#criminal-justice

#criminal-justice

Kemp must begin home monitoring within two weeks, The Seattle Times reported. He must also serve one year of state Department of Corrections supervision and complete 240 hours of community service. Prosecutors had recommended the six-time NBA All-Star be sentenced to nine months in jail, a year of supervision and pay restitution. Judge Michael Schwartz of Pierce County Superior Court found the circumstances surrounding the crime warranted a lesser sentence, allowing Kemp to avoid incarceration.

Hardin stated he would hide the clothes and other items he was going to need in the bottom of a trash can in the kitchen due to no one ever shaking it down.

Prosecutors said Peña resorted to violence in the belief that a "rigged" election had robbed him of victory in his bid to serve in the state Legislature.

The 36-year-old woman was suddenly grabbed and thrown into the back of a white Ford Transit van as she left her home on the morning of May 10.

Haddix, who ran a primate facility in Festus, pleaded guilty in March to perjury and obstructing justice, related to the treatment of the chimp, Tonka.

The plans are designed to restrict the movements of the most serious sexual and violent offenders. Technology, such as electronic tags, would be used to ensure compliance and manage risk.

The report lays bare the reasons why prisons have become so consistently overcrowded over so many years to the point of frequent near-collapse.

"From the get, this police report is used to determine whether a criminal case will be started," said Kate Chatfield, executive director of the California Public Defenders Association, which sponsored the bill. "Then a judge would be reviewing this police report, for example, to determine the circumstances of offense and to determine whether or not to hold somebody in jail."

Combs was denied bail during his latest attempt to go home from jail following his prostitution-related conviction, stemming from federal charges of coercion and manipulation.

The Fifth Amendment provides individuals the right to remain silent during police questioning, protecting them from self-incrimination, yet many still choose to talk.

Tatyana Timoshenko, mother of slain NYPD officer Russel Timoshenko, expressed outrage over the planned payout to his killer, stating, 'I don't want him to be rewarded even one penny for killing my son.'

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.

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.