Arrests and Sentencing
Arrests and Sentencing are critical components of the criminal justice system, directly impacting the correctional workforce. This section provides articles that explore the processes, legal standards, and implications of Arrests and Sentencing in various jurisdictions. Understanding how arrests lead to sentencing decisions and how these outcomes affect correctional facilities is essential for professionals in the field. For more insights, see our related resources on Re-Entry and Recidivism.
With less than a month left in office, Gov. Kate Brown used executive clemency powers to change the death sentence to life in prison without the possibility of parole
Sheriff: “These dirtbags thought they could attack or order an attack on another inmate and not get caught.”
Prosecutors argue millionaire model Courtney Clenney must remain jailed as she awaits trial for killing Christian Obumseli inside their luxury apartment
Investigators believe a man used a tool to beat his 5-year-old niece to death
Doctor was found guilty of performing medically unnecessary heart procedures
Man was sentenced to life in prison without parole Friday for the 1995 execution-style slaying of a fellow gang member
Man accused of 4 assaults in office
Todd Eugene Anderson said he loved the woman he killed
Man had a history of marijuana arrests and had once been taken to a hospital for observation after knocking down garbage cans
At her video arraignment Saturday, the 31-year-old woman wept and choked out, “I did not kill him on purpose”
David Chandler was just days from death when police arrived at his hospital room to question him about the person who shot him
Twenty-eight-year old Officer Nathan Beauvais was stabbed in the neck with a prison-made knife at the maximum security prison
A former police officer from northeast Ohio has been sentenced to serve at least 16 years in prison in the slaying of his wife
Jared Loughner’s plea spares him the death penalty
Kevin Dunham prepared false Forms W2 on a typewriter in his cell and produced handwritten Forms 1040EZ in the names of other inmates
Man is asking to be brought before a state judge to argue his civil rights are being violated with an illegal sentence
A man was arrested for throwing a plastic bottle on the track at Olympic Stadium about a second before the start of the men’s 100-meter final
Eric Glisson named members of a violent drug gang he suggested were the killers
Calif. man serving 87 to life for rape pleads guilty to 3 unsolved Md. rapes from 1980s
Alan Jerome Crotzer has been an outspoken advocate for those wrongfully held in Florida’s prisons
Woman was arrested after an officer asked her to show him how her husband tried to strangle her
James Holmes was charged with 24 counts of murder, two each for the 12 people killed, and 116 counts of attempted murder, two each for the 58 injured
Prosecutors recommended between 10 and 12 1/2 years in prison
Opening statements are slated for Tuesday in the long-delayed trial of Drew Peterson
Couple avoid airing of their alleged deceits
Man murdered a woman, stuffed her body into a suitcase, and then rolled the luggage out to a Harlem street
Police shot and killed Craig M. Keith after he led officers from several law enforcement agencies on a chase that spanned three counties
Police in Atlanta are looking for a grandmother and her boyfriend after her 13-month-old grandson ingested cocaine
Police in Oregon say a 63-year-old man called authorities in Texas and confessed to two Portland homicides in the 1970s
Man with a history of DUI arrests was held on bail for the hit-and-run accident of CO Nikki Bostic-Jones
Uniformed sheriff’s deputies were stationed outside, and deputies were positioned on the roofs of both court buildings at the Arapahoe County Justice Center
Troopers say Michael Leach used his department-issued .45-caliber Glock handgun in the shooting
FBI spokesman Dave Joly said late Saturday the federal agency “is not looking at a second suspect” in the Friday massacre in Aurora, Colo.