Sentencing/Post Conviction
- Pig-and-gun tattoo naming cop posted on Facebook; defendant inks it over and gets probation
Jun 18, 2013, 10:30 am CDT
- New legal battle for ex-prisoner awarded $6M: Ex-wife who he divorced in 1992 wants a share
Jun 17, 2013, 03:00 pm CDT
- Juries must find facts that increase mandatory minimums, Supreme Court says
Jun 17, 2013, 02:11 pm CDT
- Ex-NFL star Chad Johnson apologizes for pat on lawyer’s posterior, wins release from jail
Jun 17, 2013, 10:30 am CDT
- A convicted killer’s gift spurs a federal judge to remember balance in sentencing
Jun 17, 2013, 06:15 am CDT
- 11th Circuit: Money in Rothstein law firm accounts can’t be forfeited to feds
Jun 12, 2013, 04:25 pm CDT
- Lawyer gets 3 years for shooting at US census worker
Jun 12, 2013, 12:55 pm CDT
- Disbelieved and accused of making a false rape report, now-vindicated victim sues
Jun 11, 2013, 03:00 pm CDT
- Lawyer convicted of shooting at census worker
Jun 11, 2013, 01:10 pm CDT
- Son and lawyer of elderly heiress Brooke Astor are both headed to prison over $60M fraud
Jun 10, 2013, 01:30 pm CDT
- After ex-NFL star pats his lawyer’s backside, judge nixes his no-jail plea deal
Jun 10, 2013, 11:55 am CDT
- Grain operator’s SCOTUS win is ‘a strong reaffirmation of the ex post facto clause’
Jun 10, 2013, 10:02 am CDT
- Jurors in death-penalty case not tainted by watching prison movie, state supreme court rules
Jun 7, 2013, 02:14 pm CDT
- Judges correct 124 sentences after early release of suspect in prison-chief slaying
Jun 7, 2013, 10:01 am CDT
- Blogger reads between lines of NSA lawyer’s ‘false myths’ speech, knowing what we know now
Jun 7, 2013, 08:30 am CDT
- 2 former workers get over 1 year in $788K law firm theft
Jun 6, 2013, 05:35 pm CDT
- Judge who angrily lectured appellate counsel in death-penalty case is suspended with pay
Jun 6, 2013, 04:40 pm CDT
- Judge says man who didn’t carry ‘idiot’ sign can try again after 90 days in jail
Jun 5, 2013, 05:00 pm CDT
- Federal judge calls herself ‘Hulk,’ clashes with prosecutors over info that could extend sentences
Jun 5, 2013, 03:00 pm CDT
- Attorney’s law license at issue over petition for involuntary mental exam of restaurant proprietor
Jun 5, 2013, 10:50 am CDT
- Was judge senile in death penalty case? 9th Circuit dissenter sees ‘painfully obvious’ incompetence
Jun 5, 2013, 06:25 am CDT
- Disbarred lawyer gets 30 years in attempted prosecutor hit, plus 8 in racketeering case plea
Jun 4, 2013, 05:10 pm CDT
- Attorney gets 30 months in mortgage case that brought down 2 lawyers and a paralegal
Jun 3, 2013, 06:05 pm CDT
- Lawyer accused of lying about claimed ‘self-employment’ as prostitute and name used in online ads
Jun 3, 2013, 11:40 am CDT
- Onetime Natalee Holloway suspect may wed from Peruvian jail to avoid extortion extradition
Jun 3, 2013, 09:46 am CDT
- Rats are so plentiful at Mississippi prison that inmates put them on leashes, suit says
Jun 3, 2013, 06:04 am CDT
- Ex-offenders face tens of thousands of legal restrictions, bias and limits on their rights
Jun 1, 2013, 05:00 am CDT
- Former governor helps establish a clemency clinic
Jun 1, 2013, 04:20 am CDT
- Inmate’s 17th-story bedsheet-rope escape shows he should get 20 years for bank robbery, judge says
May 30, 2013, 10:45 am CDT
- In final case related to attorney’s homicide, man takes misdemeanor plea in case over stolen rifle
May 29, 2013, 11:40 am CDT
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