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Video · NBC NewsProsecutors declined to charge in 2024. Two years later, a lawsuit, a reopened investigation and a governor's order have put the case back in front of prosecutors. No one has been charged. Here's where it stands.
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Video · WDIV Local 4Prosecutors say church leaders used fear of God's punishment, along with other alleged abuse, to make members work for free. The defense argued the case puts religious belief on trial. On Nov. 9, a federal judge refused to dismiss it.
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Video · East Idaho NewsShe was convicted in two states. Both appeals are pending, and Idaho's top court heard hers on Nov. 2. Here's how the process works, and why no one can say how many chances she has left.
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Video · WBIR Channel 10The state says it followed its protocol. Her lawyers say the IV lines weren't placed correctly. A review is under way, evidence must be preserved, and no one has said whether Tennessee will try again.
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Video · WCVB Channel 5 BostonJudge William F. Sullivan rejected her lawyers' double-jeopardy argument Nov. 9 and turned down prosecutors' request for a gag order. The case returns to court Nov. 16, when he plans to set a trial date.
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Video · Bench WatchA Prince William County jury convicted him of first-degree murder, concealing her body and defiling her body. He'll be sentenced March 12, 2027.
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Video · WDIV Local 4In 2009, a prosecutor touring a Detroit police storage building noticed dozens of boxes. They held what turned out to be more than 11,000 rape kits. Seventeen years later, the cases are still reaching courtrooms.
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Matthew Konen's lawyers argued he acted in self-defense. A Clarksville jury convicted him of first-degree murder in one death and a lesser crime in the other.
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Video · Bench WatchHer body has never been found. On Nov. 10, 2026, a jury convicted her husband of first-degree murder. Here's what the jurors heard.
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Video · WCBD News 2South Carolina's top court threw out his convictions over a clerk's contact with jurors. The retrial is set for April in a new county, and the fight over evidence is already under way.
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Video · WRALFourteen years after the UNC student was killed, a jury found Miguel Salguero-Olivares guilty of her murder. He was sentenced to life without parole and is appealing.
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Video · LOCAL 12 (WKRC)A former county prosecutor in her 12th year on the Miami County bench, Pratt ordered 16 years on other counts served before the life term begins.
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