Exclude Convicted Rioters From Early Prison Release Programme, Says Tory MP
Conservative MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown has urged the Government not to release rioters early from prison and prioritise to keep those who are convicted behind bars.
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Star Rock Climber Who Allegedly Assaulted Women Climbers For Years Receives Life Sentence
A once-celebrated rock climber was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday for repeatedly raping a woman hiker in Yosemite National Park, following years of allegations of sexual assault, violent attacks, threats and harassment of other women in the rock-climbing community, prosecutors said .
Man Whose Estranged Wife ‘Vigorously Struggled’ As He Buried Her Alive Sentenced
An Arizona man who kidnapped his estranged wife and buried her alive has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for her murder.
Paramedic sentencing in Elijah McClain’s death caps trials that led to 3 convictions
DENVER (AP) — Almost five years after Elijah McClain died following a police stop in which he was put in a neck hold and injected with the powerful sedative ketamine, three of the five Denver-area officers and paramedics prosecuted in the Black man’s death have been convicted.
Judge denies new sentencing hearing for 2 brothers awaiting execution for ‘Wichita massacre’
A Kansas judge on Monday denied a request for a resentencing hearing for two brothers awaiting execution for a quadruple killing known as the “Wichita massacre,” ruling that he lacks jurisdiction to approve a reexamination of the sentences.
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Supreme Court Narrowly Interprets Landmark Reduced Sentencing Law
The Supreme Court sided with the government on Friday, narrowly interpreting a provision of a landmark criminal justice law in a decision likely to limit the number of federal prisoners who are eligible for reduced sentences for nonviolent drug crimes.
Court Overturns Sentencing Enhancement Used in Jan. 6 Rioter Cases
A federal appeals court panel on Friday ordered the resentencing of a Jan. 6 rioter after overturning a trial judge’s decision to apply a longer sentence range on the grounds that the rioter had interfered with the administration of justice, potentially opening the door for scores of other convicted rioters to be resentenced on the same basis.
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