Man Who Leaped Over Bench to Attack Nevada Judge Gets Decades in Prison

A courtroom video recorded Deobra Redden as he ran up and attacked Judge Mary Kay Holthus at his sentencing hearing.

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Man who leaped over bench to attack judge is sentenced to decades for viral courtroom attack

A man who assaulted a Las Vegas judge this year when he jumped over the bench and knocked her into a wall has been sentenced to up to 65 years in prison, according to his defense attorney.
NBC News - 5h
Fund-Raiser Who Pocketed Money Meant for Sick Kids and Vets Gets 10 Years in Prison

Richard Zeitlin, a telemarketing kingpin who kept 80 percent of the donations raised for charities, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in September.
The New York Times - 1d
Man who attacked judge in Vegas courtroom gets decades in prison

Video showed the judge falling back from her seat as Deobra Redden flung himself over her bench and grabbed her hair, toppling an American flag onto them.
CBS News - 13h
A Lebanese man who spent 32 years in Syrian prisons is welcomed home

Suheil Hamwi spent 32 years in a Syrian prison, and now, after an offensive by insurgents that toppled the government of Bashar Assad, he’s finally returned to his home to Lebanon
ABC News - 16h
Man Who Kidnapped Woman From Bloomberg’s Colorado Ranch Gets 22 Years in Prison

Joseph Beecher was intent on killing the media mogul and inquired about his family before taking a housekeeper hostage, officials said.
The New York Times - 4d
Canada man who ‘leapt on’ polar bear that attacked wife recovers in hospital

Couple discovered animal in their driveway in northern Ontario, where climate crisis can change bear behaviour. A man who “leapt on” a polar bear to protect his wife in a northern First Nations ...
The Guardian - 6d
What Two Decades in Prison Have Taught Me About Regret

I am surrounded by men who live with regret. And that regret is an incarceration every bit as real as the towering walls around us.
The New York Times - Dec. 4
An Italian man gets life in prison for killing ex-girlfriend in case that fueled national outrage

A 22-year-old Italian man who confessed in court to killing his ex-girlfriend was convicted of her murder on Tuesday and sentenced to life in prison in a case that fueled national outrage over ...
ABC News - Dec. 3