CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) – A state judge sentenced Dylann Roof on 13 state counts in the June 2015 Charleston church shooting Monday afternoon. Dylann Roof, 23, was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole on each of nine murder counts, each term to be served consecutively; and a consecutive 30-year prison term on each of three […]
(WOIO) – The State Prison System has released a 26-page report on prison suicides, including the suicide of convicted kidnapper Ariel Castro. [Read the entire…
A new alternative sentencing program offering first-time, nonviolent offenders a choice of a year of church attendance or jail time and fines is drawing fire from the American Civil Liberties Union as well as national attention, officials said Friday. “This policy is blatantly unconstitutional,” said Olivia Turner, executive director for the ACLU of Alabama. “It violates […]
A new alternative sentencing program offering first-time, nonviolent offenders a choice of a year of church attendance or jail time and fines is drawing fire from the American Civil Liberties Union as well as national attention, officials said Friday. “This policy is blatantly unconstitutional,” said Olivia Turner, executive director for the ACLU of Alabama. “It violates […]
Kwame Kilpatrick is headed to Jackson County. This morning, a judge sentenced the former Detroit mayor to from 14 months to five years in prisonfor violating the terms of his probation on an obstruction of justice conviction.
Kwame Kilpatrick is headed to Jackson County. This morning, a judge sentenced the former Detroit mayor to from 14 months to five years in prisonfor violating the terms of his probation on an obstruction of justice conviction.
