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 7 inmates punched two correctional officers and knocked them unconscious after putting them in chokeholds
The prison escapee lost a shoe as he ran into the woods, which K-9 Eddie used to track him down
Leslie Van Houten was 19 when she helped Manson and other followers kill Leno LaBianca, a grocery executive in Los Angeles, and his wife, Rosemary, in 1969
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”
Greig, 64, already is serving an eight-year sentence for conspiracy to harbor a fugitive
Now the court will decide whether older sentences should benefit from its 2012 ruling in Miller v. Alabama, which said life sentences for young killers can no longer be automatic
About a dozen federal district courts across the country have so-called pre-trial diversion programs
47-year-old Alejandro Done pleaded guilty Friday to aggravated rape, kidnapping, and assault and battery
Sanchez will receive the maximum allowable punishment for his age, an indeterminate sentence of nine years to life in prison.
Former Police Chief Gregory W. Dupuis was sentenced Tuesday to one year in prison
Special Judge Martha Rupp Carter rejected a request by Michael Bever’s defense attorneys to consider certifying the teen as a juvenile delinquent or youthful offender in the mass killing case
In video that’s quickly gone viral, Seminole County Judge Jerri Collins is seen criticizing the victim and ultimately finding her in contempt of court
He’s scheduled to report to jail in December
Republicans and Democrats have come together to propose major legislation that would reduce prison sentences for some nonviolent drug offenders
Working to get drug offenders into rehab programs instead of jail
27-year-old Treasure Dawn Shockey, who had two warrants for her arrest, ran when police in Eugene tried to talk to her Saturday morning
Bill aims to reduce violent gun crimes by imposing longer prison sentences for certain repeat offenders convicted of violent crimes involving a firearm
Tony Irvin McKinley, 55, was arrested for intimidation, public intoxication and disorderly conduct Thursday