Latest Sentencing/Post Conviction Posts
- A five-star prison? Yelp reviews of correctional facilities address rude staffers, mistreatment
May 1, 2013, 05:55 am CDT
- Does a prisoner have a right to a mohel? School’s new clinic takes on religious liberties case
May 1, 2013, 04:10 am CDT
- SCOTUS declines case on de facto life sentences for juveniles
Apr 30, 2013, 01:37 pm CDT
- Former defense lawyer gets 5 years in Secret Service money-laundering sting
Apr 30, 2013, 12:08 pm CDT
- ‘Wicked and selfish’ mom pushed teen daughter to get pregnant so she could raise baby, judge says
Apr 29, 2013, 01:24 pm CDT
- Disabled woman who couldn’t afford vet for dog gets 6 months house arrest, can’t have a goldfish
Apr 29, 2013, 09:25 am CDT
- Postcard-only jail mail policy is unconstitutional, federal judge rules
Apr 26, 2013, 03:02 pm CDT
- Widow who owed $21.6M to feds gets ‘effectively 5 seconds’ of probation, as judge scolds government
Apr 26, 2013, 10:50 am CDT
- Disabled woman who couldn’t afford to take pet to vet is convicted of felony and jailed
Apr 25, 2013, 01:10 pm CDT
- Millionaire who helped son, 16, get married has 180-day contempt term upheld by appeals court
Apr 24, 2013, 05:01 pm CDT
- Stamp on letter led cops to tattooed man who said he was judge’s son and took cash for case help
Apr 24, 2013, 12:30 pm CDT
- If inmates designed own cells, this is what they’d look like
Apr 24, 2013, 09:06 am CDT
- Woman arrested 396 times tells parole board she can change
Apr 24, 2013, 08:02 am CDT
- Son of dead shooter in Del. courthouse slayings gets six months for probation violation
Apr 23, 2013, 06:06 pm CDT
- On probation for manslaughter in child’s death, couple again relies on prayer and sees a baby die
Apr 23, 2013, 01:58 pm CDT
- Former DA jailed after judge issues scathing opinion in rare Texas court of inquiry
Apr 22, 2013, 12:40 pm CDT
- Authorities return PI lawyer’s computers, but he likely won’t have much chance to use them
Apr 19, 2013, 11:21 am CDT
- Lawyer who said he helped client buy marijuana to discredit informant loses license for 9 months
Apr 19, 2013, 10:45 am CDT
- Judge grants disbarred lawyer Scruggs’ request to return to prison
Apr 18, 2013, 01:47 pm CDT
- Man ups ante in probation violation case, is jailed after allegedly taking judge’s photo
Apr 18, 2013, 11:10 am CDT
- Oops. Judge holds himself in contempt when his own cellphone rings during court hearing
Apr 15, 2013, 12:35 pm CDT
- Special prosecutor to probe more decades-old claims by jailed men of Chicago police torture
Apr 12, 2013, 03:57 pm CDT
- Upset by fatal child-abuse trial, juror creates post-verdict college fund for survivor sibling
Apr 12, 2013, 11:00 am CDT
- Lawyer accused of operating massive immigration scheme gets 5 years
Apr 11, 2013, 10:35 am CDT
- Ex-judge gets 6 months for lying to cover up prescription drug conspiracy
Apr 10, 2013, 02:58 pm CDT
- Man who paid hospital workers for patient info to sell medical and legal services gets 4 years
Apr 10, 2013, 11:22 am CDT
- Disbarred lawyer gets 180 days for misappropriating $225K from client’s estate
Apr 9, 2013, 10:30 am CDT
- Convicted Enron chief executive could be released early from prison
Apr 5, 2013, 06:30 am CDT
- Family lawyer gets life in murder of ex-client and baby; judge calls him a ‘facade’ and a ‘fraud’
Apr 4, 2013, 02:10 pm CDT
- Judge OKs pro se prisoner’s libel suit over legal publication’s recap of his case
Apr 3, 2013, 12:14 pm CDT
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