Hannah Dugan had been scheduled to be sentenced, but the judge postponed the proceedings indefinitely to hear arguments about ...

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was sentenced Friday to 4 years and 2 months in prison in case involving sex workers, violence and ...

President-elect Donald Trump is facing sentencing for his New York hush money conviction after the nation's highest court ...

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A Wake County judge explained his reasoning for sentencing the 2022 Raleigh mass shooter to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Judge Paul Ridgeway released a 23-page court document ...

WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice asked a federal judge Monday to sentence former Trump adviser Steve Bannon to six months in prison and a fine of $200,000 for contempt of Congress. In a 24-page ...

A retired Massachusetts judge says the sentence given to Tyler Brown after a 2020 shootout with Boston Police was not a failure of the justice system, despite renewed scrutiny.

When Judges Can’t Judge: The Human Cost of Mandatory Sentences Because prosecutors decide which charges to file, or in other words, which mandatory penalties to trigger, they control the sentencing ...

The Bronx judge who sent an ex-NYPD sergeant to prison Thursday for fatally flinging a picnic cooler at a fleeing drug suspect claimed the punishment would serve as a “general deterrent” for other ...

A judge in Texas didn't hold back as she sentenced a teenage shoplifter to 25 years in prison last week. Caden Fontenette, 18, of Port Arthur, had pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery in connection ...

Sentencing is often the most visible and emotionally charged stage of a criminal case. It is deeply personal for victims, defendants, and families because it follows real harm and determines what ...