Sentencing

Tory Lanez's old tweet scoffing at jail time for shooting Megan Thee Stallion resurfaced after a judge rejected his request for a new trial and set his prison sentencing date. He's facing between nine and 22 years.

The Stand Your Ground case centered on race.

Folks have mixed reactions.

The television icon will be sentenced on September 24.

Judge Vonda Evans of Detroit made a compassionate speech about racism and police brutality before sentencing former Michigan police officer William Melendez to prison Tuesday for the beating of an unarmed Black man last year.

On Friday, Michelle Blair, 36 was sentenced to life without parole for killing her two children and then putting their bodies into a deep freezer. Her final appearance in the courtroom only solidified Blair’s lack of regret for her ruthless crime. In her last chance to speak in court, she chose to point out the […]

Quartavious Davis (pictured) is a first-time offender who was convicted of armed robbery in April. Even though the gun he fired did not shoot anyone, he received a stiffer than stiff sentence from a Florida judge for his crime:  1,941 months or 161 years in prison, reports the Huffington Post.  Davis’ new attorney, Jacqueline Shapiro, is […]

NEW YORK — An actor accused of hacking his mother to death with a sword was arraigned Friday from a hospital prison ward on charges of second-degree murder.

Aimee Michael was sentenced to 36 years in prison for causing a crash on Easter Sunday that killed five people.

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved a bill to reduce the disparities in sentences handed down for people convicted of crack and powder cocaine charges, but some question whether the legislation goes deep enough in addressing the problem.