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 suspect used his handcuff chain to strangle Deputy Durm; he then found the handcuff key, unlocked himself and drove a short distance
Marion County Sheriff’s Deputy John Durm, 61, died at a hospital following the attack, which police are investigating as an “intentional act of homicide”
Van Houten was found suitable for parole after a July 2020 hearing, but her release was blocked by Gov. Newsom, who maintained she was still a threat to society
Frank Freshwaters was living off Social Security benefits under an alias at a weathered trailer in rural Brevard County, Florida, until investigators tracked him down
Dayton Leroy Rogers, 62, who killed eight women in the 1980s, had previously been sentenced to death three times for his crimes
Gabriel Campos-Martinez was sentenced Monday by a judge who urged him to explain why he committed the murder; he declined to make a statement
Jury rejected woman’s argument that she was in the midst of a seizure and didn’t know what she was doing
Told police that she beat her granddaughter with a hammer and then scattered the 14-year-old girl’s body with the help of her boyfriend
Kevin Jaramillo is accused of using a squirt gun full of his semen to spray children
Drew Peterson attorney Steve Greenberg says he’ll continue to appeal
Jeffrey Shipman, 21, was previously convicted of aggravated assault and aggravated harassment by a prisoner for separate incidents last year
Jared Fogle’s lawyers are asking for a five-year prison term at next week’s sentencing
A judge followed a jury’s recommendation and sentenced an avowed anti-Semite to death Tuesday for the fatal shootings of three people at Kansas Jewish sites
Rachel Hutson was sentenced in Chesapeake Circuit Court on Tuesday
Fees charged to inmates first upon their arrival at state jails and then on a daily basis perpetuate cycles of debt and incarceration and should be eliminated, the American Civil Liberties Union said Monday
A federal judge on Monday sentenced a former Georgia state representative and civil rights activist to a year and a day in prison for fraud
A Mohawk Valley woman is going to jail for keeping her 93-year-old mother’s corpse for over a year so she could cash her benefit checks
Shannon Smith stabbed and killed Robert Takach in 2009, in view of their 4-year-old son who now doesn’t want his mother to be released
Linda Weston was sentenced Thursday to a life term plus 80 years
A 29-year-old self-styled pimp will be sentenced to death for killing three people by opening fire into a moving vehicle after a dispute at a hip-hop event
Twenty-year-old Owen Labrie was ordered to register as a sex offender for life for the assault of a 15-year-old girl
Clinton will call for eliminating sentencing disparities between crack cocaine crimes and those that involve powder cocaine
Prosecutors said Thursday that they would seek the death penalty
A 55-year-old Mississippi woman is in jail after authorities say she barricaded her husband in a room and then set their house on fire
A teen charged with stabbing 20 fellow students and a security guard at his Pennsylvania high school is hoping a judge will set bail now that he’s been moved from a juvenile detention center to the county jail
In an appeal, Ramon Ochoa argued that judges may not revise sentences they have just handed down during a hearing
U.S. District Judge K. Michael Moore said Patrick Killen showed no remorse for the hundreds of underage male victims that he duped into giving him naked pictures of themselves over the Internet
Officer Randolph Holder’s slaying has raised questions about the risks and potential shortcomings of drug courts, or drug diversion programs, which have been embraced nationwide as a way to ease jail overcrowding
Tyrone Howard is suspected of killing New York Police Department Officer Randolph Holder
Rosario Rafael Burboa-Alvarez was sentenced Monday for first-degree murder in the 2010 death of Agent Brian Terry
the prosecution elicited this testimony on Yale’s suicide attempts as evidence of his “consciousness of guilt”