Alford plea

Ex-Cop Sentenced for Murder of Wife, Stepdaughter in Front of House

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A former police officer from Virginia, aged 60, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the brutal murder of his wife and stepdaughter two years ago. Richard C. Crowder was handed a 100-year sentence by a Henrico County Circuit Court judge on Friday for the 2022 murders of Diane Crowder, 53, and Carrie Szaksz, 35, according to court documents. In February, Crowder admitted to two counts of first-degree murder in connection with the fatal shootings …

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Mother sentenced in death of infant son who ingested meth, then hid his body in attic

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Shaylynn Curtis from Kentucky was sentenced to 23 years in a state correctional facility on Monday, after pleading guilty to murder and abuse of corpse in connection to the death of her 5-month-old son, who died in 2021 due to complications from ingesting methamphetamine. Curtis entered an Alford plea, which is similar to a guilty plea, but allows her to maintain her innocence while admitting the state has enough evidence to convict her. She told …

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