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 information was shared after a former CO’s sworn statement helped lead to the 16-year early release of convicted killer Jeroid Price
Nasir Grant, who escaped from Philadelphia Industrial Correction Center, was captured while dressed as a woman, authorities said
To be eligible, inmates must have been sentenced to life without parole under Alabama’s Habitual Felony Offender law
Jury in Penobscot County Superior Court took less than an hour to find Kyle Dube guilty
Attorneys for a boy who was just 11 when he was charged with fatally shooting his father’s pregnant fiancee asked a judge on Thursday to dismiss those charges or, at least, grant him a new juvenile court trial
A former substitute teacher convicted of showing a movie including graphic sex and violence to a high school class was sentenced on Wednesday to 90 days in jail
An attorney for a former Marine found guilty in the shooting deaths of “American Sniper” author Chris Kyle and another man has filed an appeal
An Oregon woman has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for dousing her husband with gasoline and setting him on fire during an argument over weed killer
Fellow inmates of a man accused of luring a 15-year-old girl to her death via Facebook testified Wednesday that he told them he killed her
Man responded to Facebook alert seeking his arrest for robbery, other charges
Terry L. Clark, 48, was sentenced to 97 months in federal prison on Thursday
The 16 men and women are to be resentenced in Cleveland after a federal appeals court last year dismissed all of their hate crimes convictions in the 2011 attacks
Arthur Benoit became angry when his dad wouldn’t get out of bed that morning and broke the older man’s wheelchair and cellphone
Wahs. man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing an 80-year-old woman who was duct-taped to a chair, blindfolded and beaten during a robbery
Felony murder law in Indiana mandates individuals who commit a felony that ends in death are charged with the murder, even if they were the victims
Each of the defendants had been ordered jailed on $250,000 cash-only bond
The sheriff says any further arson involving any sex offender’s homes will not be tolerated
Carlos Avalos was convicted of second-degree assault Feb. 13 for stabbing Officer Eric Huether with a 4-inch metal shank
Named for Eileen DiNino, who passed while serving a two-day sentence for her children’s truancy violations
An ex-convict who robbed a bank hoping he’d be sent back to prison told an Indiana judge he wanted to plead guilty only if he received the maximum 8-year sentence
Nathaniel Adderly will serve sentence he was given for assault at the same time as his original sentence
Ann Crall, 34, faked having cancer and was on probation in Jefferson County for a 2011 conviction for charitable fraud
Given four years for attempting to burn down a Crown Heights building in 2013
Police arrested a man suspected of robbing a bank in New Jersey after they say he stopped for a cup of coffee a block away
he judge at Camp Lejeune, Marine Maj. Nicholas Martz, ruled that Cpl. Wassef Hassoun was guilty of deserting when he disappeared in 2004 and 2005
A convicted child molester has agreed to plead guilty to mailing a threatening letter from jail to President Barack Obama — albeit to the wrong address
Robert Van Winkle, a.k.a. Vanilla Ice, said the situation was a “misunderstanding” and has been “blown out of proportion”
An HIV-positive man who told a partner that they could safely have unprotected sex should face a misdemeanor reckless endangerment charge, not a felony
Lawrence Peterson Jr. will now serve a life sentence on top of the 40- to 80-year term he had been serving for a violent robbery
Central Texas man in prison for not registering as a sex offender must serve 80 more years for trying to hire a hit man to kill the judge in his case
Hugo Selenski, 41, was convicted last week on two counts of first-degree murder in the killings of Michael Kerkowski and Tammy Fassett
Israel Silva, 25, wore an orange jail jumpsuit and shackles when District Judge Steven Cranfill wed Silva and Ivy Koryne Smith, 19, of Powell in a Cody courtroom last week
A homeless man broke into a funeral home and had sex with a woman’s body