Murder Trial

A Massachusetts man who spent 34 years behind bars for a killing he maintains he did not commit has been freed while the courts determine whether he should get a new trial.

The highest court in Massachusetts has reduced the first-degree murder conviction of a man found guilty of killing an Army veteran during a fight in Boston’s Theater District in 2012 to second-degree murder in a decision that redefines “extreme atrocity or cruelty” in murder cases. Peter Castillo, 32, of Salem, was convicted in 2016 of shooting Iraq War veteran Stephen…

A New York man who’s about to go on trial on charges that he killed a woman in Down East Maine believes masks worn during the pandemic could prejudice the jury against him. In court documents, Carine Reeves’ attorney said that wearing a mask could be prejudicial since masks are associated with crime. Reeves, a Black man, contends his...

A mother has been ordered to stand trial on murder charges in the deaths two young children found hanging in an eastern Pennsylvania basement last fall.

The murder trial of a man charged in the 2018 fatal stabbing of an 18-year-old woman at an Oakland BART station resumed Tuesday with the defendant taking the stand in an Oakland courtroom.

A Massachusetts man who faced life prison if convicted of first-degree murder in the killing of his estranged wife’s lover has walked out of court a free man after a judge declared him not guilty. Salem Superior Court Judge Thomas Dreschler’s directed verdict Tuesday came a week into the trial of Jose Urena, 51, and just before closing statements,...

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A man accused of killing his wife with a cleaver and critically injuring his mother-in-law at their Vermont home is expected back in court after murder charges were refiled against him. Aita Gurung, of Burlington, was initially charged with killing his wife in 2017, but Chittenden County State’s Attorney Sarah George dropped the charges against him, and two other violent…

The judge in the trial of a Needham woman charged with murdering her elderly neighbor in 2017 declared a mistrial Monday after the defense attorney was hit by a vehicle over the weekend and suffered serious injuries. The trial had opened Thursday and was set for its second day of testimony Monday before the court was informed of the defense…

Closing arguments are scheduled to begin in the trial of a man accused of killing two doctors in their South Boston penthouse.

A Maine woman accused of killing her 10-year-old daughter last year is on trial. Sharon Carrillo is charged with the 2018 murder of her daughter, Marissa Kennedy. Friday morning, a jury listened to state prosecutors and Carrillo’s lawyers begin to explain why she should or should not be responsible for Kennedy’s death. Her husband, Julio Carrillo, has already pleaded...

A jury on Thursday convicted two men accused of helping orchestrate the 2011 Miami-Dade murder of the man who allegedly had an affair with the wife of a former owner of some Presidente Supermarkets.

More than a year after Cpl. Eugene Cole was fatally shot in the line of duty, the man convicted of his murder returned to a Maine court Thursday where he was sentenced to life in prison for the crime. Prosecutors have asked for John Williams to receive a life sentence. He is scheduled to appear in court at 1 p.m.

A 44-year-old Wiscasset, Maine woman has been sentenced to 50 years in prison in the fatal beating a 4-year-old girl in her care. Shawna Gatto was sentenced Tuesday morning. Her attorney had argued she is not a “monster” deserving a life sentence. Superior Court Justice William Stokes in April found Gatto guilty of depraved indifference murder in the death of...

A 44-year-old Wiscasset, Maine woman has been sentenced to 50 years in prison in the fatal beating a 4-year-old girl in her care. Shawna Gatto was sentenced Tuesday morning. Her attorney had argued she is not a “monster” deserving a life sentence. Superior Court Justice William Stokes in April found Gatto guilty of depraved indifference murder in the death of...

A Maine man accused of placing a gun to the neck of a sheriff’s deputy and pulling the trigger has been convicted of murder. It took 12 people under four hours Tuesday to find John Williams guilty of shooting Cpl. Eugene Cole on April 25, 2018. After being requested to say “yes” or “no” when asked if Williams committed murder,...

A Massachusetts man who authorities say tried to kill his sister and brother-in-law by cutting their throats has been sentenced to up to eight years in prison.

A Maine judge is set to reveal his verdict in the murder trial of a Wiscasset woman charged in the death of a 4-year-old girl. The announcement is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon in the trial of Shawna Gatto, who’s accused of fatally beating Kendall Chick.

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