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Was Qaeda Cabbie Flunky
or Warrior?

Hamdan's sentence depends on which image is convincing

Aug 7, 08 3:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Now that Salim Hamdan has been found guilty of driving Osama bin Laden around Afghanistan, sentencers must now decide if that makes him a warrior or a flunky, USA Today reports. Testimony from a psychiatrist describing Hamdan's path from impoverished Yemeni orphan to chauffeur for the world's most wanted man... More »

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sentencing • Osama bin Laden • Guantanamo prisoners • Salim Ahmed Hamdan • al-Qaeda • Guantanamo tribunals

Mass. Court Gives Brit Life for Killing Wife and Baby

Entwistle said wife shot their baby, killed self

Jun 26, 08 10:55 AM CDT
(AP) - 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... More »

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murder • Massachusetts • sentencing • guilty verdict • Neil Entwistle

Supreme Court Rejects Boy Killer's Appeal

He claims drugs
made him shoot grandparents

Apr 14, 08 7:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

 Chinese Rights Advocate Jailed 

EU, US slam China's handling of Hu Jia's case

Apr 3, 08 8:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • sentencing • civil rights • human rights activists • Hu Jia • subversion • dissent

Marion Jones Reports to Jail

Former Olympic medalist starts 6-month sentence

Mar 8, 08 6:09 AM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Killer Ex-Cop Begs Jury to Spare His Life

Pleads for life sentence for murdering
pregnant girlfriend

Feb 26, 08 9:17 AM CST
(Newser) - A former Ohio police officer convicted last week of murdering his pregnant girlfriend yesterday begged a jury not to sentence him to death. "I'm asking you to spare my life," said a sobbing Bobby Cutts Jr. The jury begins penalty deliberations this afternoon, reports the Canton Repository. More »

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death penalty • murder • Ohio • sentencing • Jessie Davis • death sentence • Bobby Cutts, Jr.

Ex-Brocade CEO Gets
21 Months for Backdating

Gregory Reyes was the first exec convicted of the stock options offense

Jan 16, 08 3:23 PM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Brit Enron
Bank Grafters
Plead Guilty

'Natwest Three' confess to fraud charge
in plea bargain

Nov 29, 07 3:12 AM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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sentencing • extradition • wire fraud • Enron • Natwest Three

Judges Condemn Sentencing Guidelines

High court, Mukasey may give them leeway

Sep 29, 07 2:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

China Will Scale Back Executions

Supreme Court
orders judges to go easy on the death penalty

Sep 14, 07 9:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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China • death penalty • execution • capital punishment • sentencing

Duke Prosecutor Will Do One Day Behind Bars

Nifong sentenced to 24 hours for lying about evidence

Sep 1, 07 8:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Soldier Draws 110 Years for Rape, Murder

Coconspirators handed tough sentences for young girl's death

Aug 5, 07 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Marine Gets
15 Years for Killing Iraqi

Sergeant was instigator of kidnap, killing to intimidate insurgents

Aug 3, 07 9:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Ex-Qwest CEO Gets 6 Years

Nacchio's insider-trading penalty includes paying $71M

Jul 27, 07 5:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Qwest's former CEO was sentenced to 6 years in prison today for engaging in insider trading while the company's stock plummeted. Joseph Nacchio committed "crimes of overarching greed,'' a federal judge in Denver said as he fined him $19 million in addition to the $52 million he must... More »

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prison • Qwest • Joseph Nacchio • insider trading • telecom • sentencing • scandal

Harsh Reality: Richie Draws 4-Day Sentence

Wrong-way starlet pleads guilty to DUI

Jul 27, 07 4:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Giving the cast of The Simple Life an 0-for-2 record in the California courts, Nicole Richie was sentenced to 4 days in jail today after pleading guilty to driving the wrong way on an LA freeway while under the influence of drugs. The skeletal starlet must attend 21 days of... More »

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drugs • alcohol • DUI • drunk driving • marijuana • Vicodin • sentencing • jail • Nicole Richie • The Simple Life • painkiller

Bush Commutes Libby Sentence

President spares former Cheney aide jail time; conviction remains

Jul 2, 07 5:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scooter Libby won't be going to jail: President Bush commuted the former Cheney aide's 30-month sentence for perjury and obstruction of justice tonight, but stopped short of a pardon. The move came hours after a federal appeals court denied Libby's motion for bail pending his appeal. More »

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Bush administration • Valerie Plame • White House • Reggie Walton • Lewis Scooter Libby • sentencing • perjury • obstruction of justice • George W. Bush

Chemical Ali
Is Sentenced
to Hang

Hussein cousin and 2 others get death for wiping out Kurds

Jun 24, 07 10:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

High Court Raises Bar for Investors' Suits

Companies trump shareholders for second time in a week

Jun 21, 07 3:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Abortion Doc's Killer Draws 2nd Life Sentence

Federal added to state term in 1998 Buffalo sniper case

Jun 20, 07 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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abortion • abortion rights • murder • James Kopp • sentencing • doctor • Barnett Slepian

Judge Orders Libby to Prison

Defense likely to appeal trial court's ruling

Jun 14, 07 3:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

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