Woman who killed pimp paroled from Calif. prison
By DON THOMPSON FILE – In this March 11, 2012 file photo provided by the California Department of Corrections shows Sara Kruzan. California Gov. Jerry Brown decided late Friday Oct.…
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BOY WHO KILLED NAZI DAD AT AGE 10 TO BE SENTENCED
By AMY TAXIN and GILLIAN FLACCUS FILE – In this Oct. 22, 2010 file photo, Jeff Hall, who was killed by his son, holds a Neo Nazi flag while standing…
CHINA COURT UPHOLDS BO XILAI CONVICTION, LIFE TERM
By ARITZ PARRA and GILLIAN WONG A convoy of vehicles believed to be carrying ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai head to Shandong Provincial Higher People’s Court in Jinan, in eastern…
CHARLES TAYLOR TO SERVE SENTENCE IN BRITAIN
By MIKE CORDER Former Liberian President Charles Taylor waits for the start of his appeal judgement at the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) in Leidschendam, near The Hague, Netherlands,…
LAURYN HILL ALLOWED TO TOUR BEFORE SENTENCE ENDS
FILE – An April 22, 2013, file photo shows singer Lauryn Hill walking from federal court in Newark, N.J. Hill’s attorney says she has been released from federal prison after…
US: DETROIT EX-MAYOR SHOULD GET 28 YEARS IN PRISON
By ED WHITE FILE – In this May 25, 2010 file photo, former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick sits at his sentencing in Wayne County Circuit Court on an obstruction-of-justice conviction.…
VIETNAM DISSIDENT SENTENCED TO 30 MONTHS IN JAIL
By CHRIS BRUMMITT A U.S-trained lawyer and well-known dissident Le Quoc Quan, right, listens to the judge during his trial in Hanoi, Vietnam on Wednesday Oct. 2, 2013. The Hanoi…
SPOTLIGHT ON CORRUPTION AT ILLINOIS SENTENCING
By MICHAEL TARM Former Cook County Commissioner William Beavers speaks at a news conference after being sentenced on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, in a Chicago federal courtroom. Beavers, 78, was…