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Criminals in England and Wales to be forced to attend sentencing hearings or face longer in jail

August 30, 2023 World Justice News 0

A new law in England and Wales will force criminals to attend court while their sentences are read out, with the offenders facing two years longer behind bars if they still refuse to sit in […]

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Record 141 prison sentences increased after people complained they were too lenient

July 30, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By   Adam Smith The number of criminals whose sentences were increased after complaints they were too lenient has hit a record high.  In 2016 the Attorney General’s Office said 141 terms were added to in […]

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Sentencing hearing starts Monday for ex-nurse who killed 8 seniors

June 26, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

A former Ontario nurse who murdered eight seniors in her care is expected to appear at a sentencing hearing in Woodstock, Ont., on Monday.  Elizabeth Wettlaufer pleaded guilty to eight counts of first-degree murder, four […]

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Abby Lee Miller of ‘Dance Moms’ speaks out after jail sentencing

May 10, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Abby Lee Miller, former host of Lifetime reality show Dance Moms, has spoken out about her sentencing Tuesday for bankruptcy fraud. She was sentenced to one year and one day in jail after pleading guilty […]

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Judge expected to hand down sentence today for Travis Vader in death of couple

January 25, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

A judge is set to deliver his sentence today for a man convicted of killing two Alberta seniors who disappeared on a camping trip in 2010.  The penalty for Travis Vader, found guilty of manslaughter […]

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Ex-Philly Congressman Chaka Fattah faces sentencing today

December 12, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

PHILADELPHIA >> A Philadelphia Democrat who spent two decades in Congress could spend that long in prison if federal prosecutors get their way at his sentencing Monday.  Former Rep. Chaka Fattah, 60, was convicted of […]

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Kathleen Kane: Former PA Attorney General to be Sentenced Today

October 24, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

Former Pennsylvania attorney general Kathleen Kane will learn today whether she ends up back at her home or a prison cell. Kane, elected attorney general in 2012, was convicted on Aug. 15 of two counts […]

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Chandler Kania Guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter

October 17, 2016 World Justice News 0

A jury has reached a verdict in the trial of a former UNC student accused of driving drunk and causing a deadly wrong-way crash on Interstate 85 last year. Twenty-one-year-old Chandler Kania has been found guilty […]

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Canadian legal profession resists cameras in court

September 18, 2016 goattank 0

In what was probably the most watched moment in a criminal trial in Canadian history. Justice Denny Thomas read his reasons for finding Travis Vader guilty of second degree murder as more than 100,000 people watched […]

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