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.
The judge erred on instructions involving Anthony Harris’ prior criminal history, photos police used in their investigation, and who identified Harris as alleged gunman
James Theodore Highhouse forced inmates seeking his spiritual guidance at Calif. prison to have sex with him
Officials are seeking a 10-year prison sentence for James Theodore Highhouse
Officials say the baby was taken to a hospital and survived
Prisoner accuses initial judge, who resigned in disgrace, of racial bias
Ex-inmate accused of stealing deodorant
List includes efforts to give haircuts to elderly
Michael Conahan, 59, pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy last year
The judge disallowed anyone who worked at the prison to serve on the jury
Charged for conspiracy and communicating a false distress signal
Gregory Dale Brockman, 33, was serving a three-year sentence for burglary in January 2010 when he wrote letters to the Secret Service detailing his plans.
The conviction came with mandatory life in prison without parole
Bureau of Prisons spokesman Edmond Ross says Brian David Mitchell was brought by U.S. marshals to the prison on Wednesday
A Redding woman who stabbed her cousin’s girlfriend at least seven times last year was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison
Attorneys are questioning the role race played in the sentencing
Woman has been charged with first-degree murder
Man could face up to six years in prison if convicted
Police say 42-year-old Lisa Scott of Akron left 1-year-old Aolani McCray in the vehicle for about four hours
Authorities in suburban Chicago have charged a high school student in the deaths of his parents
Man found guilty of felony torture
Woman “bear-hugged” the infant until he stopped crying, then she lay on top of him for several hours
April raid ended with explosion
Tarek Mehanna of Sudbury is accused in an indictment of conspiring to kill American troops in Iraq
Woman shot her husband in the back at their Hollywood apartment
Court records show 44-year-old Philip Conran pleaded guilty to risk of injury to a child last week
The case grew after the FBI in 2008 assigned an informant to infiltrate a mosque in Newburgh, NY
Police Chief Wayne Payne says 35-year-old Nathan Mark Hardy was arrested Saturday after allegedly being caught stuffing food into his cargo shorts
Ernest Willis robbed the girl of her childhood, the judge said
Walther Scovish was charged with burglary, criminal trespass, larceny, and attempted larceny
When the man was asked to turn his phone off, he did not and when the plane pulled up to the gate, El Paso authorities met the aircraft
Fla. police say the 17-year-old performed CPR on a patient in cardiac arrest
Authorities said the man killed the 8-year-old then stuffed rocks in the boy’s pants pockets and dumped his body in an irrigation canal
Man is being held on $5 million bail, but court records show he unsuccessfully asked a judge in February to lower that to $1 million