Tag: sentenced
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Bailey Sharp, 23, was killed after plotting California man’s murder; co-conspirators sentenced to life, as seen on Dateline
For years, Jeff Sharp often relied on the same refrain when he came upon an addict. It usually involved an expletive and a blunt question: Why do you keep doing it? Back then, more than two decades ago, Sharp — a detective with the Seattle Police Department’s gang unit — was on a bike patrolling high-drug…
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Two Hong Kong journalists to be sentenced in sedition case criticized by U.S.
Two journalists who led a pro-democracy newspaper in Hong Kong are being sentenced Thursday after being convicted of sedition last month in a verdict seen as a further blow to press freedom in the Chinese territory. Chung Pui-kuen, the former editor-in-chief of the now-defunct Stand News, and Patrick Lam, the newspaper’s former acting editor-in-chief, had been…
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Caroline Ellison, former FTX exec and Sam Bankman-Fried’s ex-girlfriend, sentenced to 2 years in prison
Caroline Ellison, whose testimony helped convict her former boss and ex-boyfriend, disgraced cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried, was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison for fraud and conspiracy. Ellison was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Manhattan by Judge Lewis A. Kaplan to 24 months and ordered to forfeit $11 billion for her involvement in…
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Man sentenced to 31 years to life in L.A. murder of rapper PnB Rock
A man convicted in the murder and robbery of Philadelphia rapper PnB Rock at a famous Los Angeles eatery was sentenced Monday to 31 years to life in prison. A jury convicted Freddie Lee Trone, 42, last month of one count of murder, two counts of robbery and one count of conspiracy to commit robbery.…
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Texas couple sentenced to prison after pit bulls killed 81-year-old man
A Texas couple was sentenced to more than a decade in prison each Friday after their pit bulls got loose and killed an 81-year-old man last year, the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office said. Christian Moreno was sentenced to 18 years in prison and Abilene Schnieder was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the Feb.…
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U.S. soldier who crossed into North Korea sentenced to time served
Travis King, the U.S. soldier who ran across the Demilitarized Zone and into North Korea last year, was sentenced Friday to a prison term that amounts to the time he has already served. King pleaded guilty to five charges: One count of desertion, one count of assault on a non-commissioned officer, and three counts of…
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27-year-old Nebraska man who posed as high schooler sentenced to at least 85 years for sex crimes
A 27-year-old Nebraska man who posed as someone a decade younger and attended high school for more than 50 days was sentenced to at least 85 years in prison in connection with sex crimes charges, court documents show. A Lancaster County judge sentenced Zachary Scheich last week after he pleaded no contest in July to…