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.
“I’m not pointing fingers here at anybody; I’m just asking the question ‘why,’” Chief McManus said
Jose Luis Acevedo, 39, wrote about the attack, “I was under the influence of a drug I had not taken before”
Amanda Brown is accused of giving inmates prohibited items, including a vape pen
Poaching the flytraps was made a felony in 2014
The three planted a bomb in the CO’s driveway
Attackers were bragging they had beaten a cop
Defense attorneys argued that the case belongs in juvenile court due to the girls’ mental illnesses
Doctors say the man is no longer plagued by the mental illness that drove him to shoot Reagan
The charge was filed after a prisoner complained to authorities and DNA tests were taken
They both face up to life in prison for the death of a seventh-grade girl
The former covergirl was to take the lead in a plan to get her Czech Mobster boyfriend out of jail
Condemned home invasion killer was resentenced because the state abolished the death penalty
Leslie Van Houten, the youngest member of the Manson “family,” has been denied freedom again
Eight death row inmates who lost a challenge to secrecy provisions within Arkansas’ execution protocol aren’t entitled to another review
CO Catlin Carithers was killed and 20 people were injured in the riot
It’s the most executions carried out by the state in a calendar year since the death penalty was reinstated four decades ago
In a jailhouse conversation Howard Hawk Willis’ ex-wife recorded Willis saying, “Yeah. I blew their brains out”
Prosecutors said Kady Jo Paxton used a jail-issue towel that had been knotted at the ends to attack the deputy
The group served a combined 77 years in prison in the death of 68-year-old Helen Wilson before DNA testing cleared them
Blocked parole Thursday for a former leader of the Mexican Mafia prison gang who now helps law enforcement
Adnan Syed, now 35, was convicted in 2000 of strangling 17-year-old Hae Min Lee and burying her body in a shallow grave
Court upheld a ruling that said Robert Moreno Ramos can’t file another appeal claiming he wasn’t told he could get legal help from the Mexican government
When the judge told Ricky Hand he would be in prison for the next 40 years, he threw the feces
North Carolina is now considering enabling judges to consider PTSD as a specific mitigating factor when sentencing military veterans
Attorneys argued that a black woman was wrongfully excluded from a jury during the inmate’s trial
The inmate angered the victim’s family by saying he “liked her” and had “nothing to do with” strangling her a short time after escaping
Clifford Wares bit the inside of his mouth and spit blood
A judge and a civil rights group that accused him of running a debtors prison have reached a temporary agreement
The defendant is accused of beating fellow inmate Stephen Rudolph Nalley to death at the Floyd County Jail in August 2015
Man was granted clemency by the governor after he spent three decades behind bars for a murder he says he did not commit
John Wayne Conner, 60, is to be put to death July 14
Richard Rosario’s unusual request came after prosecutors said they were ready to drop murder charges against him but stopped short of fully exonerating him
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