Former Classmate Sentenced

Former classmate sentenced to life in prison in murder of gay teen Blaze Bernstein

Samuel Woodward was found guilty of murdering his former classmate, Blaze Bernstein, in a hate crime.

Russia sentences former US consulate worker to nearly 5 years in prison

A court in Russia’s far-eastern city of Vladivostok has convicted a former U.S. Consulate worker charged with cooperating with a foreign state and sentenced him to four years and 10 months in prison

World - ABC News - November 1

Russia sentences former long-time U.S. Consulate worker to prison

A Russian court found long-time U.S. Consulate employee Robert Shonov guilty of "gathering information" on the Ukraine war and sharing it with a foreign nation.

World - CBS News - November 1

Former Turkish soccer club president sentenced to prison for attacking referee

A Turkish court has sentenced a former top-flight soccer club executive to more than three and a half years in prison for attacking a referee on the field at the end of a league game match last season

Sports - ABC News - 4 days ago

Brazil judge gives 2 former cops long sentences for the 2018 murder of leftist icon Marielle Franco

A judge has handed down long sentences to two former police officers for the 2018 murder of Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman Marielle Franco, an icon of Brazil’s political left whose killing ...

World - ABC News - October 31

Judge sentences 2 former cops to 79 and 59 years for the 2018 killing of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco

World - ABC News - October 31

Brazil judge gives 2 former cops long sentences for the 2018 murder of leftist icon Marielle Franco

World - Yahoo News - October 31

California man jailed for life over hate-crime murder of teenage ex-classmate

Samuel Woodward, 27, sentenced to life without parole over stabbing of Blaze Bernstein, who was gay and Jewish. A California man convicted of stabbing to death a gay University of Pennsylvania ...

World - The Guardian - 5 hours ago

Hammer attack murderer jailed for at least 37 years

A judge calls Jack Crawley, who murdered Paul Taylor, a "highly dangerous man".

Government to give magistrates more sentencing powers

Magistrates in England and Wales will be able to jail offenders for up to 12 months from November to stop cases clogging up crown courts.

Widow of Jan. 6 officer testifies at rioter's sentencing

Erin Smith's husband, Jeff Smith, died by suicide days after the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol.

Woman sentenced over social worker stabbing

Fiyori Kesete attacked the victim without warning, stabbing her in the arms and head.

Ex-Tory Gauke to lead review of prison sentences

Sir Keir Starmer is to appoint former Tory justice secretary to lead a review of prison sentencing.

Killer's 'unduly lenient' jail sentence increased

John Paul Whitla was previously handed a minimum 15-year prison sentence for killing Nathan Gibson.

Man who murdered toddler sentenced to 20 years

Ali Jayden Doyle died from head injuries sustained in a house in Park Avenue in Dungannon in August 2021.

Prosecutor in Menendez Brothers Case to Ask Court for Resentencing

The request from George Gascón, the Los Angeles County district attorney, could lead to Lyle and Erik Menendez being released from prison, decades after they were convicted of murdering their parents.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 24

Man Sentenced for Threatening Fani Willis With Racist Calls

Ms. Willis spoke of the fear she felt after a man made “vile” calls targeting her and another Black official in Georgia. The man was sentenced to almost two years in prison.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 29

Call from Holly Newton's family to review domestic abuse law to be considered

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper tells the BBC it is an "extremely important issue" after 15-year-old Holly Newton's murder by her ex-boyfriend.

Pair sentenced for drug supply after teenager died

Lucy Hill, 16, died in December 2022 after taking MDMA and collapsing at a nightclub.

Miss Rwanda given suspended sentence for drink-driving

World - Yahoo News - November 6

Jailed teenager freed after appealing riot sentence

Dylan Willis, 18, had his 14 month sentence suspended for two years by Court of Appeal judges.

Medical worker sentenced in Ginsberg health data leak

A former health care worker who illegally leaked the health records of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison. Trent Russell, 34, worked as the ...

Politics - The Hill - November 8

Mum’s anguish over son’s ‘endless’ prison sentence

James Lawrence threatened someone with a fake gun in 2006 and is still in prison.

Woman sentenced for killing pregnant woman, hoping to claim baby was hers

A Missouri woman has been sentenced to two life terms in prison for killing a pregnant Arkansas woman and trying to pass off the dead woman's fetus as her own stillborn baby.

Dennis Eckersley's daughter gets suspended sentence in baby abandonment case

A mother convicted of abandoning her newborn son in the New Hampshire woods in subfreezing temperatures on Christmas night in 2022 has been handed a suspended sentence

Sports - ABC News - October 17

Teen given life sentence over school hammer attack

Two pupils and a housemaster at Blundell's School in Tiverton suffered serious injuries.

N.Y. Judge Reverses Quintuple Life Sentence and Frees Walter Johnson

Judge Frederic Block said his ideas about punishment had evolved since he sentenced Walter Johnson to five life terms in 1997. At age 90, he decided to take action.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 18

South Carolina man sentenced to life in prison for murder of Black transgender woman

A South Carolina man was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for the murder of a Black transgender woman. In February, a jury convicted Daqua Lameek Ritter for the 2019 killing of Dime Doe on all ...

Politics - The Hill - October 18

House arrest considered as alternative to jail in bid to ease prisons crisis

Major review of sentencing announced as 1,100 inmates are freed in latest phase of early release scheme

World - Financial Times - October 22

Peru Sentences Ex-Leader Toledo to Prison Over $35 Million Bribe

World - Yahoo News - October 21

Alexander Rodnyansky: Oscar-nominated producer sentenced to jail in Russia in absentia

The Ukrainian film producer behind Leviathan and Loveless was sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in prison after speaking out against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. A Moscow court has sentenced ...

World - The Guardian - October 22

'Penguin Bandit' who robbed multiple banks sentenced to 13 years in prison

A man whom authorities named the “Penguin Bandit” was sentenced to more than 13 years in federal prison last week for robbing multiple banks in the Denver area.

EU unblocks funds for Slovakia after U-turn on fraud sentences

Reassurances by Bratislava on legal reform accepted after €800mn had been delayed over Brussels’ corruption concerns

Business - Financial Times - October 23

Human brain can process certain sentences in ‘blink of an eye’, says study

Researchers say findings differ from previous theories that words are understood one by one. Whether it is news headlines or WhatsApp messages, modern humans are inundated with short pieces of ...

World - The Guardian - October 23

OnlyFans user sentenced to five years in child abuse case

A man accused of selling sex videos of a 16-year-old Florida girl on the adults-only website OnlyFans pleaded no contest to child abuse.

Ukrainian father-son pair sentenced to 20 years in Belarus prison for terrorism

World - Yahoo News - October 24

Latest in Former Classmate Sentenced