US Stabbing Cases Bring Sentences, Murder Pleas

In separate stabbing cases, a Kansas City man received a 24-year prison sentence after entering an Alford plea to second-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of his girlfriend; charges tied to an alleged attack on another woman were dismissed under the plea agreement. In Minnesota, Charles W. Justus was sentenced to 17 years for stabbing a former neighbor, after prosecutors dismissed murder and other charges as part of his guilty plea to first-degree assault. In Ventura, Pedro Munoz pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the 2022 killing of Marcos Guzman Reyes and is expected to receive 26 years to life at sentencing. In Portland, Glen Rodney pleaded not guilty to murdering Julian Nadeau and says he acted in self-defense; he faces 25 years to life if convicted.