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.
Sincere A. Harrison was charged with second-degree assault and first-degree promoting prison contraband
Video footage showed a car that had been just outside the Bibb County jail hours before the escape and appeared to show someone tampering with the fence
The move follows the quiet release of a convicted murderer more than a decade before the end of his sentence when a state judge approved a court order right before he retired
Attorneys said Brendan Dassey has no basis for his claims that his confession wasn’t voluntary and shouldn’t be released from prison
The court ruled that a 112-year prison sentence imposed on a convicted rapist is unconstitutional because it doesn’t allow any opportunity for possible release
An industrial mechanic convicted of attempting to produce a mobile X-ray device intended to kill Muslims has been sentenced to 30 years
An investigation was launched after a series of inmates OD’ed
Prosecutors said the inmate, who was being held on a burglary charge, had become agitated because he could not immediately see a doctor
The COs are accused of assaulting inmate Ruben Garcia in July 2015
Sheriff Joe won’t be prosecuted on a contempt-of-court charge for refusing to hand over 50 hard drives from a secret investigation
CO Henry Wright and his wife were shot last month during a home invasion
Police say Doris Payne was arrested when she put a $2K necklace in her back pocket and tried to leave the store
Michael Steven Sandford tried to grab a police officer’s gun in a plan to kill Donald Trump at a campaign rally last June
The “arresting” deputy’s bodycam caught the entire incident on film
Rodney Lincoln, originally charged with capital murder, consistently has professed his innocence but has failed to sway appellate courts
Cecil McCrory says he is innocent and is asking for a jury trial
The court rejected arguments that attorneys wasted time challenging evidence against the killer and should have focused on sparing him from capital punishment
Robert Stackowitz escaped from a prison work camp in Carrolton, Georgia, in 1968 while serving a 17-year sentence for robbery
Attorneys told the jury to decide whether Dylann Roof “should be sent to prison with no possibility of release ever or should he be executed”
The inmate refused to appear in court for sentencing
An altercation broke out after the man used a cellphone or tablet in court
Dylann Roof’s lawyers have offered to plead guilty if federal prosecutors agreed not to seek the death penalty
She allegedly refused to turn down her music and stop twerking on her car
The state has rejected a proposal to temporarily delay the January execution of a man set to die for the 1993 rape and killing of his girlfriend’s daughter
The 50-year-old inmate, who was convicted of murder in the fatal shooting of John Lee Moore in March 1990, is set to receive a lethal injection at 7 p.m. Tuesday
The killing of the CO was a calculated slaying, federal prosecutors said
Christopher Lee Cornell called the court system “rigged” and was sentenced to 30 years in prison
A federal judge agreed Monday to let a white man accused of fatally shooting nine black parishioners rehire his attorneys until a verdict is reached
Authorities said he killed the girls to get back at his ex-wife
White House and Justice Department officials on Saturday said Bergdahl had submitted copies of the clemency request seeking leniency
A prosecutor charged an Indiana woman with attempted murder Friday after she told police she injected fecal matter into her son’s IV tube
The FBI admitted analysts it trained repeatedly gave flawed evidence about tracing hair left at crime scenes
An inmate scheduled to be executed is asking the governor to stop it because a judge imposed a death sentence over the jury’s recommendation of life imprisonment