Criminal Sentencing and Punishment

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Kan. nurse resentenced in `nude therapy' case

AP News 23 hours ago

Kan. nurse convicted in 'nude therapy' case resentenced to longer prison term A Kansas nurse convicted of enslaving mentally ill residents of a Newton group home was sentenced to 15 years in prison Monday after a federal judge acknowledged the original seven-year ...

Mich. spammer gets 4 years in stock fraud scheme

AP News yesterday

Mich. spammer sentenced to 4 years in prison for role in stock fraud scheme A federal judge has sentenced a suburban Detroit man described as one of the world's most prolific senders of spam e-mail to more than four years in prison ...

Lawyer steals from clients, gets 86 months prison

Reuters US Online Report Domestic News yesterday

NEW YORK (Reuters) - An Arkansas lawyer who once specialized in securities fraud litigation was sentenced in Manhattan federal court on Monday to 86 months in prison for stealing $9.3 million from clients. Steven Eugene Cauley, 41, was sentenced by U.S. District ...

Syracuse teen sentenced in sniper killing

AP News yesterday

Syracuse teen gets 2 to 6 years in jail in fatal sniper shooting A Syracuse teenager who falsely confessed to fatally shooting a neighbor has been sentenced to two to six years in state prison. Sixteen-year-old Ja-Le Johnson admitted he lied to ...

Petters Trial

AP News yesterday

FILE - This undated photo provided by the Sherburne County, Minn., Jail via KSTP-TV shows Minnesota businessman Tom Petters. (AP Photo/Sherburne County Jail via KSTP-TV, File) Copyright 2009 AP News

Israel's next ambassador to Egypt is son of a spy

AFP Global Edition yesterday

The man named as Israel's new ambassador to Egypt is the son of a spy who had been sentenced to death in Lebanon but was eventually part of a prisoner swap, a foreign ministry official said on Monday. The nomination of Yitzhak ...

Report: Ill. prison deal could create 3,000 jobs

AP News yesterday

White House report says deal to house Gitmo detainees at Ill. prison could create 3,000 jobs A deal to house Guantanamo Bay detainees at a northwestern Illinois prison could bring nearly 3,000 jobs to the area, a White House analysis says. Residents ...

Dozens of asylum seekers injured in detention riot

AP News 2 days ago

Dozens of asylum seekers injured in Australian immigration detention center riot Sri Lankan and Afghan asylum seekers were separated at an island immigration detention center after a riot left 37 injured, an official said Monday. Police were investigating the violence at the ...

Lethal injection creator fine with 1 drug in Ohio

AP Features 2 days ago

The man considered the father of lethal injection in the United States said it doesn't matter whether three fatal drugs are used or one — as his home state of Ohio has proposed — as long as the drug works efficiently. Dr. ...

Iran releases ex-official on bail in mass trial

AP News 2 days ago

Iran releases former vice president on bail after jail sentence in mass opposition trial Iran released a former vice president on a $700,000 bail Sunday after his lawyer said he had been sentenced to six years in prison in the mass trial ...

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