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First reported May 18 2013 - Updated 4 hours ago - 5 reports

Federal Appeals Court Says Shorter Crack Sentences Must Be Retroactive

TedsBlog/Foter.com/CC BYLast Friday I noted that the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, which shrank the penalty gap between the snorted and smoked forms of cocaine, does not apply retroactively. Later that same day, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth ... [Published REASON Online - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Cocaine, Sentencing, Discriminatory

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated 12 hours ago - 3 reports

Indiana counties worry about costs of sentencing overhaul

The first significant change in Indiana's criminal sentencing rules in more than 30 years has left many counties worried about how to pay for associated costs. ... [Published Louisville Courier-Journal - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Sentencing, Criminal

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 2 reports

Love-rat is still to be sentenced

LOVE-RAT Adam Lloyd-Harris has been labelled a ?narcissistic manipulator? after he avoided sentence at his 20th court appearance.The conman’s case was adjourned yet again yesterday over claims he was “depressed” when he swindled £20,000 from then partner ... [Published Hartlepool Mail - May 18 2013]

Entities: Jamie Adams, James Goss, Sentencing

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 3 reports

Bastrop pastor found guilty of animal cruelty

Rick Bartlett's conviction Friday of a Class A misdemeanor means he faces up to a year in jail. Sentencing is set for June 24. At the time of his arrest, the 56-year-old was a chaplain for the Bastrop police department and pastor at Bastrop Christian ... [Published El Paso Times - May 18 2013]

Entities: Christian Church, Chaplain, Arrests

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 6 reports

Doctor who promised cancer cure faces sentencing

Her parents, desperate to find alternative measures for their daughter who had undergone surgeries and chemotherapy, turned to Dr. Christine Daniel, who offered an herbal supplement with a success rate she claimed was between 60 and 80 percent.Brianica's ... [Published Investors Business Daily - May 17 2013]

Entities: Cancer, Sentencing, Chemotherapy, Patient, Supplement

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 2 reports

Longtime girlfriend of James "Whitey" Bulger has 8-year sentence upheld in Mass.

The longtime girlfriend of reputed gangster James "Whitey" Bulger lost her bid to reduce the eight-year prison sentence she received for helping Bulger during his 16 years as a fugitive.A three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said ... [Published FOXNews.com - May 17 2013]

Entities: James J. Bulger, Sentencing, Identity Fraud, Fugitive

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 2 reports

Women out on bond before sentencing

VIDEO: 61-year-old Joyce Williams was found guilty of attempted murder and carrying a concealed firearm in connection with a shooting last year. Her sister, Joycelyn Glover, was found guilty of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The judge ... [Published News4Jax.com - May 18 2013]

Entities: Sentencing, Attempted Murder, Criminal

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 3 reports

NSW murderer jailed for horrifying death

ItIt was a terrible way to die.Randomly selected by her murderous neighbour - a teenager she hardly knew who had been planning a such an attack for years - 24-year-old Indian student Tosha Thakkar was raped and strangled before her body was stuffed in ... [Published Brisbane Times - May 17 2013]

Entities: serial murderer, Murderer, life sentence, Mark Tedeschi, Sentencing

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Sentencing set for ex-MHP trooper

OXFORD, Miss. --A federal judge has set a July 15 sentencing for a former Mississippi state trooper who pleaded guilty to stomping a woman in the Lee County Jail more than five years ago.Christopher Gary Hughes admitted during his change of plea hearing ... [Published South Carolina Enquirer-Herald - May 17 2013]

Entities: Sentencing, Gary Hughes, Mississippi, Jim Johnson, Highway Patrol

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Invercargill rapist jailed after DNA evidence

A cold case that was solved by DNA has resulted in an Invercargill rapist being sentenced to five years and one month's jail.Norman Barry Ladbrook, 33, was sentenced in the Invercargill District yesterday for raping an 18-year-old woman almost six years ... [Published Southland Times - May 17 2013]

Entities: DNA Evidence, DNA, Hugo Young, Kevin Phillips

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Sentencing Reset in Nebraska Day Care Death Case

Sentencing has been rescheduled for a Blair woman who was convicted of negligent child abuse in the drowning of a toddler at her day care facility. ... [Published KOLN/KGIN - May 17 2013]

Entities: Sentencing, Child Abuse

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 3 reports

Judge to hear arguments on Colorado's insanity defense

The judge who will hear the capital murder case against accused Colorado theater gunman James Holmes said Thursday he will hold a hearing on the constitutionality of Colorado's insanity defense law in cases. Arapahoe County District Judge Carlos Samour ... [Published NBCNews.com - May 17 2013]

Entities: James Holmes, Sentencing, William Sylvester, Self-Incrimination

Quotes

Mr Smith, who represented Mairead Philpott during her trial, said of the 17-year jail term: "We think it was too long and we are going to the Court of Appeal to see whether or not we can persuade the Court of Appeal to reduce the sentence."

Mairead Philpott to appeal against 17-year jail sentence for killing her six kids [Published Mirror.co.uk - 13 mins ago]

"We'll have to wait and see what the Court of Appeal say. It may well be that the Court of Appeal give us short shrift."

Philpott wife plans sentence appeal [Published Morley Observer & Advertiser - 59 mins ago]

"She doesn't want him to do without because he's not OK" said Xzavier's aunt, Kelley Virts

Raising Xzavier: Glen Burnie woman tends to abused grandson [Published Individual.com - 3 hours ago]

...Remember Kevin Foley's cry that we should "rack `em, stack `em and pack `em"? Well, in Republican-controlled Texas, they've done the complete reverse. Only hardened criminals who are a direct threat to society are jailed - and in Texas some are executed. But who would have thought tough old Texas would be softer on custodial sentencing than liberal SA?"

Downer: Do the crime, but shouldn't always do the time [Published Adelaide Now - 4 hours ago]

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Drunken driving homicide civil trial to start M... [Published Lehigh Valley Live - 7 hours ago]

Blogs

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Federal Appeals Court Says Shorter Crack Senten... [Published Hit & Run - 5 hours ago] <p><img alt="" height="206" src="http://cloudfront-media.reason.com/mc/jsullum/2013_05/crack-pipe.jpg?h=206&w=275" title="\|\|\|TedsBlog/Foter.com/CC BY" width="275" style="float: right;"/>Last Friday I noted that the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, which ...
The Great Innocence Robbery: The awful abuse of... [Published Mail Online - Peter Hitchens - 18 hours ago] This is Peter Hitchens' Mail On Sunday columnCommentators take what they want to from scandals. Already this is happening to the debate about the mass abuse of young girls in Oxford. The Left are blaming the law for being too weak on rape. The Right are ...
Federal Appeals Court: Drug Sentencing Disparit... [Published Think Progress - May 18 2013] Since Congress recognized the gaping racial disparity between mandatory minimum sentences for crack offenses and cocaine offenses and reduced the ratio from 100-to-1 to 18-to-1 , courts have grappled with when and how to apply the statute to already-decided ...
Interview with ‘We are Anonymous’ author Parmy ... [Published Security Bloggers Network - May 17 2013] In this podcast Chester interviews Parmy Olson author of "We are Anonymous" about her thoughts on LulzSec, their sentencing and the Anonymous movement. Parmy also shares some of her thoughts on Firefox OS and other developments from Mobile World Congress ...
Interview with 'We are Anonymous' author Parmy ... [Published Naked Security - Sophos - May 17 2013] In this podcast Chester interviews Parmy Olson author of "We are Anonymous" about her thoughts on LulzSec, their sentencing and the Anonymous movement. Parmy also shares some of her thoughts on Firefox OS and other developments from Mobile World Congress ...

Audio/Video

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American sentenced to labor in N. Korea [Published CNN.com - Video - May 02 2013]
Kuwaiti opposition protest crackdown [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - Apr 19 2013]
Internet troll Andrew "Weev" Auernheimer [Published CNN.com - Video - Apr 05 2013]
T.J. Lane wears "killer" t-shirt to sentencing [Published CBS News Online - YouTube - Mar 20 2013]
Ohio teen gets life [Published Reuters Video: Top News - Mar 20 2013]

Press Releases

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Marquet Embezzlement Report Reveals Highest Rat... [Published Business Wire - May 14 2013]
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NPC Lends its Voice to Coalition Decrying Sente... [Published PR Newswire: Entertainment & Media - May 04 2013]
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