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.
Lena Summerlin, whose legal name was David Cassady at the time, was sentenced to 80 years for mailing bombs from prison to the DOJ and an Alaska courthouse in 2020
The drone crashed during a 2021 contraband delivery to the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center, where Jason Totty was linked by fingerprints
Paul Kendrick, 30, was sentenced for the 2018 beating death of Sgt. Mark Baserman and received two additional life terms for assaults on COs
Under one of the proposed bills, a court could not sentence an individual under 19 years old when the crime was committed to imprisonment for life without parole eligibility
Lack of post-release transport in county’s inmate transfer policy raises concerns
Gypsy Rose Blanchard was released early in the day from the Chillicothe Correctional Center; she was granted parole after serving 85% of her sentence
The CO was a former 20-year law enforcement veteran who was a lieutenant and shift commander at William Donaldson Correctional Facility
The man helped an inmate inside the Georgia DOC’s Special Management Unit steal $11 million from a billionaire
Michael Anderson pleaded guilty in July to one count of deprivation of civil rights
“You were a coward then and you remain a coward today,” said Sandy Jackson, Officer Paul Verna’s widow
“Police at da door baby I’m goin back to jail,” one of the escaped inmates said in a text following a Grubhub order
“We are grateful that this last escapee has been captured,” Bibb County Sheriff David Davis said
Lt. Debra Clayton was shot and killed in a Walmart parking lot; a second officer was killed in a traffic collision during a manhunt for the suspect
Andrew Jones, 36, pleaded guilty to six counts of sexual abuse of a ward involving three inmates and one count of making false statements
The arrest was made nearly a month after the four inmates escaped through a broken window and a cut fence at the Bibb County jail
Both inmates were serving lengthy prison terms for drug trafficking in the Pacific Northwest; they will now spend an additional 11 years in prison
An inmate attacked a deputy who took the weapon he used to stab another inmate; two additional inmates then piled onto the deputy
Officer Billy Clardy III was 48 years old when he was shot and killed in December 2019 during an undercover drug operation
The arrest comes more than two weeks after the four inmates went through a broken window around 3 a.m. Oct. 16, according to Bibb Sheriff David Davis
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
The Dutch national from Aruba was long suspected in the disappearance and death and pleaded guilty to the extortion of Natalee’s mother, Beth
Tony Klein’s sentence also includes five years of supervised release after prison; he had faced a possible life sentence
Antoinette Frank was convicted in the 1995 death of Officer Ronald Williams II during a robbery at a restaurant, where both officers sometimes moonlighted as security guards
James and Jennifer Crumbley, who are charged with involuntary manslaughter, are being held at the same jail as their son Ethan
Sheriff: “My officers have a difficult job and should not be subjected to baseless complaints”
After a CO spotted the trespasser, a tracking K-9 led authorities on a 3-mile chase of the suspect
Unsettling possibility of executing the innocent ignites discussion on pausing the death penalty despite its rooted support among state voters
Blueface, 26, pled guilty to a shooting that grazed a man’s hand and won’t serve any jail time unless he violates probation
The 12 cities claim the zero-bail schedule for nonviolent felonies and misdemeanors will result in a “significant increase in criminals released back into the community”
Sheriff Grady Judd: “I am glad he (Johnson) hasn’t enjoyed a day of freedom since then, but the truth is, he should have been executed by the State a long time ago.”
“The defendant continues to be obsessed with violence and could not stop his obsession even while incarcerated at the jail,” the judge said
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