#criminal-justice

#criminal-justice

Cannabis isn't a drug - it's a plant.

George Santos, the gay expelled Republican lawmaker and convicted felon, whose brief congressional career became a spectacle of deception and fraud, surrendered to federal authorities Friday to begin serving a more than 7-year prison sentence.

David Milburn, a 33-year-old man from Antioch, was arrested after being suspected of two freeway shootings. He is held on $1 million bail.

Holman created and sold 1,052 kits which provided fraudulent webpages with built-in scripts to enable the harvesting of information entered, including account log-in details and bank details.

"Evidence from Illinois shows that implementation of cashless bail did not result in increased crime rates, countering claims from critics who link it to rising crime."

Emmanuel-Thomas was jailed in June for masterminding the importation of £600,000 worth of cannabis at London Stansted Airport, serving more than 10 months in prison.

Several law experts said the passage of time will make prosecuting for a third time Pedro Hernandez, the man suspected in the kidnapping and killing of Etan Patz, incredibly difficult.

Prosecutors in Maine will seek to try 17-year-old Deven Young as an adult for the murder of 48-year-old Sunshine 'Sunny' Stewart, whose body was found on Crawford Pond.

"There is a gap in the law around the planning of mass attacks that can be just as serious [as terrorism] in their implications for communities, their impact, the devastation that they can cause and the seriousness of the crime."

Byrd, 40, was identified by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation as the parole agent shot and killed inside the Oakland parole unit on Thursday afternoon at about 12:50 p.m.

A 44-year-old migrant man has pleaded guilty to raping and impregnating his 14-year-old daughter, receiving a sentence of 12 to 15 years in prison.

The head of the gang, 41-year-old Algerian national Azize Benaniba, was jailed for 12 years and 11 months at Isleworth Crown Court today.

The jury's composition reflects a disparity, especially when considering the socioeconomic and educational backgrounds of jurors versus defendants. Most jurors were educated and employed, while the defendant was not.

Mohammed Alazawi, 54, was sentenced to nine years for carrying out multiple unsafe and illegal circumcisions across the UK, including in the West Midlands.

On August 6, 2009, Stephen left his home at Rose Hill, Wicklow town, and walked down through different walkways along the back of the town to Marlton road, where he was collected by a silver Nissan Pulsar car and driven through Redcross to Ballydonnell Wood. At the woods, Gardaí believe there was a group of suspects present. Stephen was then fatally injured, shot and buried in a shallow grave at the woods.

Tony Betteridge, who spent 17 years under an indefinite jail term for a teenage crime, expressed that he is now ready to enjoy life after being freed.

As of June 29, there were 57,861 people detained by ICE, with 41,495 (71.7%) having no criminal convictions. This includes those with pending charges and others with no known criminal records.

John Iwuh, 54, was sentenced to 16 years for raping a woman and secretly filming the attack, showcasing a serious abuse of trust as a nurse.

Forty-eight states in the U.S. allow at least one form of 'pay-to-stay' fees for incarcerated individuals, which often leads to long-term debt upon release.

Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty to the murders of four college students in Moscow, Idaho, receiving four consecutive life sentences in exchange for his admission of guilt and waiving the right to appeal.

Erin Patterson, a middle-aged mother, hosted a lunch where death cap mushrooms were served, leading to the deaths of three guests and serious illness of another.