The worst moments in an abusive relationship are not what keep you there. The best ones are. The relief after the storm. The version of your partner who seems to understand what they did. That cycle rewires your nervous system in ways that have nothing to do with intelligence, willpower, Read more…
The final part of our interview with James Lasdun, author of The Family Man, goes into the question the trial never touched: How does a man kill his own family? The book draws on decades of research into family annihilators and finds cases that are disturbingly similar to Alex Murdaugh. Read more…
Indiana’s response brief in the Richard Allen appeal does not read like the work of a State that’s confident in its conviction. It reads like the work of a State trying to keep three judges from ever opening the trial record. The defense brought specifics. The van timeline contradicted by Read more…
April 23rd, 2026. Two things happen at the B Street Cruise Terminal in San Diego. Disney Cruise Line announces a landmark partnership extension through 2031 — doubling sailings, projecting over a million passengers through that dock. On the same day, at the same terminal, CBP agents board the Disney Magic Read more…
Kouri Richins has been sentenced to Life Without Parole after being found guilty of murdering her husband, Eric Richins, by poisoning him with a lethal dose of fentanyl in March 2022. She was also sentenced to several consecutive sentences for the other 4 charges. The case drew national attention from Read more…
A jury already decided what happened to Eric Richins. But at sentencing, his wife’s defense team made clear they weren’t done fighting — and they weren’t going quietly. At Kouri Richins’ sentencing hearing, attorneys Wendy Lewis and Kathy Nester came in swinging. Lewis told the court flat-out that her client Read more…
If three judges at the Indiana Court of Appeals rule the search of Richard Allen’s home was unconstitutional, Indiana cannot use the .40-caliber pistol again. Not in this case. Not in a retrial. Not ever. That is the consequence sitting underneath the search warrant issue in the Delphi appeal. It Read more…
Verdicts get the headlines. Victim impact statements get the truth. Kouri Richins has been sentenced to [INSERT SENTENCE] for the murder of her husband, Eric Richins — poisoned with a lethal dose of fentanyl in March 2022 while his children slept nearby. The jury already decided what she did. Now, Read more…
No DNA. No fingerprints. No forensic link. No witnesses. The only evidence against Robert Springsteen and Michael Scott in the yogurt shop murders was their own coerced words — confessions extracted after days of interrogation by detectives who blocked the door and screamed questions from inches away. Springsteen was sentenced Read more…
Before Alex Murdaugh ever opened his mouth to testify, the Colleton County Clerk of Court had already told the jury what to think. Don’t be fooled. Watch his movements. Don’t let the defense confuse you. The South Carolina Supreme Court just ruled that those words — spoken by an officer Read more…