In 2024, Ashley Benefield was sentenced to 20 years in prison for fatally shooting her husband, Doug Emily Blackwood is a writer and editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ashley Benefield, the Lakewood Ranch woman convicted of manslaughter for killing her husband, will remain in prison while she ...

The wait begins for a Manatee County Circuit Court judge's decision on whether to approve a bond for Ashley Benefield pending the appeal of her manslaughter conviction for the shooting death of her ...

BRADENTON, Fla. (WFLA)— Ashley Benefield appeared in court Thursday for a bond hearing. According to the defense team for Ashley Benefield, the hearing was to see whether she should be granted bond ...

Ballerina and aspiring model Ashley Benefield stood trial for shooting her then-husband, Doug Benefield, to death. After her self-defense claim failed, a court sentenced her to 20 years in prison. The ...

Days before former ballerina Ashley Benefield was sentenced to 20 years in prison for manslaughter, a Florida judge denied her motion for a new trial. Manatee County Circuit Court Judge Matt Whyte ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Ashley Benefield, the former ballerina convicted of killing her estranged husband, was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison followed by 10 years of probation. The 32-year-old ...