Winter storm forecast delays sentencing for Hedingham mass shooter Austin Thompson

Due to expected winter weather and travel risks for out-of-town witnesses, Austin Thompson's sentencing hearing has been rescheduled for Tuesday.

Would-be assassin of Iranian dissident sentenced to 15 years in prison

Carlisle Rivera, who prosecutors say was hired as part of a murder-for-hire plot to assassinate Iranian dissident Masih Alinejad, was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Wednesday.
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Woman’s sentencing postponed in deaths of Kansas moms

Cole Twombly will now face a jury in February 2027. Tad Cullum's trial is set for October.
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Kentucky State Police return convicted sex offender to Grayson County for sentencing

Source: Trooper Washer/Kentucky State Police. ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. – A convicted child sex offender has been returned to Grayson County after authorities say he fled the country. The Kentucky State Police says William Lee “Scott” Carter was arrested on June 11,

Judges should consider toll of domestic abuse during sentencing, advocates say

A handful of states across the country have passed similar legislation in recent years, including Georgia, New York and Oklahoma.
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Icy Conditions Delay Tifany Adams' Sentencing in Texas County Freezer Murders

Sentencing in the Texas County freezer murders delayed by a winter storm. Adams’ plea spared her from capital punishment.
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Justices hold that restitution requirements imposed on federal convicts can’t be ratcheted up after the crime but before sentencing

Yesterday’s majority opinion by Brett Kavanaugh in Ellingburg v. United States well may be the shortest of the term – less than five pages for a unanimous court holding that […]