Ashley Benefield, the Lakewood Ranch woman sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing her husband, has filed an appeal in hopes of reversing the outcome of her high-profile trial. The appeal ...

Ashley Benefield was sentenced to two decades, with credit for time served, followed by 10 years probation in a case that's gained national attention as the "Black Swan murder" trial. The former ...

The former ballerina convicted of killing her well-heeled husband — in a sensational case that came to be known as the “Black ... Swan murder” — has been sentenced to 20 years in prison ...

Ashley and Doug Benefield wed after knowing each other for 13 days - despite their 30-year age gap - but their love story ...

Despite the trouble in paradise, the couple stayed together and Doug even had a vasectomy reversed so they could have a child ...

In the last week, the Canadian market has been flat, but it is up 23% over the past year with earnings forecasted to grow by 16% annually. Penny stocks may be a throwback term, but they still ...

If you accept – as Judge Matt Whyte did – that Doug Benefield was an abuser, then at worst Ashley Benefield’s judgment was faulty and the shooting was not necessary. That was the jury’s ...

The headline in a recent edition of the Sarasota Herald- Tribune – "Former Lakewood Ranch ballerina to serve 20 years" – ironically trumpeted an identical sentence for a teenager who was convicted ...

A suspected home invasion in Bradenton turned fatal late Thursday night after the homeowner confronted two intruders and shot ...