An expert in blood spatter took the stand Monday in the second week of Brittany Norwood’s trial in the killing of her co-worker at a Bethesda yoga store. William Vosburgh told Montgomery County Circuit Court jurors that blood found on the walls around the body of Jayna Murray was “typical of a severe beating situation.” Read full article > >

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Blood-spatter expert testifies in yoga store killing

A multimillion-dollar ministry that includes everything from a 19,000-member congregation to offering paid parking for Washington Redskins games is legally controlled by a board of directors, not the son of the ministry’s co-founder, a Prince George’s County Circuit Court judge ruled Monday. Judge Dwight Jackson’s ruling was a blow to the Rev. Joel R. Peebles, pastor of Jericho City of Praise in Landover , who had argued that Betty Peebles, who died last fall, meant for him to control not only the spiritual direction of the ministry but its financial direction as well. In his ruling, Jackson said that Joel Peebles had no legal authority over the ministry because he was never elected to the governing board. Read full article > >

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Court rules against Jericho City of Praise pastor in fight for control of ministry

A multimillion-dollar ministry that includes everything from a 19,000-member congregation to offering paid parking for Washington Redskins games is legally controlled by a board of directors, not the son of the ministry’s co-founder, a Prince George’s County Circuit Court judge ruled Monday. Judge Dwight Jackson’s ruling was a blow to the Rev. Joel R. Peebles, pastor of Jericho City of Praise in Landover , who had argued that Betty Peebles, who died last fall, meant for him to control not only the spiritual direction of the ministry but its financial direction as well. In his ruling, Jackson said that Joel Peebles had no legal authority over the ministry because he was never elected to the governing board. Read full article > >

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Court rules against Jericho City of Praise pastor in fight for control of ministry

Defense attorneys for Brittany Norwood, the woman charged with killing a co-worker in a Bethesda yoga shop, are likely to assert that their client is not criminally responsible because of mental illness, according to a filing in Montgomery County Circuit Court. The lawyers also asked a judge to postpone Norwood’s October trial so they can further investigate her medical, social and educational background. Norwood, 29, is charged with first-degree murder in the March killing of Jayna Murray, 30, inside Lululemon Athletica in downtown Bethesda. Prosecutors have said they will seek a sentence of life without the possibility of parole if Norwood is convicted. Read full article > >

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Brittany Norwood likely to plead insanity in Lululemon slaying, court filing shows

Lawyers for yoga store slaying suspect Brittany Norwood are exploring whether to argue that she is not criminally responsible for the crime because of mental illness, according to a court hearing Wednesday in the case. The lawyers told Montgomery County Circuit Judge Robert A. Greenberg that they are speaking with mental health experts who could testify at Norwood’s trial. Read full article > >

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Lululemon murder suspect could plead insanity

A 15-year-old was convicted in the 2009 beating death of a Chicago honors student that was caught on video, Cook County Circuit Court officials said said Thursday.

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