from folks like you who have been treated badly. And so thank you for for coming and saying all that. All right. Thank you.

All right. Well, thank you very much. Anything else you'd like to add?

Okay. You may step down.

What I want to know, though, in addition to everything that you've already testified to, is what you think about the plea agreement.

All right, thank you. Okay, is there any reason why a sentence should not now be imposed? Not from defense. Okay, so I am going to go along with the plea agreement.

I do not find your version of events credible. This is simply you continuing to mitigate your responsibility and blaming others for what you did. So therefore, having been found guilty of count one vehicular homicide while under the influence, sentences imposed as follows. The defendant shall be committed to the Montana State Prison for 25 years with 15 of those years suspended.

On the following conditions, the defendant shall be ineligible for parole for a period of 10 years. Ineligible for parole. Seven days time.

You are remanded to the custody of the Lake County Sheriff for transportation to the Montana State Prison. All right, anything further? All right, thank you. We are adjourned for the day.

No sex in the car. And I agree with Mrs. Dietrich. The easy out would have just been, I'm not going to fight. And she did fight. She had honor. You took that away from her.

We, the jury, find the defendant, Ezra J. McCandless, guilty of first-degree intentional homicide as charged in the information. And the answer to the special verdict question is yes. Use the dangerous weapon. And you may be seated. All right, ladies and gentlemen, is this your verdict? All right. I'm going to do what's called polling the jury.

And I'm going to ask each of you if this is your verdict.

57-year-old Carlos Acosta before Judge George Strickland at today's sentencing in Woodstock.

Prosecutors asking the judge for jail time. Acosta, the late A.J. Friend's child advocate, found guilty in October of failing to protect the five-year-old from his abusive parents, both of them in the state penitentiary for their son's horrific murder.

Defense attorneys pushing back.

It's inconceivable to me. that this happened judge george strickland says acosta had substantial resources that he could have called upon from both the state and mchenry county if he hadn't willfully refused to investigate the matter and while acknowledging how tough a job it is to be a dcfs investigator there's no evidence that mr costa was overworked that he

The conditions in which Kayleigh was left to die were fairly described by the Crown as unfit for any animal. However, there was no deliberate cruelty Es gibt keine Beweise von Geschlecht oder von Targeting. Es ist ein Fall von kriminellem Vergnügen und grosser Vergnügen. It is a particularly serious case of its kind and that does require some upward movement from the guideline starting point.

Sarah Lloyd-Jones is entitled to credit for her guilty plea. Following the sentencing guideline, I assess the appropriate credit to be 20%. That reduces the sentence in her case from seven years, six months to six years. Alan Titford did not plead guilty and gets no credit. For the gross negligence manslaughter of Kayleigh Titford, I sentence you to seven years, six months imprisonment.

You will serve two thirds of the sentence, namely five years, in custody before you are released on license. When you are released, you will be on license until the end of this sentence.

Everybody be seated, please.

Mr. Rasmussel, I take it from your notice that, as to Ms.

In the case of the state of Florida versus Catherine D. McBonwa, Case number 2016 CF3036 and 2018 CF497. We, the jury, find as follows as to count one. A, the defendant is guilty of first degree murder. We, the jury, find as follows as to count two. A, the defendant is guilty of conspiracy to commit first degree murder. We, the jury, find as follows as to count three.

A, the defendant is guilty of solicitation to commit first degree murder. And it is signed and dated by the foreperson.

Which is the count of first degree murder. You have been found guilty by a jury. you will be adjudicated guilty and you will be sentenced to life in prison with no eligibility for probation or parole. On count two, which is the conspiracy to commit murder, you have been found guilty by a jury.

You will be adjudicated guilty and you will be sentenced to a consecutive sentence of 30 years in the Department of Corrections. On count three, the solicitation to commit murder,

Would the defendant please rise? With regard to count one, we, the jury in the above captioned case, find the defendant, Brooke Schuyler Richardson, not guilty of the offense of aggravated murder. And there appear to be 12 jury signatures affixed. Verdict form two, involuntary manslaughter.

We, the jury in the above captioned case, do hereby find the defendant, Brooke Schuyler Richardson, not guilty of the offense of involuntary manslaughter. Count three, child endangerment. We, the jury, find the defendant, Brooke Schuyler Richardson, not guilty of child endangerment.

It does say we further find the defendant did not cause serious physical harm to the alleged victim, but that finding is not necessary as a matter of law. Verdict form number four, we, the jury, in the above captioned case, find the defendant, Brooke Schuyler Richardson, guilty of the offense of abuse of a corpse. Ladies and gentlemen, are those the verdicts of the jury? Yes, sir.

You may be seated.

Ms. Richardson, you get the last word in all of this. Is there anything that you want to tell me before I impose a sentence?

Ms. Richardson, we've been living with this case now for over two years. Actually, part of it is still in the Supreme Court, even as we speak right now. And I've always sort of thought of this case, Ms. Richardson, as a story of two little girls, Skylar Richardson and Annabelle Richardson.

and you know i have a daughter about your age ms richardson and i have a granddaughter about the age that annabelle would be right now the jury found that the state did not prove that you were guilty of killing your baby either intentionally by way of aggravated murder or recklessly by the involuntary manslaughter but

In all of this mess that we have with this case, I think what often gets overlooked, Ms. Richardson, is just how precious life is. Your life, Annabelle's life, Life is precious and it should be protected and it should be guarded in all respects. And I have reviewed all of the expert reports in this case. I listened to the expert's testimony. I firmly believe, Ms.

Richardson, in fact, I know in my heart that if you would have made different decisions in this case, Annabelle would be here today.

and i know that might be difficult for you to hear some people are inclined to think to themselves you know this is america we kill unborn babies every day but i don't look at it that way ms richardson and the law does not allow me to consider the acts that you took prior to giving birth but i think that your choices before birth during birth and after show a grotesque disregard for life.

And I think when I look at this case, that to me is what offends the community sensibilities. But because of policy decisions that are beyond my purview, the jury was not permitted to consider those things, and neither am I. So I don't hold those things against you

Mormon. Was sagen Sie zu der Beurteilung Nr. 2013-1446, der den Beurteilungspflichter Philipp Chisholm mit Mord in der ersten Klasse beurteilt? Ist der Beurteilungspflichter schuldig oder nicht schuldig? Und wenn er schuldig ist, schuldig auf was? Auf welche Theorie?

Mr. Foreman, what say you to indictment number 2013-1447-001, charging the defendant with aggravated rape? Is the defendant guilty or not guilty?

Mr. Foreman and ladies and gentlemen of the jury, harken to your verdict as the court has recorded it. You, upon your oath, do say that the defendant, Philip Chisholm, is not guilty on indictment number 2013-1447-001, charging him with aggravated rape. So say you, Mr. Foreman.

So say you all, members of the jury. Yes. On indictment 2013-1447-002, charging the defendant with armed robbery. Mr. Foreman, what say you? Is the defendant guilty or not guilty?

Mr. Foreman, on indictment number 2014-109, charging the defendant Philip Chisholm with aggravated rape, what say you? Is the defendant guilty or not guilty? Guilty.

Okay.

Did you drive over there?

I'm done.

Your Honor, everyone knows Eli Hart as the victim of this senseless and horrific crime.

Okay.

Fuck you all. You're garbage. Das ist das, was Herr Aller gesagt hat, und das ist das Leben. I can't hear you over your stomach growling. I'm sorry. Herr Leary? Nichts, Your Honor. Herr Newton? Nichts, Your Honor. Vielen Dank für Ihre Arbeit in diesem Fall.

There were loud cheers when the judge handed down sentence. What has happened to Anna must never happen to another woman again. And we will make sure that every case like this, as an organization, we will support our women.

This is my sentence for Axel Rudicabana. During this sentence hearing, Axel Rudicabana was determined to disrupt the proceedings so that he would not have to face the victims of his crimes and justice. I was required to have him removed from court, not because that is what he wanted, but he was preventing the hearing from being held in the normal way.

Accordingly, I pass sentence in his voluntary absence whilst his counsel, both leading and junior, and solicitor are present in court. On the 29th of July last year, Rudica Barner left home and travelled by taxi to the Hart Space in Hart Street, Southport, armed with a large kitchen knife which he had bought on the internet on the 13th of July, 16 days earlier.

He knew that there was to be a Taylor Swift themed yoga and dance workshop where very young girls, mostly aged between six and 11, were to enjoy an organized party safely in an upstairs room where the organizers were to look after him. There were 26 children in the party, all of them happy and enjoying themselves.

It started at about half past nine that morning on a warm summer's day, but he had targeted those very young children for the horrific, extreme violence he was intent upon. At 11.45 that morning, he arrived and walked straight into the building at the stairs to where he could hear the sound of happy children. In his mind was the intention to murder as many of them as he physically could.

He wanted to try and carry out mass murder of innocent, happy, young girls. And over about 15 minutes, he savagely killed three of them and attempted to kill eight more, as well as two adults who tried to stop him. It was of such extreme violence of the utmost and exceptionally high seriousness that it is difficult to comprehend why it was done.

I am sure that Rudacabana had a settled and determined intention to carry out these offences, and that had he been able to, he would have killed each and every child, all 26 of them, as well as any adults who got in his way. I am now going to sentence Axel Rudacabana, having explained my reasons. On counts one to three murder, I sentence him to custody for life

with a minimum term which he must serve in custody of 52 years. On counts 4 to 11, I sentence him concurrently to custody for life, with a minimum term of 18 years. On counts 12 and 13, I sentence him concurrently to custody for life, with a minimum term of 16 years. On counts 14 and 16, I sentence him to 18 months' custody, concurrently with each other and all other offences.

Accordingly, in total, I sentence Rudi Cabana to 13 sentences of custody for life, and a minimum term to be served in custody of 51 days and 190 days. It is highly likely that he will never be released.

You, sir, will learn from this while you're incarcerated. It is a horrible, devious act that has occurred.

The boy's mother, Tiffany Lucas, is charged with murder. She pled not guilty in court. Judge Jennifer Porter set the mother's bond.

And after reading through the citation, noting the charges specifically two class A felonies of murder. The court is finding her to be a danger to others and will set a $2 million bond with Lucas held at Bullitt County Detention Center.

Her two boys known to play in their neighborhood are gone from the yard in the sidewalks. It leaves the community wondering why.

Without knowing what went wrong, the only certainty now is the heartbreak felt at the loss of two beautiful, innocent lives.

Ladies and gentlemen, it's come to my attention that you have reached a verdict in this case. Is that correct? It is. All right. Would you please publish your verdict to the court?

Thank you, ma'am.

Thank you for being here.

Let me just also add... of the defendant's quarrel with the verdict that was rendered in this case. This case was carefully tried. defend its family of the scope of the tragedy and of the cause of the tragedy. I've lived with this case for a long time, too. And I will tell you that it is one of the worst and outcomes that anyone could ever experience or dream of experiencing.

And so I just want to say that I feel for and deeply pained by your loss. And I hope that you will somehow find a way to recover.

As to count six, you'll be sentenced to a term of life in prison. As to counts 10 through 41, you'll be sentenced to a term of 20 years to serve. Those 20 years will be served concurrent with each other and consecutively sentenced pronounced to count number six.

As to counts 42 through 47, who was sentenced to a term of 20 years, those sentences are right concurrent with each other and consecutive to count number 10. All told, this is a life sentence, plus 40 years to serve in a state penitentiary.

It will be the order in judgment of this court to be sentenced to a term of 30 years in state penitentiary as to counts 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 22, 23, 26, 27, 30, 31, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47. You'll be sentenced to a term of 20 years. to serve in the state penitentiary. All told, it was a 50-year sentence with 30 years to serve in the state penitentiary.

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