


Kevin Rennie
Supreme Court Delay On Lapointe Puzzling
Supreme Court Delay On Lapointe Puzzling

Few homicide cases can be resolved in the 60-minute television format that shapes much of the public's impressions of murder investigations and prosecutions. The "Serial" podcast phenomenon that examined the 1999 murder of Baltimore high school student Hae Min Lee and the 2000 conviction of her classmate and ex-boyfriend Adnan Syed has been provided an extended and vivid example of how complicated some prosecutions for murder are. A 1987 murder in Manchester has entailed almost two decades of litigation, decisions, revelations and disputes. Eighty-eight-year-old Bernice Martin was raped, blinded and murdered in her Manchester apartment, which was then set on fire. Richard...