Lawmakers endorse life jail term for defilement of minor and a minimum 10-year sentence for rape under new criminal code ...

Alabama plans to carry out its fifth execution of 2025 Thursday evening, putting Anthony Todd Boyd to death by nitrogen gas ...

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A former Baltimore City School Police officer convicted of stealing $215,000 from taxpayers will keep his taxpayer-funded ...

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Dwayne Barrett, the petitioner in the case, was sentenced to 90 years in prison but later shaved to 50 years at resentencing, in part for two charges stemming from a single deadly robbery.

Later this month, the Court Martial Appeal Court will hear more about the suppression orders and sentence of a soldier who tried to pass on sensitive defence information to a foreign entity.

The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Josh Williams, R-Sylvania Township, characterized the changes as a way to give judges “a full picture” of the defendant before them.