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.
Floyd Bledsoe was released from prison in 2015 after DNA evidence showed he could not have been the killer of a 14-year-old girl
The justices seemed concerned that Jeroid Price had been released secretly from prison and that no public hearing or victim notification had been held
Jerry Raynes was apprehended days after he and three other inmates escaped from the Raymond Detention Center
Ganesh Ramsaran was sentenced to 25-to-life for the murder of his wife
Man shot his mother because she “stole his diamonds and gave his father cancer”
Couple had man’s 13-year-old son hidden for four years, police found behind false wall
To save money on incarceration costs, offenses have been converted from felonies to misdemeanors carrying lighter sentences
District Attorney’s office says rapper’s album promotes series of shootings that terrorized a neighborhood
Said she used the money to support her four granddaughters
Needing to shed BOP costs, the DOJ is hoping to lower the inmate population by keeping low-level offenders out of prison
A man being booked into the Sonoma County Jail was TASERed 20 times after he resisted and assaulted corrections staff
Woman suspected of stealing a vehicle tried to escape from custody by climbing through ceiling tiles at a hospital where she was being treated
Cornealious “Mike” Anderson was arrested on second-degree robbery charges for allegedly grabbing a woman’s purse in downtown St. Louis
Nikkii Bostic-Jones, 38, was reporting for her night shift at the jail when she was hit by a van
Poisoned his mother with cyanide, spent next 24 hours getting rid of the evidence by dismembering her body in bathtub
Gilberto Valle is likely to remain free after appearing before a Manhattan federal judge
Jason Barton Kirkpatrick was convicted by a jury in October for 10 counts of second-degree robbery
The victim didn’t appear in court, but had another sister read a prepared statement
Woman informed deputies she thought she was parking in front of another bar
Ashford Thompson shot Officer Joshua Miktarian 4 times in the head, at close range, after Thompson had been stopped for playing loud music in his car
The high court refused to throw out the death-penalty sentence of Angela Darlene McAnulty, who brutally tortured her daughter
Mr Justice Coulson told Leeds Crown Court he increased the normal minimum tariff of 12 years because of the nature of the brutal attack
The justices on Monday let stand a lower court ruling that rejected inmate Rodney Reed’s plea for a new court hearing
He cut off his court-ordered monitoring device before going on a crime spree
Burglary is a third-degree crime that does not carry a prison sentence for a first-time offender in NJ
Inmate claimed he was mentally ill and incompetent to stand trial
Man deemed has been sentenced to a minimum 203 to 406 years in prison for a “reign of terror” on young people
A Central Mississippi Correctional Facility inmate was sentenced to life after pleading guilty in the 2013 gang murder of another inmate
Two inmates smashed a hole in a window and climbed down 20 stories using a contraband rope in 2012
Encounter helped police identify Paul Carman as the bank robber