Sentencing/Post Conviction

Judge praises suspended prosecutors before sentencing man for bomb hoax

A U.S. district court judge on Thursday praised two suspended federal prosecutors who had been handling the case of a man once accused of participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack. The defendant, Taylor Taranto, was in court to be sentenced on an unrelated weapons charge.

Oct 31, 2025 2:10 PM CDT

Former BigLaw partner is accused of throwing his wife to her death from 24th floor stairwell

A former Duane Morris tax partner is accused in a criminal complaint of murdering his wife in his Chicago condo building by throwing her over a railing from a 24th floor stairwell.

Oct 28, 2025 10:17 AM CDT

Ex-BigLaw partner was ‘brute’ and ‘monster’ who battered his wife, her mother says at his sentencing

A former Duane Morris partner whose wife was found dead at the bottom of a stairwell in his Chicago condo building was sentenced to 93 days in jail and two years of probation Monday in a case stemming from domestic abuse in two prior incidents at her Michigan home.

Oct 21, 2025 10:57 AM CDT

Donna Adelson showed ‘utter lack of remorse’ for law prof’s murder, judge says before sentencing

A Florida woman convicted last month in the murder of a Florida State University law professor—her former son-in-law—told a judge Monday that she is “an innocent woman convicted of this terrible crime without evidence.”

Oct 14, 2025 10:19 AM CDT

Supreme Court rejects Ghislaine Maxwell’s bid to toss conviction

The U.S. Supreme Court Monday rejected a bid by Ghislaine Maxwell to overturn her 2021 sex-trafficking conviction for grooming teenage girls who were abused by disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Oct 6, 2025 9:32 AM CDT

Kavanaugh assassination plotter sentenced to eight years in prison

The 29-year-old Californian who flew across the country to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh was sentenced to eight years in prison Friday.

Oct 3, 2025 6:30 PM CDT

Judge who said she showed compassion for sentenced defendant is suspended for disregarding the law

A Nevada judge who argued a state supreme reversal order “could mean a lot of things” has been suspended for failing to comply with the law.

Oct 1, 2025 1:49 PM CDT

Juror’s TikTok post during Donna Adelson trial didn’t constitute misconduct, judge rules

A juror who posted a TikTok video during the murder trial of Donna Adelson did not commit misconduct, a judge in Leon County, Florida, ruled last week in an order denying defense motions following their client’s conviction in the death of her former son-in-law.

Sep 29, 2025 12:58 PM CDT

Domestic abuse survivor who was inspiration for new reduced-sentencing law loses bid for release

A 55-year-old domestic abuse survivor convicted for the 1998 murder of her former fiance has lost her bid for freedom under a new law that she partly inspired.

Sep 8, 2025 11:16 AM CDT

Former BigLaw partner pleads no contest to alleged domestic abuse of wife who was later found dead in stairwell

A former Duane Morris partner pleaded no contest in Berrien County, Michigan, on Friday to charges of domestic abuse against his wife and interfering with her 911 call.

Sep 2, 2025 3:24 PM CDT

Cracks in the System: The long fight to end the racial disparity in cocaine sentencing continues

“Other than public defense structures and payment for assigned counsel, I don’t think there’s been another issue that has galvanized the bar quite as much,” says Kyle O’Dowd, deputy director for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Because of the stark racial and economic disparities in sentencing of crack versus powder cocaine, O’Dowd says, “it’s still a very lasting symbol of racism within the criminal justice system.”

Aug 1, 2025 1:35 AM CDT