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A man received an additional 25 years in prison for murdering his cellmate, who raped his younger sister, per the New York Post. Shane Goldsby, 26, was arrested in 2017 for his involvement in a police chase after stealing a patrol car, and crashing the vehicle into another officer’s car. Goldsby had spent the last four years bouncing around correctional […]
A California couple has been charged in connection to the deadly El Dorado Fire that ravaged the region for weeks. According to CBS affiliate KCAL 9, defendants Refugio Manuel Jimenez Jr. and Angela Renee Jimenez are accused of sparking the fire after setting off a smoke-generating pyrotechnic device for their gender reveal party. The blaze began on Sept. […]
Two Swedish rappers have been sentenced to prison for their involvement in criminal activity, which include kidnapping and blackmail. The BBC reports that 23-year-old rapper Yasin Mahamoud was sentenced to 10 months in prison for conspiring to kidnap a rival artist, and rapper Haval Khalil was sentenced to 2.5 years for aiding and abetting the kidnapping. […]
An ex-Florida sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced to 12-and-a-half years in prison for planting drugs during traffic stops and then arresting the drivers, the Associated Press reports. Zachary Wester was hit with 67 charges, including racketeering, official misconduct, fabricating evidence, perjury, false imprisonment, and possession of controlled substances and drug paraphernalia. He was ultimately convicted on […]
A federal judge has rejected B.G.’s petition to get out of prison years before his gun possession sentence is scheduled to end. In an 11-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan wrote that B.G. “has not presented compelling and extraordinary reasons for his compassionate release,” and should therefore stay in federal prison until the end of […]
An Alabama high school teacher was sentenced to 10 years in state prison last week, following a guilty plea to having sex with two of her students. Carrie Cabri Witt, who is now 48 years old, will have to serve a year-and-a-half in state prison, another year-and-a-half in the community corrections program, and then the remaining […]
Just two days after his release from prison, Bill Cosby is already eyeing a return to stand-up comedy. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the newly freed comedian’s spokesperson Andrew Wyatt told reporters Thursday that Cosby has been “been talking to a number of promoters and comedy club owners” and “is just excited the way the world […]
A former correctional officer at California’s Fresno County jail was sentenced Tuesday to two years probation and seven months behind bars for having sex with an inmate, The Fresno Bee reports. Today 26-year-old Tina Gonzalez of Lemoore was sentenced to 2 years of probation for having sex with inmate at the Fresno County Jail. […]
The United States Attorney General has ordered a pause on scheduling federal executions, giving the Justice Department time to review its death penalty polices and procedures. Merrick Garland announced the moratorium on Thursday, about two years after the Trump administration resumed federal executions following a 17-year hiatus. During Trump’s single term, the U.S. government executed 13 people, including 52-year-old […]
The Milwaukee man who fatally punched his child over a piece of cheesecake will spend the next two decades behind bars. Fox 6 reports 30-year-old Travis Stackhouse was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Tuesday, nearly two months after he pleaded guilty in the death of his 5-year-old son, Sir Amer Stackhouse. Prosecutors say the incident occurred in 2019, after […]
