FAYETTEVILLE A Pine Bluff man who admitted he killed a man who he believed had raped a woman he considered his sister was found guilty of first-degree murder on Wednesday and sentenced to 36 years in prison.
FAYETTEVILLE A Washington County Circuit Court jury took about 30 minutes Wednesday to find a Pine Bluff man guilty of a lesser charge of first-degree murder for fatally shooting a Fayetteville man in the head.
FAYETTEVILLE A Washington County Circuit Court jury took about 30 minutes Wednesday to find a Pine Bluff man guilty of a lesser charge of first-degree murder for fatally shooting a Fayetteville man in the head.
In this week’s Know the News podcast, host Chris Swindle speaks with reporter Ron Wood and Circuit Judge Mark Lindsay about how the court system has coped with the backlog of cases caused by the covid-19 pandemic.
How to measure and improve the performance of the criminal justice system became a point of contention Thursday for members of Washington County s Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee.