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.
To be eligible, inmates must have been sentenced to life without parole under Alabama’s Habitual Felony Offender law
The inmate who was “injured and in poor health,” surrendered to police and asked for medical treatment, the officials said
In 1991, Frank Gable was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for the killing of Oregon’s prisons chief Michael Francke
Sentenced to seven years behind bars for his ninth drunken driving conviction
Police say a man who took a 300-mile cab ride across Pennsylvania to surprise his fiancee has been jailed because he couldn’t pay the $749 fare
Possession of small amounts of hard drugs including heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine — crimes that currently could land an offender in prison for up to seven years for a first offense — would be dialed back to a misdemeanor
Atlanta police Officer Ralph Woolfolk says authorities believe the hearse was taken Sunday morning
A western New York man faces sentencing for illegally possessing more than 100 turtles, a screech owl and several other birds
More people were arrested last year for failure to appear, petition to revoke probation and body attachments than any other charge
Brett Lahr, 19, received 18 months to 20 years after pleading no contest to a conspiracy count
A security guard for Justin Bieber who police said admitted taking a camera from a photographer has been ordered to serve 45 days in jail
Jose Cabrera Sablan, 47, agreed on Friday to plead guilty to murder in a negotiated agreement that will put him in prison for the rest of his life
Cecil R. Chappell was arrested on Friday in connection to the June 19 slaying of 66-year-old Doyle Ingram
Judge Paul Malloy also sentenced Diamond to 15 months’ probation and ordered him to report to jail Sunday
One of the six defendants who pleaded guilty to attempting to smuggle methamphetamine and heroin into the Otero County Prison Facility in Chaparral was sentenced in a Las Cruces federal courtroom Wednesday to 2 1/2 years in prison for her involvement
Scott Forsbrey pleaded guilty Monday to official misconduct
"(Expletive) that C.O., I wanted to kill him,” Derda said. “He’s a (expletive). Hail Satan.”
With six months to live, Georgianna Reid is afraid that if she doesn’t comply she will die behind bars
Police said they needed a stun gun to subdue 31-year-old David Wachinski
Leon Means pleaded no contest April 28 to two counts of first-degree murder in the slayings of Anna Lawson, 63, and Judy Bushman, 62
Leo Sharp was sentenced to three years in federal prison in May 2014 after admitting he drove loads of cocaine into Michigan
Leon Means was charged in the deaths of 63-year-old Anna Lawson and 62-year-old Judy Bushman
Police say they caught Charles Risenburg minutes after he robbed a bank and found a 16.5-inch machete on him.
Terry Speaks and his ex-girlfriend, Margaret Sanchez, were charged with the second-degree murder of 22-year-old Jaren Lockhart
Judge Susan Souder handed down a 115-year sentence Thursday to Clifford Carroll Butler and a 140-year sentence to Derius Donald Duncan
James Daniel III, 33, was sentenced for a string of rapes going back to 2000
Review could add as much as four months onto an inmate’s sentence, which could exacerbate prison crowding
A Connecticut woman has lost her bid for a new trial in a murder-for-hire case that landed her in prison for life and was depicted in books and TV shows
A suburban Philadelphia man who sent a romantic rival a scratch-and-sniff birthday card laced with the deadly poison ricin was sentenced Monday to 20 to 40 years in prison
Padge-Victoria Windslowe told jurors during her spring murder trial that clients call her “the Michelangelo of buttocks injections”
Demetrius Blackwell, 35, was arrested after a manhunt that followed the May 2 shooting of Officer Brian Moore
Supreme Court ruled that the battery conviction of an inmate who attacked a correctional officer violated the state’s double jeopardy clause
TwDarryl Toney faces three and a third to 10 years in prison for throwing a “noxious substance hidden in a cup” at a correctional officer