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 inmate has already been sentenced to life after pleading guilty in the March escape from a Boise hospital, but the murder charge is in a different county
The man, who was convicted of rape in 1983, was released from prison in 1995 and placed in a halfway house; he was recaptured in June, 29 years after he was last seen
The Walker County CO agreed to plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter involving reckless conduct in the inmate’s 2023 death
Norman Seabrook was arrested in 2016 on conspiracy and fraud charges
Native American inmates and defendants in Oklahoma have already begun appealing their convictions or asking for their cases to be dismissed on the same jurisdictional grounds
The officer suffered severe damage to his hand, prohibiting him from working as a correctional officer
Body cam video shows an escaped inmate who had been on the run for two months being arrested by authorities
Police said an inmate is back in custody after he unbuckled himself from an ambulance and ran away
Officials said Darnell Green choked CO Ray Calderon from behind while another inmate sliced the officer’s face
The publisher of a weekly newspaper in south Mississippi says he unwittingly gave a car ride to a convicted murderer who had just escaped from a state prison
Curtis Green and two other inmates overpowered and attacked an officer in the Orangeburg County detention center and escaped on May 19
The inmates reportedly used a an electrical outlet, toilet paper and an empty toothpaste tube to spark the blaze
The bill would add a section to federal civil rights statutes that would include a penalty for wearing a mask
Authorities say a councilwoman for a tiny Kansas town kicked, hit and scratched deputies and that they had to use a TASER to subdue her
Dwight and Steven Hammond were convicted in 2012 of intentionally and maliciously setting fires on public lands
Jodi Arias is asking an appeals court to overturn her murder conviction in the 2008 death of her former boyfriend
The inmate had been placed on a gurney with his wrists and ankles in restraints when he managed to get free
The attorneys for death-row inmate Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are asking for the recordings of interviews with a suspect in a triple-homicide in Massachusetts
Authorities are searching for evidence in a very nontraditional place — an inmate’s poop
Leslie Van Houten was found guilty of taking part in the brutal killings of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca in 1971
The inmates reportedly stole a service van that was used to breach the perimeter fences
Deputies responded and subdued both inmates by using their TASERs and chemical spray
The defense argues that security measures used to transport Guzman from a jail in Manhattan to a Brooklyn courthouse create a public spectacle that’s prejudicial
Attorneys for Brendan Dassey said the inmate is borderline intellectually disabled and was pressured into a false confession
Police Chief Terry Zeigler confirmed that Antoine Fielder is the inmate suspected of fatally shooting the deputies
Lawyers said Brendan Dassey’s confession should never have been used to convict him
Jurors began deliberating Tuesday to decide whether Francis Salemme is guilty of ordering the killing of nightclub owner Steven DiSarro in 1993
A member of the radical group MOVE has been released from prison nearly 40 years after the deadly shootout
The justices said that judges need not provide detailed explanations when modifying a prison sentence
A self-styled prophet who helped lead a Utah doomsday cult that believed in polygamy pleaded guilty to sodomy and child bigamy charges
The 47-year-old Kwame Kilpatrick was sentenced in 2013 to 28 years in prison for corruption during his years in office
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Officials said the man punched a deputy, sat on top of him and slammed the deputy’s head into a concrete floor
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