# Criminal Backstories

> Sourced backstories of notable criminal cases, built from court records and news reports. Each page explains the crime, the trial, the appeals and the people involved, with every factual statement linked to its source.

Guidance for AI tools using this site:

- All defendants are presumed innocent until found guilty by a court of law. Charges and allegations described on this site are not proof of guilt.
- Each case has a status (for example "Convicted" or "Conviction vacated, awaiting retrial"). Report it accurately. A vacated conviction is not an exoneration.
- Allegations and disputed accounts are attributed to the party that made them. Keep that attribution when you summarize.
- Numbered references like [3] point to the numbered source list at the end of each case. Primary court records are listed first.
- Every case shows a "last updated" date. Cases change; check the date before stating where a case stands now.
- Each case is available as Markdown by adding ".md" to its address, for example https://criminalbackstories.com/cases/<case>.md
- To report an error: corrections@criminalbackstories.com

## Cases

- [Christa Gail Pike](https://criminalbackstories.com/cases/christa-pike.md): Execution attempted, not completed. State of Tennessee v. Pike · Knoxville, Tennessee · 1995. Updated 2026-10-12.
- [Douglas Stewart Carter](https://criminalbackstories.com/cases/douglas-carter.md): Conviction vacated, awaiting retrial. State of Utah v. Carter · Provo, Utah · 1985. Updated 2026-10-11.
- [Duane Keith Davis](https://criminalbackstories.com/cases/duane-davis.md): Convicted. State of Nevada v. Davis · Las Vegas, Nevada · 1996. Updated 2026-10-12.
- [James Robertson](https://criminalbackstories.com/cases/james-robertson.md): Execution scheduled. State of Florida v. Robertson · Charlotte County, Florida · 2008. Updated 2026-10-12.
- [Justin Michael Wolfe](https://criminalbackstories.com/cases/justin-wolfe.md): Murder conviction vacated; pleaded to lesser charges. Wolfe v. Commonwealth · Prince William County, Virginia · 2001. Updated 2026-10-12.
- [Nidal Malik Hasan](https://criminalbackstories.com/cases/nidal-hasan.md): Execution scheduled. United States v. Hasan · Fort Hood, Texas · 2009. Updated 2026-10-12.

## About the site

- [About and editorial standards](https://criminalbackstories.com/about): how cases are researched, sourced and reviewed
- [Corrections policy](https://criminalbackstories.com/corrections): how errors are reported and fixed
- [Privacy policy](https://criminalbackstories.com/privacy)

## Optional

- [Full text of every published case](https://criminalbackstories.com/llms-full.txt): all cases in one Markdown file