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Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez was sentenced to prison time Monday for a shooting that took place in 2022.

Cameron Monte Smith, 50, a Canadian citizen, was sentenced to U.S. prison for destroying two energy facilities in North and South Dakota. Smith was sentenced to 25 years in prison and ordered to ...

Jason Kale Clampit, 44, was sentenced for possession of ricin, which he had made to set traps for trespassers, prosecutors said.

New guidance on sentencing offenders from ethnic monitories and other backgrounds is set to start in April.

A West Virginia couple convicted in the mistreatment of their adopted children, including locking some in a shed, is due in court Wednesday for sentencing.

Velasquez will receive credit for time served and has roughly 18 months left on his sentence

A longtime, powerful former North Dakota lawmaker, who is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday for traveling to Europe with the intent to pay for sex with minors.

A Maryland judge formally sentenced Adnan Syed on Friday to the time he’s already served in prison, appearing to finally close the “Serial” podcast case.

Bestselling mystery writer Brendan DuBois has pleaded guilty to charges of possessing child sexual abuse material and has been sentenced to 3 1/2 to seven years in prison

Bestselling mystery writer Brendan DuBois has pleaded guilty to charges of possessing child sexual abuse material and has been sentenced to 3 1/2 to seven years in prison

Bestselling mystery writer Brendan DuBois has pleaded guilty to charges of possessing child sexual abuse material and has been sentenced to 3 1/2 to seven years in prison

Former two-time UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez was sentenced to five years in prison for the attempted shooting of the man accused of molesting Velasquez's then 4-year-old son.

Former UFC champion Cain Velasquez was sentenced to five years in prison Monday for a shooting in 2022 where he chased after the man accused of molesting his son.

Former UFC champion Cain Velasquez has been sentenced to five years in prison for a shooting in 2022 where he chased after the man accused of molesting his son

Hassan Sentamu jailed for at least 23 years for fatal stabbing of Elianne, 15, in Croydon after row over teddy bear. A teenager has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering a 15-year-old girl ...

Syed, convicted of 1999 murder and jailed for life, maintains innocence in long-running case of legal twists and turns. A Maryland judge has formally sentenced Adnan Syed to the time he has already ...

Andre Butts, one of the men who participated in a drugging and robbery scheme of gay men that killed two people, was sentenced on Thursday to eight years in state prison.

A white West Virginia couple found guilty of forcing their five adopted Black children to work as "slaves" on their farm were sentenced to hundreds of years in prison.

A former British soldier who pleaded guilty to the murder of three women at their family home north of London has been sentenced to a whole-life order, meaning that he would never be released from ...

Former Narbonne president has faced financial charges Elsom not in court and his whereabouts remain unknown The former Australia rugby union captain Rocky Elsom was sentenced to two years in ...

A former Georgia warehouse worker for the Augusta National Golf Club was sentenced to one year in prison Wednesday for transporting millions of dollars’ worth of stolen Masters tournament ...

Alexander Skobov jailed for 16 years over social media post and alleged involvement in opposition group. A Soviet-era dissident has been sentenced to 16 years in prison in Russia for his anti-war ...

The judge had appointed standby counsel but Cholo Abdi Abdullah, who represented himself during his trial, said he did not want them to represent him at sentencing.

A drug trafficker was sentenced to 24 years in prison Tuesday along with two others for a conspiracy to bring in more than a ton of cocaine into the U.S. from Colombia, federal officials said.

Prosecutors in Spain are seeking a sentence of more than 15 years in prison on corruption charges for former Spanish soccer president Ángel María Villar. Prosecutors said on Thursday they want ...

President Trump pardoned a former Tennessee Republican lawmaker who was two weeks into his 21-month prison sentence for a campaign finance scheme. Former state Sen. Brian Kelsey announced his ...

Sara Sharif was hooded, burned and beaten during two years of abuse before her death in Woking.

The Justice for Victims group is calling for perpetrators of violent crimes to be jailed for longer.

John Pastor-Mendoza, a Lyft driver, falsely posed as the ride that the women had requested and targeted victims who appeared intoxicated, the Denver district attorney said.

A group of more than 80 Afghan women who fled the Taliban regime to study in Oman say they are at risk of imminent deportation to Afghanistan after their U.S.-funded scholarship was canceled as ...

Greek media have dubbed Roula Pispirigou a "modern-day Medea" after a figure in Greek mythology who murders her sons.

The West Virginia couple, who are white, forced their adopted children, who are Black, to perform heavy labor and stand for hours with their hands on their heads, prosecutors said.

Two-time UFC heavyweight champ Cain Velasquez pleads no contest to 10 felonies stemming from a high-speed chase with man accused of molesting relative.

The French actor denies allegations during filming of Les Volets Vert, as defendants’ lawyers describe him as ‘sexual predator’ and ‘misogynist’. Gérard Depardieu should be found guilty of the ...

The French actor denies allegations during filming of Les Volets Vert, as defendants’ lawyers describe him as ‘sexual predator’ and ‘misogynist’. Gérard Depardieu should be found guilty of the ...

French president Emmanuel Macron has called for authorities to free the novelist who was convicted in Algeria for allegedly undermining the country’s territorial integrity. French president ...

The prosecution of Boualem Sansal, who is around 80, prompted outrage from the global literary community and pleas from France for his release.

French president Emmanuel Macron has called for authorities to free the novelist who was convicted in Algeria for allegedly undermining the country’s territorial integrity. French president ...

The prosecution of Boualem Sansal, who is around 80, prompted outrage from the global literary community and pleas from France for his release.

The former French president has been convicted before, but the charge that he took illegal campaign funding from the regime of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi has been the most damaging to his legacy.