Politics May 28 Appeals court upholds retired NYPD officer’s 10-year prison sentence for Capitol riot attack By Associated Press
Nation Mar 01 NY man sentenced to 25 years to life for killing woman who took wrong turn into his driveway A New York man has been sentenced to the maximum 25 years to life in prison for fatally shooting a 20-year-old woman after the SUV she was riding in mistakenly drove into his rural driveway. By Michael Hill, Associated Press
Nation Feb 16 Former FBI official sentenced to over 2 years in prison for concealing payment from Albanian businessman A former high-ranking FBI counterintelligence official was sentenced on Friday to more than two years in prison for taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash from a businessman with ties to the Albanian government — and trying to conceal… By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press
World Jan 31 Former Peruvian intelligence chief gets 19 years in prison for 1992 massacre of farmers Vladimiro Montesinos, the controversial intelligence chief of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, has been sentenced to 19 years and eight months in prison for the 1992 massacre of six farmers in the town of Pativilca. By Associated Press
Politics Jan 29 Ex-IRS contractor gets five years in prison for leak of tax return information of Trump, rich people A former contractor for the Internal Revenue Service who pleaded guilty to leaking tax information to news outlets about former President Donald Trump and thousands of the country's wealthiest people was sentenced to five years in prison on Monday. By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press
Jan 05 Former Colorado police officer who killed Elijah McClain gets 14 months in jail, avoids prison By Colleen Slevin, Associated Press Among the three officers charged in McClain's 2019 death, Roedema was the only one found guilty. The judge had discretion to sentence Roedema to either probation or time in jail or prison. Continue reading
Dec 01 Illinois appeals court affirms actor Jussie Smollett’s convictions and sentencing By Ed White, Associated Press An appeals court has upheld the disorderly conduct convictions of actor Jussie Smollett, who was accused of staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and then lying about it to Chicago police. Continue reading
Sep 07 ‘That ’70s Show’ actor Danny Masterson gets 30 years to life in prison for rapes of 2 women in 2003 By Andrew Dalton, Associated Press Los Angeles Judge Charlaine Olmedo handed down the sentence to the 47-year-old Masterson at a hearing on Thursday. Masterson was convicted of raping two women at his Hollywood-area home in 2003. Continue reading
Aug 30 Judge’s illness delays sentencing for former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio in Jan. 6 case By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press The Justice Department is seeking a 33-year prison sentence for the 39-year-old Tarrio, who's from Miami. That's nearly twice the length of the longest prison term so far among hundreds of Capitol riot prosecutions. Continue reading
Aug 18 Proud Boy in Jan. 6 case disappears ahead of sentencing By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press Christopher Worrell of Naples, Florida, was supposed to be sentenced Friday after being found guilty of spraying pepper spray gel on police officers, part of the mob storming the Capitol as Congress was certifying Joe Biden's presidential victory. Continue reading