Tag: Sentencing
Prosecutors request life sentence for ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero
KIGALI, Rwanda — Rwandan prosecutors on Thursday requested a life sentence for the man who inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda” as he faces terrorism...
Alabama juvenile lifer appeals life without parole sentence
A man sentenced to die in prison for a murder committed when he was 14 — whose case became U.S. Supreme Court precedent —...
Former corrections officer gets 10 years for raping women
MIAMI — A former South Florida corrections officer was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison for raping women under his supervision
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North Carolina governor grants pardon to ex-death row inmate
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper granted a pardon Wednesday to a man who was once on death row for a shopkeeper’s...
California man gets prison for coercing women for sex films
SAN DIEGO — A producer for a now-defunct California porn website was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison Monday for coercing or tricking...
US urges court to reimpose Boston bomber’s death sentence
BOSTON — President Joe Biden’s administration is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev despite...
Convict sentenced to life without parole in official’s death
RIPLEY, Tenn. — A convicted felon was sentenced to life in prison without parole Monday in a deal with prosecutors in the rape and...
1998 Oregon school shooter: ‘tremendous shame and guilt’
SALEM, Ore. — Kip Kinkel, who killed his parents before going on a shooting rampage at his Oregon high school in 1998, killing two...
Judge rejects new trial for Indiana man in murder-for-hire
MUNCIE, Ind. — A central Indiana judge has rejected a new trial for a man convicted in the 1993 murder-for-hire slaying of a woman...
Indiana man gets life for role in woman’s torture-slaying
GOSHEN, Ind. — A northern Indiana man convicted for his role in the 2019 torture-slaying of a woman whose body was dumped in southern...
