Category: sentencing

Hong Kong Activists Behind Tiananmen Vigil Jailed for Months

HONG KONG—Three former organizers of Hong Kong’s annual vigil in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre of pro-democracy protesters were jailed Saturday for 4.5 months for failing to provide authorities with information on the group under a draconian national security law. Chow Hang-tung, Tang Ngok-kwan, and Tsui Hon-kwong were arrested in 2021 during a…


Jen Shah of ‘Real Housewives’ Gets 6.5-Year Prison Term

NEW YORK—Jennifer Shah, a tearful member of “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” who insisted she is not the character she plays on the show, was sentenced Friday to 6.5 years in prison for defrauding thousands of people, many of them vulnerable or older, in a telemarketing scam that stretched nearly a decade. Shah,…


LIVE NOW: Wife of US Diplomat Sentenced for Causing Death of British Teen

Anne Sacoolas, the wife of a U.S. diplomat, is expected to be sentenced after pleading guilty to causing the death of a teenager by driving carelessly in England three years ago. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV…


Wife of US Diplomat Sentenced for Causing Death of British Teen

Anne Sacoolas, the wife of a U.S. diplomat, is expected to be sentenced after pleading guilty to causing the death of a teenager by driving carelessly in England three years ago. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV…


Wife of US Diplomat to Be Sentenced for Causing Death of British Teen

Anne Sacoolas, the wife of a U.S. diplomat, is expected to be sentenced after pleading guilty to causing the death of a teenager by driving carelessly in England three years ago. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV…


Former Partner of Elizabeth Holmes Wins Delay in Sentencing

SAN JOSE, Calif.—A federal judge on Monday granted a three-week delay in the sentencing of Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, the former lover and accomplice of disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, to give probation officers more time to recommend his punishment for engineering a scam tied to Theranos’ blood-testing technology. Balwani, 57, is now scheduled to be…


Father, Son Get Life Sentence for Hate Crime in Ahmaud Arbery’s Death

BRUNSWICK, Ga.—The father and son convicted of murder in Ahmaud Arbery’s fatal shooting after they chased the 25-year-old black man through a Georgia neighborhood were sentenced Monday to life in prison for committing a federal hate crime. U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood handed down the sentences against Travis McMichael, 36, and his father,…


Father, Son Get Life Sentences for Hate Crime in Ahmaud Arbery’s Death

BRUNSWICK, Ga.—The father and son who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in a Georgia neighborhood each received a second life prison sentence Monday—for committing federal hate crimes, months after getting their first for murder—at a hearing that brought a close to more than two years of criminal proceedings. U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood…


Man Who Plotted to Kidnap Michigan Governor Gets 6 Years in Prison

A man who admitted his role in a scheme to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was sentenced to six years in prison on Wednesday. Ty Garbin received a significantly lower sentence due to his prompt decision to cooperate with prosecutors who were building cases against five other alleged conspirators. Garbin is the first of the…


Chauvin Sentencing in Floyd Death Pushed Back to June 25

MINNEAPOLIS—Sentencing for former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin in George Floyd’s death has been pushed back to June 25, according to online court records. Chauvin’s June 16 hearing was reset by Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill. A brief entry Tuesday in the online court docket gave no reason, but court spokesman Spenser Bickett said it…