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.
After Walter Harold Mitchell III closed his donated-cadaver business he abandoned 24 human body limbs and five heads in a remote forest
Enrique Chavez was the fifth employee at the Dublin prison to be charged with sexual abuse of inmates since June 2021
Spared execution, his existence behind bars looms as dreadful and possibly violent due to his lack of social skills
The man and his wife are accused of locking the girl in the basement of their home and denying her food until she wasted away to 68 pounds
Andrew Cuomo on Monday proposed cutting the penalty for public possession of a small amount of marijuana
Man was convicted in a murder-for-hire plot
Zimmerman, the onetime neighborhood watch volunteer charged with killing Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, turned himself in Sunday
The state wants a man twice convicted in the 1990 slaying of a farm wife to remain behind bars for life
James Belknap was arrested Monday afternoon and faces four counts of first-degree murder
An officer has fatally shot a naked man who was chewing on the face of another man on a downtown expressway off-ramp
Parole board gets petition concerning bartender’s slaying
Pedro Hernandez was charged with the slaying of Etan Patz, who vanished on his way to school in his lower Manhattan neighborhood
In a strange turn of events, the woman who accused him a decade ago friended him on Facebook when he got out of prison
A businessman who helped put a notorious Russian arms dealer known as The Merchant of Death behind bars for 25 years was rewarded on Wednesday with a five-year prison term
Man is in jail after he filmed himself revealing his name, showing his face and admitting he stole the video camera he was using at that moment
Jessica Vega isn’t likely to do prison time, but court officials say she’ll have to repay $13,368 to her victims
Police arrested notorious “mountain man” Dan Nichols Tuesday on drug charges following a months-long search
74-year-old Sandra Layne has been charged with open murder and held without bond
Itzcoatl Ocampo, 24, is awaiting a Sept. 10 trial on six counts of murder with special circumstances of multiple murders and lying in wait
The woman had never been arrested before she fired a bullet at a wall one day in 2010 to scare off her husband when she felt he was threatening her
James Corley, 51, was charged with criminal sale of a controlled substance and other drug charges after a 15-month undercover investigation that used wiretaps and surveillance
Authorities say the woman’s daughter had numerous bed sores and showed other signs of neglect when she died
Viktor Bout was relieved to learn he wouldn’t be transferred as planned from New York to the so-called Supermax prison in Florence, Colo.
They could face decades more in prison for the robbery, on top of the lengthy sentences they received in Colorado for leading police on a dangerous chase
A man pulled up his shirt to show jurors his stab wound Tuesday, then identified a suspected serial killer as the man who attacked
The high court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from Neil Hampton Robbins, convicted in the death of 17-month-old Tristen Skye Rivet
The 35-year-old mother allowed at least seven men to have sex with her 14-year-old at least 20 times
Cyril Cornelius Williams maintains his innocence in the June 2010 murder of Trooper Wesley Brown
Serial killer will be brought to New York to face charges in two 1970s killings
Jennifer Mahoney faces between 15 and 30 years in prison when she is sentenced Aug. 22
Police arrested the 38-year-old woman and her 34-year-old boyfriend Monday night on suspicion of malicious punishment of a child
A reputed Mafia boss and another defendant have been found guilty of racketeering conspiracy and other counts but acquitted of murder