Women like Ashley Benefield are regularly sent to prison by male jurists who are not educated about – or are willfully blind ...

The case drew national attention, with some comparing Ashley Benefield to the protagonist of the 2010 film "Black Swan." ...

The sentencing came about four months after a six-person jury found Ashley Benefield, 32, guilty of manslaughter. Benefield ...

Ashley Benefield's efforts to placate him was absolutely consistent ... "You'll have nothing to do with this child." The news that Ashley had given birth to a baby girl in March 2018 took more than a ...

Ashley Benefield at a hearing after being accused of killing her estranged husband, Doug Benefield, and is attempting to have ...

BRADENTON, Fla. — A Manatee County judge sentenced a woman to 20 years in prison after she was found guilty of killing her ...

A former ballerina who was convicted of manslaughter in what she claimed was the self-defense killing of her estranged ...

Ashley Benefield, a former ballerina, was convicted of the manslaughter of her husband Doug Benefield. They are reported to ...

The sentencing comes after Judge Matt Whyte denied the defense’s motion for a new trial due to juror misconduct.

Ashley Benefield -- the former ballet dancer who was found guilty of manslaughter for killing her husband, Doug, in a case ...

I’ve waited so long to speak to her, face to face,” Doug’s daughter Eva said during her victim-impact statement. “I hope ...

A judge has sentenced a former professional ballerina to 20 years in prison in the so-called ‘Black Swan’ murder trial in ...