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Feb 08, 2022

Beltway Sniper Lee Boyd Malvo Asks Maryland Court To Toss Out Life Sentences

Malvo’s public defender told Maryland’s highest court on Wednesday that the six life sentences he faces are unconstitutional.

Oct 06, 2020

D.C. Council Strengthens Requirements For Notice Of Eviction Cases

The measure follows an investigation from DCist that uncovered hundreds of instances in which process servers filed affidavits with discrepancies.

Jul 15, 2020

Northern Virginia Tenants Rally At Alexandria Court As Evictions Pick Up

More than 100 eviction cases have been filed against renters at a single property, according to housing activists.

Dec 06, 2019

Bookkeeper Charged With Stealing $364,000 From D.C. Restaurant Group

Prosecutors allege she stole from a 15th St NW restaurant over three years by skimming money from the cash deliveries, the restaurant’s safe, and while giving out cash to the restaurant’s bars .

Sep 13, 2019

D.C. Man Who Identified As A Neo-Nazi Will Be Released From Custody, Plans To Return To Bloomingdale

“Detention at the D.C. Jail for the last 10 months has caused Mr. Clark to re-evaluate many of the choices he has made in his young life—especially those choices that brought him to the attention of law enforcement,” his lawyer said in court documents.

Jul 24, 2019

Self-Avowed Bloomingdale Neo-Nazi Accepts Plea Deal

Jeffrey Clark will remain in custody before his sentencing in September.

Oct 21, 2016

Man Sentenced To 60 Years In Prison For Brutal Hill East Rape

D.C. Superior Court Judge Florence Pan called Antwon Pitt a “violent and aggressive individual” with a “lack of remorse or acceptance of responsibility.”

Aug 31, 2016

The Lovings’ Marriage License Is Now On Display At D.C. Court

Plus other historic marriage licenses from U.S. presidents, D.C. mayors, and more.

Apr 12, 2013

Defense Attorneys Want Tape of 911 Call Placed by Resident of Chandra Levy’s Building

Attorneys for the man convicted of killing Chandra Levy have asked to hear the contents of a 911 call made from her building the day she disappeared.

Dec 20, 2012

Muth Ruled Competent to Stand Trial, Will Represent Himself

Albrecht Muth might be a little odd, but a judge ruled that he’s not crazy enough to avoid standing trial for allegedly killing wife Viola Drath.

 
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