Sentencing/Post Conviction

‘Evil Lives Here’ docuseries details parents dealing with aftermath of their kids’ murder convictions

The season finale of Investigation Discovery’s documentary series Evil Lives Here: My Child the Killer, left me staring at the screen, wondering how a parent, who doesn’t come off as absent, could miss so many signs. I also felt genuine sympathy and confusion for the impossible position that mother now tries to survive. Not navigate, just survive.

Jun 11, 2026 11:26 AM CDT

Wills and trust attorney gets 20 years in prison for stealing over $500K from kids’ trust

A San Antonio attorney received a 20-year prison sentence last week after pleading guilty of stealing more than $500,000 from six kids whose parents died in a murder-suicide five years ago.

Jun 9, 2026 9:31 AM CDT

Attorney convicted of theft is disbarred by state supreme court

The Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday permanently disbarred an attorney who had previously been convicted of theft after stealing more than $225,000 from an estate that he administered.

Jun 8, 2026 10:18 AM CDT

DOJ seeks 8-year prison sentence for SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein

The U.S. Department of Justice has asked a federal judge to sentence former U.S. Supreme Court lawyer and SCOTUSblog co-founder Tom Goldstein to eight years in prison after a jury convicted him on tax and financial crime charges earlier this year.

Jun 4, 2026 11:40 AM CDT

Former judge sentenced to 60 days in jail for falsifying records

A former Ohio judge was sentenced Monday to 60 days in the county jail and fined $10,000 after pleading guilty to tampering with records, so that she could steer court business to a friend.

Jun 2, 2026 9:19 AM CDT

Lawyer sentenced to year in prison after conviction in $20M bank fraud trial

A New York compliance lawyer was sentenced Tuesday to 12 months and a day in prison for his role in a fraudulent scheme to steal $20 million from an Emigrant Bank unit.

May 27, 2026 11:15 AM CDT

Supreme Court dismisses death penalty case on people with mental disabilities

The Supreme Court on Thursday chose not to weigh in on what standards states should use to assess whether a person who commits a crime must be spared the death penalty because of intellectual disabilities.

May 21, 2026 10:39 AM CDT

Ex-lawyer Alex Murdaugh sues clerk for alleged jury tampering that led to overturned murder conviction

Disgraced and disbarred South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh has filed a lawsuit seeking damages from the clerk of court whose alleged jury manipulation in his 2023 trial resulted in the overturning of his double-murder conviction by the South Carolina Supreme Court last week.

May 19, 2026 1:42 PM CDT

Federal judge sentenced to probation in drunk driving case

A federal judge in Michigan has been sentenced to six months of probation after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor drunk driving charge, Reuters reports.

May 14, 2026 10:02 AM CDT

Ex-lawyer Alex Murdaugh’s murder conviction overturned; prosecutors vow retrial

Prosecutors in South Carolina said they plan to retry disgraced and disbarred South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh in the shooting deaths of his wife and younger son after the South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned his conviction and life sentence, the Associated Press and other news outlets report.

May 13, 2026 1:59 PM CDT

2 women sue Las Vegas hotels for allegedly allowing trafficking on premises

Two women who alleged that they were trafficked for years by convicted sex offender and former actor Nathan Chasing Horse filed a federal lawsuit last week accusing several Las Vegas hotels of knowingly allowing the abuse to continue on their premises.

May 13, 2026 10:08 AM CDT