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  • June 2008

    • Mass. Court Gives Brit Life for Killing Wife and Baby

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jun 26, 08 10:55 AM CDT

      Mass. Court Gives Brit Life for Killing Wife and Baby

      Neil Entwistle showed no reaction today as he was sentenced to two life prison terms without the opportunity for parole for shooting his wife and infant daughter as they cuddled together in bed. The British-born Massachusetts resident was convicted yesterday of the 2006 killings. Entwistle claims his wife killed the baby and then committed suicide. More »

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      murder  • Massachusetts  • sentencing  • Neil Entwistle  • guilty verdict

  • April 2008

    • Supreme Court Rejects Boy Killer's Appeal

      newser  |  CNN  |  Apr 14, 08 7:55 PM CDT

      Supreme Court Rejects Boy Killer's Appeal

      The Supreme Court refused today to let a teenage boy appeal his 30-year sentence for double-murder, CNN reports. Christopher Pittman, who was tried as an adult in South Carolina 3 years ago, is serving the longest sentence ever for someone his age—and blames antidepressants for inspiring him to kill his grandparents and set their house ablaze at the age of 12. More »

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      murder  • US Supreme Court  • trial  • sentencing  • antidepressant  • appeal  • murder trial  • Paxil  • juvenile

    • Chinese Rights Advocate Jailed

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Apr 3, 08 8:18 AM CDT

      Chinese Rights Advocate Jailed

      A top Chinese human-rights activist has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison for writings and comments considered subversive, the New York Times reports. The case of Hu Jia, 34, been watched closely around the world; critics see it as part of a government crackdown on dissidents in advance of the Beijing Olympics. The US pronounced itself “dismayed” by the move and the EU called for his release. More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • civil rights  • sentencing  • human rights activists

  • March 2008

    • Marion Jones Reports to Jail

      newser  |  Fort Worth Star-Telegram  |  Mar 8, 08 6:09 AM CST

      Marion Jones Reports to Jail

      Marion Jones has entered a federal prison in Texas, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports. The disgraced former sprinter is beginning a 6-month sentence for lying to investigators about her use of performance-enhancing drugs and about her role in a check-fraud scam. She has already returned her Olympic gold medals and her name has been removed from the record books. More »

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      steroids  • Olympic Games  • sentencing  • Marion Jones  • probation  • federal prison  • athletics

  • February 2008
  • January 2008

    • Ex-Brocade CEO Gets 21 Months for Backdating

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jan 16, 08 3:23 PM CST

      Ex-Brocade CEO Gets 21 Months for Backdating

      The first executive ever convicted of backdating stock options was sentenced today to 21 month in prison and ordered to pay a $15 million fine, the Wall Street Journal reports. Former Brocade CEO Gregory Reyes was found guilty in August of 10 fraud and conspiracy charges. He said today he was “humbled” by the case. More »

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      fraud  • sentencing  • stock option backdating  • Brocade  • Gregory Reyes

  • November 2007

    • Brit Enron Bank Grafters Plead Guilty

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Nov 29, 07 3:12 AM CST

      Brit Enron Bank Grafters Plead Guilty

      Three British bankers confessed to an Enron scam in Texas yesterday, admitting to a single charge of transatlantic wire fraud as part of a plea bargain. They'll now have to pay back the $7.3 million the scam netted. The "Natwest Three" said in a statement they hoped this would be the first step in ending their "ordeal." More »

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      sentencing  • extradition  • Enron  • wire fraud

  • September 2007

    • Judges Condemn Sentencing Guidelines

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 29, 07 2:18 PM CDT

      Judges Condemn Sentencing Guidelines

      Judges across the country are condemning federal sentencing guidelines, 1980s-era anti-drug laws that force them to impose “irrational” sentences, the LA Times reports. “When I have to sentence a midlevel drug dealer to more time than a murderer, something is wrong,” said a judge forced to sentence a 24-year-old to 59 years for selling pot. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • crime  • drugs  • Michael Mukasey  • sentencing  • War on Drugs  • federal prison  • drug sentence

    • China Will Scale Back Executions

      newser  |  BBC  |  Sep 14, 07 9:50 AM CDT

      China Will Scale Back Executions

      China's Supreme Court has ordered judges to stop being so execution-happy. China carries out more capital punishment than the rest of the world combined, but the Supreme People's Court posted an order on its website today that the death penalty should be used only for "an extremely small number of serious offenders"—and that economic crimes and crimes of passion should be excluded, in some cases. More »

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      China  • death penalty  • capital punishment  • sentencing  • execution

    • Duke Prosecutor Will Do One Day Behind Bars

      newser  |  News & Observer (Raleigh)  |  Sep 1, 07 8:24 AM CDT

      Duke Prosecutor Will Do One Day Behind Bars

      Mike Nifong, the disgraced district attorney in the Duke rape case, will spend a night in jail for contempt of court, a Durham, NC, judge ruled yesterday. The judge concluded that Nifong, who has already been disbarred, "willfully" withheld DNA evidence that exonerated three lacrosse players accused of raping a stripper after a team party. More »

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      rape  • prison  • jail  • sentencing  • conviction  • Duke University  • Durham  • Mike Nifong  • Duke rape case  • contempt of court

  • August 2007

    • Soldier Draws 110 Years for Rape, Murder

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Aug 5, 07 9:00 AM CDT

      Soldier Draws 110 Years for Rape, Murder

      A military court handed Jesse Spielman a dishonorable discharge and a 110-year prison sentence for raping and murdering an Iraqi girl last year. Spielman and four comrades planned the 2006 assault on a family near Baghdad over a drunken game of cards; they then gang-raped and murdered the girl, her parents and sister, according to the court. More »

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      Iraq  • murder  • rape  • military  • soldier  • court  • war crimes  • sentencing  • death sentence

    • Marine Gets 15 Years for Killing Iraqi

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 3, 07 9:09 PM CDT

      Marine Gets 15 Years for Killing Iraqi

      A jury of Iraq veterans sentenced a Marine sergeant to 15 years in prison and dishonorable discharge today for conspiracy to commit murder and unpremeditated murder, the Los Angeles Times reports. Sgt. Lawrence Hutchins offered no apology for leading a mission of Marines to kidnap and murder an Iraqi man in April 2006. He said the killing frightened insurgents and was “part of our mission.” More »

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      Iraq war  • murder  • kidnapping  • insurgents  • prison  • veterans  • Marine  • Navy  • sentencing  • conspiracy  • Marshall Magincalda

  • July 2007
  • June 2007

    • Chemical Ali Is Sentenced to Hang

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jun 24, 07 10:31 AM CDT

      Chemical Ali Is Sentenced to Hang

      The Iraqi commander known as Chemical Ali was sentenced to hang today for ordering the  use of chemical weapons to wipe out whole Kurdish villages, killing some 180,000 people, two decades ago. Ali Hassan al-Majid, a cousin of Saddam Hussein, and two others found guilty of war crimes by the Iraqi High Tribunal said they were acting on orders at the time. More »

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      Iraq  • Kurds  • Saddam Hussein  • sentencing  • Chemical Ali  • Ali Hassan al Majid  • hanging

    • High Court Raises Bar for Investors' Suits

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jun 21, 07 3:14 PM CDT

      High Court Raises Bar for Investors' Suits

      Investors who accuse companies of fraud based on executives' misdeeds must show that they acted intentionally, the Supreme Court ruled today, making it easier for corporations to have shareholder lawsuits dismissed. The decision helps protect companies against frivolous suits by clarifying a 1995 law, the Times reports, but critics say the existing limits are sufficient. More »

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      lawsuit  • football  • US Supreme Court  • business  • investors  • shareholders  • high school  • free speech  • sentencing  • telecom

    • Abortion Doc's Killer Draws 2nd Life Sentence

      newser  |  ABC News  |  Jun 20, 07 8:35 AM CDT

      Abortion Doc's Killer Draws 2nd Life Sentence

      A militant anti-abortion activist who murdered an obstetrician was sentenced to life in prison on federal charges yesterday. James Kopp is already serving a state term of 25 years to life for the 1998 sniper-style killing of Barnett Slepian, who performed abortions. Kopp is also suspected in four other shootings of doctors in the US and Canada. More »

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      murder  • doctor  • abortion  • abortion rights  • sentencing

    • Judge Orders Libby to Prison

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jun 14, 07 3:42 PM CDT

      Judge Orders Libby to Prison

      Scooter Libby may not remain free pending appeal, the judge in his perjury trial ruled today, and must begin serving his 30-month sentence this summer. His defense team will turn next to a federal appeals court, the Washington Post reports, but the most pressing legal question now is whether President Bush will pardon the VP's onetime right-hand man. More »

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      George W. Bush  • prison  • Lewis Scooter Libby  • sentencing  • perjury  • conviction  • CIA leak investigation  • appeal  • pardon  • Reggie Walton

    • Paris Was Right: It's Not Fair!

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 14, 07 12:53 PM CDT

      Paris Was Right: It's Not Fair!

      Paris Hilton wasn't just  being a spoiled brat when she cried injustice on being hauled back to jail earlier this week. The weepy celebutante is in fact doing more hard time than most people guilty of crimes like hers, the LA Times reports after  analyzing 1,500 similar cases in the last five years. More »

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      celebrity  • prison  • trial  • Paris Hilton  • drunk driving  • sentencing

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