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.
Court officers restrain a man during the life sentencing of the Buffalo supermarket shooter
The man was released from prison last week, eight months before his 20-year prison sentence was set to be complete
Five people have been charged with murder and conspiracy for allegedly beating another inmate to death
Need ways to improve how the sex-offender registry is updated when an offender is released from prison after officials failed to change information that would have indicated a felon — now accused in two killings — was no longer incarcerated
Suffolk district attorney’s office says charges filed against Raymond Wallace include assault and battery on a public employee and escape
Jason Pleau pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Providence to robbery, conspiracy and using a firearm in a crime of violence
If authorities hadn’t wrongfully pursued and convicted an innocent man, real killer never would have been free to take another life
Matthew Matagrano pleaded guilty in Manhattan Supreme Court to posing as a correction officer and sneaking into the Manhattan Detention Complex
Ariel Castro pleads guilty to kidnapping 3 women
Denies its deputies assaulted and injured Jerry Miller, or deprived him of his constitutional rights
Chris Bucchere pleads guilty after running down 71-year-old Sutchi Hui, in what is believed to be first such conviction in US
Could see young woman’s legs flailing and then stop after about 30 seconds as other inmates attacked her assailant
Part of her sentence for issuing state ID cards and driver’s licenses to immigrants who entered the country illegally
Gordon Vanderark, 56, formerly of Wheaton, had been found guilty by a jury in May of solicitation of murder
Tavon White plans to plead guilty to a charge of racketeering conspiracy and faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison
Jessie Con-ui stands accused of murdering CO Eric Williams
For the past two years, he has worked as a corrections officer and received glowing reviews
Judge: “99.9 percent of the cases I see, there’s an element of drugs involved”
Lincoln County Jail Administrator Dave Manninen says he could not explain why, as it would violate HIPAA privacy laws
Mark Taylor was convicted of assaulting a nurse while awaiting sentencing on a murder charge
Sentenced Friday for a July 2011 attack that mutilated her estranged spouse
Justice Department decided to again seek ultimate punishment rather than let defendant serve automatic life term
Since House Bill 463 became law, Kentucky’s prison population has decreased by 10 percent
Jesse Con-ui was indicted four months to the day after CO Eric Williams was brutally murdered
Alex Cook had been scheduled for a jury trial on Monday morning, but decided instead to plead to at least some of the counts in three of the cases he was facing
The officer, whose name has not been released, was treated at Glens Falls Hospital for injuries to his head and lower abdomen and has been released
A man whose false promises and fake personas finally caught up with him
After a one-week trial, it took the jury just over three hours to find Richard Franklin guilty
James Ray LaPoint was charged with misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a child
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals said once it overturned Jerry Hartfield’s murder conviction in 1980 for the killing of a bus station worker four years earlier, there was no longer a death sentence for then-Gov. Mark White to commute
Pleaded guilty to attacking city alderman, trespassing, and public drinking
Official: “We have achieved considerable progress toward the completion of the audit”
The man was already being investigated for indecent solicitation of a child; he’s in jail on $10k bond