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A Marion County woman was sentenced to 10 years in prison for pulling a gun on an appliance repairman over a service fee.

A 19-year-old man received a life sentence after he was convicted of killing the owner of a Maryland garden center in 2025, according to Anne Arundel County court officials. Under a plea deal, Jonah ...

A Queens landlord who “mercilessly slaughtered” his gal pal and two tenants, claiming he was under “a lot of pressure,’’ was hit with three life sentences Tuesday — after balking at a plea deal. David ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: Instagram An Everglades video is drawing attention for an unusual reason: not because of a dramatic struggle, but ...

In Commonwealth v. Lee, the court held that Pennsylvania’s automatic life-without-parole sentence for felony murder is unconstitutional because it fails to account for individual culpability. The ...

Carly Gregg, 17, is appealing her life sentence for the murder of her mother and attempted murder of her stepfather. Gregg was 14 at the time of the crime and was sentenced to life without parole ...

One of the 10 men accused of breaking out of the Orleans Justice Center last year, setting off a multi-state manhunt that endured for months, was sentenced to life in prison without parole Thursday ...

Steve is an Emmy Award-winning journalist. He has been recognized nationally for his coverage of Public Education and his reports from New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina garnered the "Best News ...

PARK CITY, Utah — A Utah mother who published a children’s book about grief after the death of her husband will serve a life sentence without the possibility of parole for his murder, a judge ruled ...

Alex Murdaugh spent more than two years behind bars after he was sentenced to back-to-back life sentences for the murders of his wife, Maggie Murdaugh, and son Paul Murdaugh — until the South Carolina ...

LAPEER COUNTY, Mich. (WJRT) - A Lapeer County woman was sentenced to spend the rest of her life in prison for denying medical care to her teenage son, who died of cancer in 2019. Lapeer County Circuit ...