Tag: Sentencing
Ex-cop-turned-lawyer gets 4+ years in prison in 9/11 scam
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A former police lieutenant-turned-lawyer was sentenced Monday to more than four years in prison after cheating a fellow officer of...
Chicago man gets 17 years prison for carjacking outside mall
OAK BROOK, Ill. — A 29-year-old Chicago man was sentenced to 17 years in prison for hijacking a woman's car as she sat in...
7 Hong Kong democracy leaders to be sentenced amid crackdown
HONG KONG — Seven of Hong Kong’s leading pro-democracy advocates, including 82-year-old veteran activist Martin Lee and pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, are expected...
Jury recommends life in prison for Missouri man in 2 deaths
HARRISONVILLE, Mo. — A jury recommended on Friday that a Kansas City man receive the maximum sentence for killing two women nearly a decade...
North Carolina man sentenced in fatal restaurant crash
GASTONIA, N.C. — A North Carolina man was sentenced on Friday to at least 38 years in prison for killing his daughter and daughter-in-law...
Texas’ longest serving death row inmate has sentence tossed
HOUSTON — An appeals court has overturned the sentence of Texas’ longest serving death row inmate, whose attorneys say has languished in prison for...
Ex-L.A. sheriff’s deputy gets prison for pot warehouse theft
LOS ANGELES — A former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy who staged a $2 million robbery of a marijuana warehouse was sentenced Monday to...
Tucson man gets federal prison term for firearms smuggling
TUCSON, Ariz. — A Tucson man has been sentenced to 6 ½ years in federal prison for smuggling firearms and ammunition into Mexico.
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Court rejects appeal of killer of 3 in home invasion
HARTFORD, Conn. — The Connecticut Supreme Court rejected the appeal of a man convicted of murder, sexual assault and other crimes in the killings...
Montenegrin crew member gets over 5 years in cocaine bust
PHILADELPHIA — A cargo ship crew member has been sentenced to five years and 10 months in federal prison in connection with nearly 40,000...
