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.
Iowa Department of Corrections officers located Pieper Lewis in Des Moines and took her into custody
A warrant was issued for Pieper Lewis’ arrest and the probation report asked for her deferred judgment to be revoked and have her original sentence imposed
Nikolas Cruz showed no emotion as a judge pronounced one-by-one 34 consecutive life sentences
After several disorderly conduct warnings, the man was arrested
Police are reviewing the conduct of an officer after an incident in which a handcuffed man was apparently dragged face-down across the floor
Prosecutors said Neil Entwistle killed his wife and daughter after becoming despondent over his failure to find a job and accumulating debt
The girl and her friend were picked up at school by one of the men and lured to a party with suspected members of the TB22, or True Blood 22, street gang
Officer killed an unarmed New York City man as he left his bachelor party
The jury needed just three hours Thursday to convict Tania Coleman of first-degree murder in the death of her daughter
Randall Willis told the dispatcher his sleeping wife didn’t know he was going to shoot her
Jahmell Crockam had previously vowed to friends he would kill a police officer rather than go to prison
Police say 6-year-old Khalil Wimes weighed less than 30 pounds when he died Monday night of blunt-force trauma to the head
Jerome Finnigan was sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty in federal court to a murder-for-hire plot
Maggie Jean Wortman pleaded guilty last month to voluntary manslaughter as part of a deal with prosecutors
Mark Byron agreed to begin posting the apology last month to avoid jail but later decided the ruling violated his freedom of speech
One of the alleged victims was an off-duty New York City police officer who was gunned down in 1997
Ka Yang faces life in prison without parole if she is convicted of killing her daughter
Ex-Los Angeles police officer has been sentenced to more than 17 years in federal prison after he was caught downloading child pornography
The 12-year-old boy had been strapped to a bed or locked in a bathroom for days or weeks at a time
Prosecutors called the August 2010 incident a senseless but deliberate crime
Lawyer said: “The defendant knew he had HIV AIDS when he raped this victim and he intended to infect her with the HIV AIDS virus”
An adoptive father accused of raping three boys in his care was indicted by a grand jury
A jury found Joshua David Threlkeld, 34, guilty of 79 felonies and one misdemeanor charge
Woman told police she had been taking a weight-loss product, had trouble sleeping for several days and felt an “evil” presence
Woman was accused of illegally injecting toxic substances such as flat-tire sealant and glue into women’s buttocks
Joyce Garrard was indicted last week for capital murder in the death of 9-year-old Savannah Hardin
Grandmother and stepmother of a 9-year-old girl forced her to run three hours as a punishment, causing her death
Robert Young and Mark Rubinson were given two years of probation in connection with the death of 43-year-old Jeffrey Jarrett
LeAnn Moock pleaded guilty in November to charges including obstruction and aggravated identity theft involving her father
Kil Jun Lee was returning from a trip to South Korea when the officers at LAX found 29,827 fake Viagra tablets, 8,993 fake Cialis pills and 793 counterfeit Levitra tablets
Woman kept her father’s severed body in an ice chest at her apartment for at least two years as she collected his Social Security check
Jonathan Moore’s murder convictions were vacated after police officers found new evidence that exonerated him