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Colorado dentist convicted of murder in the poisoning death of his wife
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Colorado dentist convicted of murder in the poisoning death of his wife

  • By JESSE BEDAYN and COLLEEN SLEVIN - Associated Press

A Colorado dentist has been convicted of murder in the poisoning death of his wife. Jurors found James Craig guilty of first-degree murder on Wednesday. Prosecutors had accused Craig of repeatedly poisoning his wife Angela Craig, including by lacing her smoothies over 10 days in 2023. When those attempts failed, prosecutors said at trial that James Craig gave her a final dose of cyanide as she was hospitalized in suburban Denver with symptoms that puzzled doctors. Craig's lawyers had said his wife sought his help in ending her own life. Toxicology tests determined Angela Craig died of poisoning.

Lawyers for Epstein's former girlfriend say she's open to interview with Congress, if given immunity
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Lawyers for Epstein's former girlfriend say she's open to interview with Congress, if given immunity

  • By ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

Ghislaine Maxwell is open to answering questions from Congress if granted immunity from future prosecution, her lawyers say. Maxwell, serving a 20-year sentence for conspiring with Jeffrey Epstein to abuse underage girls, has requested questions in advance and wants any interview scheduled after her Supreme Court petition is resolved. The House Oversight Committee, however, has stated it will not consider offering her immunity. Maxwell's lawyers have also urged the Supreme Court to review her conviction, claiming she did not receive a fair trial. They suggest she might testify openly if pardoned by former President Trump.

Child's interview can't be used in her father's trial in killings of wife and other man, judge rules
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Child's interview can't be used in her father's trial in killings of wife and other man, judge rules

  • By OLIVIA DIAZ - Associated Press/Report for America

A Virginia judge has denied prosecutors’ motion to have an interview of a man's child be used as evidence in his trial in a double-killing case. Brendan Banfield is accused of plotting with an au pair to kill his wife and another man in February 2023. On Friday, the judge said that the interview could not be used because a child’s interview would be admissible only if the child was being directly victimized by the parent. In this case, the interview was conducted more than a year before her father was arrested and nearly two years before the child's father was charged with child abuse. The judge also has denied Banfield's motions to remove the lead prosecutor of the case and to quash the indictment.