CHARLOTTE — A Charlotte man was sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of a shooting that killed a bystander and injured another person. Hubert Wilkinson was sentenced to life in prison ...

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

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ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) — Wednesday, Jan. 28, Dougherty County Superior Court Judge Victoria Johnson sentenced Susan Embert to life without parole, plus five years for the murder of her husband, William ...

A Jefferson County judge sentenced a man to 30 years, reducing a jury's recommendation of 65 years for sexual assault and robbery. The judge cited the 23-year-old defendant's potential for ...

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 ...

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 ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Austin Thompson, 18, was sentenced to life without possibility of parole Friday for all five counts of first-degree murder. The judge ruled he was sentenced to at least 157 ...

A former New York City police officer accused of killing a fleeing suspect by throwing a picnic cooler packed with ice and drinks at him was sentenced Thursday by a judge to three to nine years in ...

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 ...