( June 19, 2026, 2:49 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Affirming a ruling that barred a woman who was convicted of murdering her husband from claiming his Employee Retirement Income Security Act benefits, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said in an unpublished memorandum disposition that under a state “slayer” statute, “a person’s killer is not entitled to benefit from the decedent’s pension” and that “federal common law refuses to allow a person to benefit financially from a murder she has committed.”...