The Revolving Door
Monday will find us one week out from the start of the trial.
As we gear up and adjust our schedules to staff the expected month plus long proceedings, we’ve had to make some changes in the line up. The planned gavel-to-gavel coverage dictates this.
At this Wednesday’s, May 5 evidentiary hearing, we’ll know...
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Digging out in McLean
The federal government is shut down again today, Capital Area citizens are still digging out from the two feet of snow. And yet another storm is forecast for Tuesday. We’re all suffering from cabin fever.
The only wmrw.com staffer working this weekend was editorial cartoonist Thomas Nasty. Impressed by the work on...
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See You in the Funny Papers
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The Pen is Mightier than the Knife
As other newsrooms wrestle with budgets and staff cuts, we’re hiring.
The Real Estate desk had a busy spring; just this week our Fashion Editor filed his first story and we plan to launch our Book Review section in coming weeks.
Today, making his first contribution to these pages is editorial cartoonist,...
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On August 2nd, 2006, Washington attorney Robert E. Wone was murdered at 1509 Swann Street. Over two years passed before any criminal charges were filed - and then only conspiracy, obstruction of justice and crime scene tampering charges were brought against the Swann Street housemates, all present in the home on the night of the murder: Joe Price, Dylan Ward and Victor Zaborsky.
On May 17, 2010, a DC Superior Court trial got underway and all three defendants were all acquitted in that bench trial on those pending charges.
Nearly four years later, very little seems clear about what happened that night and who murdered Robert Wone. A cloud of suspicion remains over the Swann Street defendants who have denied any involvement in the murder of their friend or in the alleged cover up.
Judge Lynn Leibovitz found a moral certainty in their collective guilt, but not evidentiary certainty. Civil proceedings in a wrongful death suit filed by Robert's family is the next chapter in this tragic story.
We continue to work together seeking answers to the mystery of Robert Wone's murder and in finding justice for his memory and legacy.
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