Shooting suspect to stand for his defense

Thirty-year-old Champaign, Illinois resident Micah Hopkins was recently tried before the Champaign County Judge Heidi Ladd for charges of first-degree murder, the News-Gazette reported on April 8. This was the same day that Hopkins was slated to stand for his own defense. Hopkins was accused of shooting and killing Allen Redding, 26, who used to be...

Murder

February 23rd, 2015

Chapel Hill triple-murder suspect charged with first-degree murder

A grand jury in Durham County, North Carolina indicted 46-year-old Craig Hicks on three counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of three Muslim college students, identified as 23-year-old Deah Shaddy Barakat, his 21-year-old wife Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, and her sister Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, The Herald-Sun reported on February 16. They were reportedly shot on February...

Murder

February 8th, 2014

Man who murdered own mother found not guilty due to insanity

Thirty-two-year-old Champaign, Illinois resident Terry Lee Brownlee was found not guilty by reason of insanity for murdering his mother, 61-year-old Sharon Brownlee last year on Friday, January 31 by Champaign County Judge Heidi Ladd. Brownlee said he also caused a fire that was discovered by the authorities at around 6:10 a.m. He was charged with murder,...

Criminal Defense

August 28th, 2013

Oscar Pistorius charged with murder

Twenty-six-year-old South African double-amputee marathon runner Oscar Pistorius, who claims he shot 30-year-old girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on February 14 because he mistook her for an intruder in their house, was indicted on Monday, August 19 for murder and illegal possession of ammunition. He is set to undergo trial at the High Court in Pretoria, the...

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