Category: sentence

Alabama Prisoner Who Escaped With Jailer’s Help Gets Life Sentence

FLORENCE, Ala.—An Alabama prisoner received a life sentence on Thursday for escaping with the help of a jail official who ultimately took her own life as police closed in following a manhunt across three states. Casey White, 39, told those gathered in the Lauderdale County courtroom that he felt like the most hated man in…


Libyan Court Sentences 23 Suspected ISIS Terrorists to Death

CAIRO—A Libyan court Monday sentenced 23 suspected ISIS terrorist group extremists to death for launching deadly attacks that killed dozens of people, including Egyptian Coptic Christians. The appeals court in the western city of Misrata also sentenced 14 other terrorists to life in prison who were convicted on the same charges, which include destruction of…


Death Sentence Reduced to Life in Prison for Man Who Killed North Dakota Student

FARGO, N.D.—The death sentence for a Minnesota man who killed a North Dakota college student 20 years ago has been officially changed to life in prison. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Ralph Erickson signed the sentence amendment for Alfonso Rodriguez Jr. last week, according to court records. Rodriguez, a sex offender, was convicted in…


Illinois Man Gets 40-year Sentence for Killing Teenage Boy

URBANA, Ill.—A central Illinois man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to killing a 14-year-old boy and dumping his body in a roadside ditch. A judge sentenced Daryl Vandyke, 57, on Wednesday after the of Champaign man admitted that he used an ax or other sharp-edged garden tool to kill…


Convicted Serial Rapist Sentenced to More Than 150 Years

INDIANAPOLIS—An Indiana judge has sentenced a convicted serial rapist to more than 150 years in prison, authorities said Monday. Darrell Goodlow was charged in 2021 with 57 counts, including rape, burglary, and criminal confinement. He pleaded guilty in March to nine counts, including eight felony counts of rape and one felony count of killing a…


Putin Critic Jailed in Russia for 25 Years for Treason

An outspoken Putin critic was sentenced to 25 years in a penal colony by a Moscow court on Monday, after being found guilty of treason and other offenses he denies committing. It is the harshest sentence of its kind since Russia invaded Ukraine. Vladimir Kara-Murza, 41, a father of three, is an opposition politician who…


6 Men in Congo Sentenced to Life in Prison for Killing of Italian Ambassador

KINSHASA, Congo—Six men in Congo were sentenced to life in prison on Friday for the 2021 murder of Italy’s ambassador and two others. The sentence was announced by a military tribunal in the capital, Kinshasa, following a six-month trial. Luca Attanasio, Italy’s ambassador to Congo since 2017, was one of three people killed in February…


Ex-Theranos Exec Finds Way to Delay Start of Prison Sentence

Former Theranos executive Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani found an escape hatch Thursday from the scheduled start of his nearly 13-year prison sentence for a blood-testing hoax he engineered with his former boss and lover, Elizabeth Holmes. Just hours before Balwani was supposed to surrender to authorities, his lawyer filed documents notifying U.S. District Judge Edward Davila…


Oklahoman Pleads Guilty to Killing 3, Cutting Heart From 1

CHICKASHA, Okla.—An Oklahoma man has been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to killing three people, including a woman whose heart was cut from her body, weeks after being released from prison as part of a mass commutation effort. Lawrence Paul Anderson, 44, pleaded guilty Wednesday in Grady County District Court to three…


New York Goldman Banker Gets 10-year Sentence in 1MDB Looting Plot

NEW YORK—A former Goldman Sachs banker was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison for his role in looting a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund of billions of dollars used to finance lavish parties, a superyacht, premium real estate, and even the 2013 film “The Wolf of Wall Street.” Roger Ng was convicted last April by…