Sentencing
St. Louis Mayor Pushes Special Gun Courts
Not happy with variety of sentences handed down for weapons-related cases
NJ Cop Gets Almost 4 Years for Planting Evidence, Falsifying Reports
And a host of other crimes
Hackers Take Over U.S. Sentencing Commission Website to Avenge Aaron Swartz
Anonymous takes responsibility
Leahy Critical of Mandatory Minimum Sentences, Drones
A welcome ray of civil libertarianism in the Senate
Can Outrage over the Zealotry of Federal Prosecutors Outlast Swartz Case?
Swartz's case far from an anomaly
Plead Guilty or Go to Prison for Life
The stark choice given a medical marijuana grower highlights the injustice of mandatory minimums.
NC Judge Commutes Death Sentences over Racial Bias
Judge says prosecutors made concerted effort to eliminate black jurors from pool
Chicago Man Gets 10 Years for Suicide Bombing Plot
Planned to go to training camp in Somalia and join terrorist groups
Family of Indefinitely Detained American Seeks International Help
Anybody remember Jose Padilla?
Former National Lampoon CEO Gets 50 Years for Fraud
Bilking folks out of $200 million apparently not that funny
Calif. Dem. Campaign Treasurer Sentenced to 8 Years
Stole political funds from more than 50 candidates
Almost Every Crime Involving Drugs Now Gets Sentenced as "Drug Trafficking"
It doesn't mean what you think it means
Feds Recommend 8 Years for Calif. Dem. Campaign Embezzler
Pleaded guilty to stealing more than $7 million from various clients, including Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Uganda Hates on the Gays in Order to Make it Possible to Imprison Anybody Forever
Touch somebody, go to jail
"Manhattan Madam" Sentenced to Five Years Probation
Accused of running prostitution ring out of Upper East Side apartment
Saudi Man Gets Life for US Bomb Plot
Was collecting bomb material to possibly target home of George W. Bush
California Approves Three Strikes Reform
Third strike will have to be of a serious or violent nature to trigger life sentence
Mass. Man Sentenced to 17 Years for Terrorism Plot
Another situation where feds were pretending to help him pull off plan
Former Long Beach Officer Gets 12 Years for Torturing Wife
Six felony counts of corporal injury to a spouse, three counts each of assault with a deadly weapon, among others
Nevada Man Connected to Suicide Imprisoned for Smuggling Sedative
Texas can execute prisoners with the drug, but you aren't allowed to kill yourself with it
"Millennium Bomber" Given Tougher Sentence
Prison term bumped from 22 to 37 years over foiled LAX plot in 1999.
Former Spokane Officer to Be Sentenced for Man's Beating Death
Prosecutors asking for 11 years
Calif. Prison Guard Union Keeping Quiet on Propositions
No involvement in efforts to strike down death penalty, soften "three strikes" laws
Protesters at Debate Want Discussion of Gun Violence, Incarceration Rate
Too much in both cases, they say
Convicted Killer Walks Away from Minimum Security Prison
He's supposed to be serving three life terms
Former Alabama Professor Gets Life for Killing Colleagues
Opened fire during a staff meeting, killing three
Former Teacher Gets 25 Years for Molesting Students
Third-grade teacher admitted lewd acts with 13 children
Virginia Judge Gets 30 Days for Growing Pot to Treat Pain
Suffered injuries in the Vietnam War, he says