Six activists were found guilty yesterday of unlawful entry for entering the abandoned Franklin School downtown last November as part of a protest against cuts to homeless services.
Members of Occupy D.C. who were arrested last December when the protest group erected a barn-like structure in McPherson Square were found guilty today of disorderly conduct—along with other charges for some—by a magistrate judge in D.C. Superior Court.
May 07, 2012
Five South Capitol Street Shooters Found Guilty
The five men charged with killing five people along South Capitol Street in 2010 were found guilty by a jury this afternoon.
Nov 16, 2011
Seven D.C. Voting Rights Protesters Found Guilty
After one dropped case and one acquittal, seven of the remaining eight D.C. voting rights protesters put on trial for arrests at demonstrations in April were found guilty today of blocking traffic. One other protester was acquitted.
Jul 29, 2009
Banita Jacks Found Guilty of Murdering Her Daughters
Breaking news from the Washington Post:A D.C. Superior Court judge on Wednesday found Banita Jacks guilty of killing her four daughters in a case that shook the region for its cruelty. Judge Frederick H. Weisberg convicted Jacks on four counts of felony murder in the girls’ deaths. Weisberg also found Jacks guilty of first-degree premeditated murder in the deaths of the three youngest girls, but acquitted her on the premeditated murder of her oldest daughter….