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.
A judge sentenced Darrell Brooks Jr. on 76 charges, including six counts of first-degree intentional homicide and 61 counts of reckless endangerment
Riverside County sheriff’s correctional deputy Daniel Jacks Jr. and his 20-year-old daughter died at the scene
Prosecutors claim ex-Cuyahoga County Jail director Ken Mills mismanaged the facility and created inhumane conditions
Democrat William Jefferson was convicted in 2009 but has been free on bond while appealing his case
Man is considered “armed and dangerous”
Lonnie Johnson is a sex offender, a felon with one rape conviction and nearly two dozen charges of rape and sex assault is free due to a legal loophole
Man is charged with murdering and kidnapping his pregnant girlfriend
Officials are split on whether criminals who were arrested but not yet sentenced for crack cocaine offenses should be able to take advantage of newly reduced sentences
Husband and wife are accused of torturing and starving the man’s teenage daughter and forcing her to live in their basement
Officials are dusting off little-used laws to seek murder charges against suspected dealers
Gov. John Kasich agreed with the Ohio Parole Board to recommend against Mark Wayne Wiles’ clemency request
George Zimmerman is held without bond for the murder of Trayvon Martin
Santos Roman went to the school to retrieve the drugs and found police waiting for him
An affidavit says 19-year-old Jake England confessed to shooting three people and 32-year-old Alvin Watts confessed to shooting two
Special prosecutor Angela Corey said she will not take the Trayvon Martin shooting death before a grand jury
The mother of a 14-year-old who had cerebral palsy and weighed 28 pounds when she died last year has pleaded guilty
Woman was arrested and booked for investigation of murder and conspiracy to commit murder
Thomas Scala, 58, will be sentenced to five years’ probation for criminally negligent homicide
A Phoenix man was sentenced to two terms of life in prison Wednesday for brutally beating two boys to death with a baseball bat
An inmate told detectives he knew who was responsible for a string of obituary-related burglaries because the suspects had bragged about their methods
More than 1,000 of the people arrested had multiple criminal convictions
A mentally ill man stabbed his 84-year-old mom to death, and then told police that “Satan” did it
Pakistani court has convicted his three widows and two of his daughters on charges of illegally living in Pakistan and sentenced them to 45 days in prison
Records show Shaquan Duley was admitted Friday to a maximum-security women’s prison
Officials called it one of the most prolific crack cocaine selling operations in the city
Edward O’Rourke Jr. pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of endangering the welfare of a child
The single parent was living with her mother, had no job and was depressed and upset about multiple issues at the time of the slayings
Robert Gardner is facing up to 25 years to life in prison
Murderer: ‘They lost a child...I am going to die in jail’
Authorities say the woman told officials that she and her daughter suffered mental illness and wanted to die
Texas man spent nearly 25 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit
A homeless woman died in a jail cell after being arrested for refusing to leave a hospital where she had sought treatment for a sprained ankle
The death sentence Lamar Cooper originally faced was no longer an option, because Illinois banned capital punishment last year