Articles tagged with sentence

Thu, May 24, 2012

Texas man sentence to 20 years for threats to aid terrorism

By Jim Forsyth

(Reuters) - A Muslim convert from Texas who once e-mailed a radical Muslim cleric saying he wanted "to do my part for ...

Mon, May 14, 2012

Rally urges light sentence in Rutgers hate crime case

By Jonathan Allen

TRENTON, New Jersey (Reuters) - More than 300 supporters of a former Rutgers University student rallied outside the New Jersey statehouse on ...

Thu, May 10, 2012

Prosecutors seek prison time in Rutgers hate crime case

By Jonathan Allen

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prosecutors on Thursday recommended a former Rutgers University student be sentenced to prison, but not the maximum term ...

Wed, May 09, 2012

U.S. student awaits hate crimes sentence recommendation

By Jonathan Allen

(Reuters) - Dharun Ravi, convicted of hate crimes for spying on his roommate's gay encounter at Rutger's University, will learn ...

Fri, April 20, 2012

North Carolina judge commutes death sentence, cites jury race bias

By Wade Rawlins

FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina (Reuters) - A North Carolina judge on Friday commuted the death sentence of a black man convicted of the ...

Fri, March 30, 2012

Texas polygamist sect leader given 10-year bigamy sentence

By Matthew Waller

MIDLAND, Texas (Reuters) - A jury handed a former leader of a breakaway Mormon polygamist sect a 10-year prison sentence on Friday ...

Wed, March 21, 2012

White Mississippi teen gets life sentence in black man's death

By Robbie Ward

STARKVILLE, Mississippi (Reuters) - A white Mississippi teenager pleaded guilty on Wednesday to fatally running over a man with a truck because ...

Wed, March 21, 2012

White Mississippi teen gets life sentence in black man's death

By Robbie Ward and Colleen Jenkins

(Reuters) - A white Mississippi teenager pleaded guilty on Wednesday to fatally running over a man with a truck ...

Wed, March 21, 2012

White Mississippi teen gets life sentence in black man's death

By Robbie Ward and Colleen Jenkins

(Reuters) - A white Mississippi teenager pleaded guilty on Wednesday to fatally running over a man with a truck ...

Mon, March 12, 2012

Court says "Millennium Bomber" sentence too light

By Dan Levine

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A appeals court on Monday overturned the 22-year prison term of the "Millennium Bomber," saying it was too ...

Mon, March 05, 2012

Kennedy kin Skakel murder sentence affirmed

(Reuters) - Kennedy relative Michael Skakel was denied a reduction in his sentence of 20 years to life in prison for the 1975 murder of ...

Mon, February 13, 2012

Underwear bomber seeks lesser sentence than life

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A lawyer for the Nigerian man who pleaded guilty to trying to blow up a U.S. jumbo passenger jet on Christmas ...

Tue, February 07, 2012

Convicted Robber May Get New Sentence

KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- He had been condemned to die in prison, but now he may get out.

Anthony Jones of Kalamazoo was given life without ...

Fri, January 27, 2012

"Barefoot Bandit" gets 6.5 years of federal time

By Laura L. Myers

SEATTLE (Reuters) - A serial burglar nicknamed the "Barefoot Bandit" was sentenced on Friday in Seattle to 6-1/2 years in ...

Mon, January 23, 2012

Man who escaped serial killer Dahmer gets prison sentence

By Brendan O'Brien

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Tracy Edwards, the man who two decades ago helped police capture one of the nation's most notorious ...

Mon, January 09, 2012

White House seeks to verify reports on Iran death sentence

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Monday it is aware of reports that an Iranian court has sentenced American citizen Amir Mirza Hekmati ...

Fri, December 16, 2011

Millionaire convicted of killing wife gets 30-year sentence

By Barbara Liston

ORLANDO, Fla (Reuters) - A millionaire convicted of second-degree murder for the shooting death of his wife in their Isleworth, Florida, mansion ...

Fri, December 09, 2011

Court affirms 50-year sentence for Ponzi schemer Petters

By Terry Baynes

(Reuters) - A Minnesota businessman sentenced to 50 years in prison for running a $3.7 billion Ponzi scheme lost his bid ...

Fri, December 09, 2011

Miami health executive gets stiff sentence for fraud

MIAMI (Reuters) - A former Miami health care executive was sentenced to 35 years in prison for her role in a $205 million healthcare fraud ...

Tue, December 06, 2011

Ex-Illinois governor Blagojevich faces judge for sentence

By Mary Wisniewski and Janan Hanna

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Prosecutors are arguing Tuesday that disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich should get 15 to 20 ...

Mon, December 05, 2011

Rajaratnam begins 11-year insider trading sentence

By Grant McCool

(Reuters) - Hedge fund multimillionaire Raj Rajaratnam began serving his 11-year prison sentence on Monday - the longest on record for insider trading ...

Tue, November 22, 2011

Former Obama fundraiser Rezko gets 10-year sentence

By Andrew Stern

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday sentenced Antoin "Tony" Rezko, a former Chicago fundraiser for President Barack Obama, to ...

Wed, October 12, 2011

Rajaratnam gets 11-year prison sentence

By Grant McCool

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Raj Rajaratnam, a self-made hedge fund tycoon convicted in the biggest Wall Street trading scandal in a generation ...

Thu, September 29, 2011

Rapper T.I. completes sentence at Atlanta halfway house

By David Beasley

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Grammy Award-winning rapper T.I. was released early on Thursday from the federal halfway house in Atlanta where he ...

Mon, September 26, 2011

Ohio governor commutes sentence of death row inmate

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - Ohio's Republican Governor John Kasich on Monday commuted the death sentence of convicted killer Joseph Murphy to life without the ...

Wed, September 21, 2011

Goffer sentenced to 10 years for insider trading

By Basil Katz

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Zvi Goffer, a former securities trader known as "Octopussy" because of his many sources of information, was sentenced ...

Mon, September 19, 2011

Court says Padilla prison sentence too lenient

By Tom Brown

MIAMI (Reuters) - The 17-year prison sentence imposed in January 2008 on former Chicago gang member and convicted al Qaeda-linked terrorism supporter ...

Fri, September 16, 2011

Rapper T.I. back in Atlanta halfway house to finish sentence

By David Beasley

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Grammy Award-winning rapper T.I. is once again out of federal prison and in a halfway house, his attorney ...

Tue, September 13, 2011

One sentence letter by J.D. Salinger offered for $50,000

LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Owners of a handwritten one-sentence letter by reclusive writer J.D. Salinger hope to sell the document for $50,000 ...

Fri, September 09, 2011

Eight year sentence for former Massachusetts leader

BOSTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday sentenced former Massachusetts House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi to eight years in prison after his conviction on corruption ...

Wed, August 31, 2011

Former Galleon trader handed 5-1/2-year sentence

By Basil Katz

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former trader at the Galleon Group hedge fund was sentenced on Wednesday to five-and-a-half years in prison ...

Tue, August 30, 2011

Russia not satisfied by U.S. "angry mom" sentence

SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Moscow is not fully satisfied with the suspended sentence given to a U.S. woman who poured spicy sauce into the ...

Mon, August 29, 2011

"Angry mom" from Dr Phil show given suspended sentence

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - An Alaska mom convicted of child abuse after she was seen on the "Dr. Phil" show pouring hot sauce ...

Wed, August 24, 2011

Policy experts howl over stat abstract's death sentence

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A cost-cutting plan by the Census Bureau to kill off its Statistical Abstract was under fire this week from pundits and policy ...

Sat, August 20, 2011

U.S. "hikers'" lawyer to fight Iran spy sentence

By Mitra Amiri

TEHRAN (Reuters) - The lawyer for two Americans convicted of spying in Iran said Sunday he would appeal their eight-year sentence, which ...

Thu, August 18, 2011

Former Austrian ski coach given jail sentence

VIENNA (Reuters) - Former Austrian skiing coach Walter Mayer has been given a prison sentence after being found guilty of supplying doping substances to athletes ...

Wed, August 10, 2011

Army sergeant gets life sentence for killing fellow soldiers

ATLANTA (Reuters) - An Army sergeant was sentenced on Wednesday to life without parole for the 2008 murders of two fellow soldiers in Iraq.

A ...

Tue, August 09, 2011

Sect leader Warren Jeffs gets life in jail for sex with girls

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANGELO, Texas (Reuters) - Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, who heads a breakaway Mormon sect, was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday ...

Fri, August 05, 2011

Cuban court upholds sentence for jailed American

By Jeff Franks

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba's Supreme Court has upheld the 15-year prison sentence of jailed American aid contractor Alan Gross for trying ...

Wed, July 20, 2011

Mafia boss "Vinny Gorgeous" gets life sentence, again

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Reputed mob boss Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano, who dodged the death penalty only weeks ago, was sentenced in a New York ...

Tue, July 05, 2011

Government asks Texas to halt Mexican's death sentence

By Andrew Quinn and Jeremy Pelofsky

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government has called on Texas to delay the execution this week of a ...

Fri, July 01, 2011

U.N. asks Texas to commute Mexican's death sentence

By Stephanie Nebehay

GENEVA (Reuters) - The top U.N. human rights official urged the governor of Texas on Friday to call off the execution ...

Thu, June 23, 2011

Reggae singer Banton gets 10-year prison sentence

By Robert Green

TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Grammy award-winning reggae singer Buju Banton was sentenced on Thursday to 10 years in a U.S. federal ...

Tue, June 07, 2011

Admitted bank robber has sentence cut for his testimony

PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - An admitted bank robber was given a reduced prison sentence for testifying against the convicted ringleader of the heist that resulted in ...

Fri, May 20, 2011

Life sentence for 14-year-old killer confirmed by court

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday rejected challenges to a life-without-parole sentence for a man who at age 14 chased down, beat ...

Fri, May 06, 2011

O'Connor's assistant spared jail sentence

The catwalk star, who boasts a reported $19 million (£12 million) fortune, became suspicious of Michelle Knox-Brown after noticing her extravagant spending. It was ...

Mon, April 25, 2011

Bahrain seeks death sentence for protesters on trial

MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahrain is seeking death penalty for a group of protesters accused of killing two policemen during anti-government demonstrations in the Gulf island ...

Fri, April 22, 2011

Lindsay Lohan "kind of numb" after jail sentence

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Flashing her cleavage in a low-cut top, actress Lindsay Lohan said she felt "kind of numb" after being sentenced to 120 ...

Tue, April 12, 2011

Conyers Wants to Serve Sentence from Home

(Detroit, MI)  --  Former Detroit city councilwoman Monica Conyers wants to finish the last 30 months of her prison terms at home instead of behind ...

Tue, April 12, 2011

Rights groups condemn Egypt blogger jail sentence

CAIRO (Reuters) - The sentencing of a blogger to jail for criticizing Egypt's army has drawn a chorus of objections from rights groups, who ...

Wed, March 16, 2011

Hatch turns himself in to begin jail sentence

The troubled star was convicted in 2006 for failing to pay taxes on the $1 million (GBP670,000) cash prize he won after appearing ...

Tue, March 15, 2011

Death sentence for Mauritania man guilty of U.S. murder

By Laurent Prieur

NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - A Mauritanian court on Tuesday sentenced one man to death and jailed two others for the 2009 murder of ...

Thu, March 10, 2011

Judge delays jail sentence in Lohan theft case

By Bob Tourtellotte

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A judge on Thursday gave troubled actress Lindsay Lohan two more weeks to plead guilty to a charge ...

Wed, March 09, 2011

Man convicted of beheading wife gets 25-years-to-life sentence

BUFFALO (Reuters) - The founder of a Muslim TV network who was convicted of beheading his wife was sentenced on Wednesday to 25 years to ...

Tue, March 08, 2011

Dutch man seeking reduced sentence in Peru: lawyer

LIMA (Reuters) - Joran van der Sloot, the Dutch man who has confessed to killing a young woman in Peru and been linked to the ...

Tue, March 08, 2011

Dutch man seeking reduced sentence in Peru: lawyer

LIMA (Reuters) - Joran van der Sloot, the Dutch man who has confessed to killing a young woman in Peru and been linked to the ...

Mon, March 07, 2011

License fraud for Chinese immigrants brings 4-year sentence

ATLANTA, March 7 ( Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday sentenced a Brooklyn, New York man to four years in prison for conspiring with a ...

Wed, February 23, 2011

Men get prison sentence in Mexican immigrant death

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A U.S. District Court judge on Wednesday sentenced two men to nine years each in prison for roles in the death ...

Wed, February 23, 2011

Odd passenger hit-and-run sentence on hold pending appeal

By Neale Gulley

BUFFALO, New York (Reuters) - A passenger in a hit-and-run accident, sentenced to prison for urging the driver to flee the scene ...

Thu, February 17, 2011

New York airport bomb plotter handed life sentence

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday sentenced an Islamist militant to life in prison after a jury found him guilty of ...

Thu, February 17, 2011

Advisor to ex-NY comptroller gets prison sentence

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Henry "Hank" Morris, the chief political advisor to New York state's former comptroller, has been sentenced to one-and-a-third to four ...

Fri, February 11, 2011

Convicted murderer gets 60 year sentence in Chandra Levy case

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Convicted murderer Ingmar Guandique was sentenced on Friday to 60 years in prison for the death of former federal intern Chandra Levy ...

Wed, February 09, 2011

U.S. cuts prison sentence for bin Laden's cook

MIAMI (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden's former cook had his Guantanamo prison sentence cut on Wednesday to two years from 14, under a plea ...

Fri, February 04, 2011

Cuba to seek 20-year sentence for U.S. contractor

By Jeff Franks

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban prosecutors will seek a 20-year prison sentence for U.S. aid contractor Alan Gross, accused of crimes against ...

Tue, February 01, 2011

Court upholds life sentence in plot to kill George W. Bush

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday upheld a life imprisonment sentence for an American citizen convicted in 2005 of plotting to ...

Fri, January 21, 2011

Victim's family sues Schwarzenegger over commuting sentence

By Alex Dobuzinskis

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The parents of a college student stabbed to death 2 1/2 years ago sued former California Governor ...

Mon, January 10, 2011

Missouri governor commutes death sentence to life

ST. LOUIS, Missouri (Reuters) - The governor of Missouri on Monday commuted to life in prison without parole the death sentence of a man convicted ...

Fri, December 17, 2010

Torn avoids jail sentence for bank break-in

The Men In Black star, 79, was found sprawled on the floor of the Litchfield Bancorp building in his hometown of Salisbury, Connecticut clutching ...

Wed, December 15, 2010

New York airport bomb plotter given life sentence

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Wednesday sentenced an Islamist militant to life in prison after a jury found him guilty of ...

Wed, December 15, 2010

Teenaged Cop Killer Says He's Appealing Life Sentence

(Pontiac, MI)  --  A teenager convicted of killing Oak Park Public Safety officer Mason Samborski is vowing to not give up fighting for his freedom ...

Mon, December 13, 2010

Snipes begins prison sentence

The Blade star has spent two years fighting his 2008 conviction for failing to file tax returns and recently lost an appeal and a ...

Thu, December 09, 2010

Wesley Snipes reports to Pennsylvanian prison for sentence

PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - Actor Wesley Snipes reported on Thursday to a federal prison in northwest Pennsylvania to begin serving a 3-year sentence on tax charges ...

Thu, December 09, 2010

Snipes loses bid to postpone start of prison sentence

The Blade star and his lawyers have spent two years fighting his 2008 conviction, which found him guilty of failing to file returns or ...

Wed, December 01, 2010

Marshals order Wesley Snipes to start sentence by December 9

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - The U.S. Marshals Service has ordered actor Wesley Snipes to report to prison in northwest Pennsylvania no later than noon ...

Wed, December 01, 2010

'Dirty Dermatologist' Gets Six Months Shaved from Sentence

GRAND RAPIDS (WKZO) -- Dermatologist Robert Stokes was convicted of subjecting patients to unnecessary treatments, using second hand sutures and hypodermics, just to improve his ...

Mon, November 01, 2010

U.S. appeals panel weighs sentence for Enron's Skilling

By Kristen Hays

HOUSTON (Reuters) - A three-judge panel on Monday weighed an appeal by imprisoned former Enron Corp Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling that could ...

Wed, October 27, 2010

Celebrity beauty salon boss facing stiff jail sentence

U.S. Secret Service agents arrested Maria Gabriela Perez on federal fraud charges in August (10) for allegedly stealing her clients' credit card information ...

Fri, October 15, 2010

Judge cuts New Zealand executive's sentence

NEW YORK, Oct 15 (Reuters Legal) - Imprisoned former Computer Associates sales chief Stephen Richards was resentenced on Thursday to the 3-1/2 years time ...

Fri, October 08, 2010

McTiernan vows to fight jail sentence

The moviemaker pleaded guilty to two counts of making false statements to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officers who were probing jailed Hollywood private ...

Thu, October 07, 2010

Judge Rejects Kilpatrick Appeal Of Prison Sentence

(Lansing, MI)  --  The Michigan Court of Appeals has rejected an appeal filed by ex-Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to shorten his prison sentence.  Kilpatrick is ...

Wed, October 06, 2010

Director John McTiernan prepares to appeal sentence

By Bryan Alexander

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Die Hard" director John McTiernan was sentenced to a year in prison and fined $100,000 on ...

Wed, September 22, 2010

Hilton given suspended sentence in Las Vegas drug case

The socialite was detained on 27 August (10) when a small bag of white powder fell out of her purse in front of a ...

Thu, September 16, 2010

Fiennes' crash victim 'angry' over lenient sentence

The explorer's Jaguar collided with Louis Castaldo's car in Stockport, England in March (10).

Fiennes was left bloodied and bruised, but Castaldo ...

Fri, September 10, 2010

Kilpatrick Appeals Sentence For Probation Violation

(Farmington Hills, MI)  --  Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has filed an appeal of his sentence for a probation violation.  Kilpatrick's attorney, Arnold Reed ...

Fri, September 10, 2010

Wife Of U-S Rep. John Conyers To Begin 3-Year Prison Sentence

Former Detroit councilwoman Monica Conyers must report to prison by Friday after a federal appeals court refused to delay her sentence. A three-judge panel ...

Thu, August 26, 2010

Snipes' prison sentence postponed

The Blade star lost an appeal against his three-year jail sentence in July (10) after a 2008 trial found him guilty of wilful failure ...

Tue, August 24, 2010

Teenager Given Prison Sentence for Shooting Man at Fox Ridge Apartments

KALAMAZOO -- A teenager with a criminal history has been given a prison sentence for gunning a man down at the Fox Ridge Apartments in ...

Tue, August 17, 2010

Dirty Doctor Will Get A New Sentence

KENT CITY (WKZO) -- The so called dirty doctor is due a do-over on his sentence. A Federal Appeals court affirmed Dr. Robert Stokes conviction ...

Wed, August 11, 2010

Bin Laden's cook gets 14-year sentence

By Jane Sutton

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - A U.S. military tribunal on Wednesday sentenced Osama bin Laden's former ...

Wed, July 21, 2010

Lohan Sentence Causes Some Relief, But Can She Be Helped?

by Steve Cash

Anybody that's breathing has to know that actress Lindsay Lohan went to jail yesterday. It was reported on virtually every ...

Thu, July 15, 2010

NY lawyer in terrorism case gets 10 year sentence

By Basil Katz

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York lawyer who helped a terrorism suspect smuggle messages to his followers from prison was sentenced ...

Wed, July 14, 2010

NY lawyer in terrorism case faces 30-year sentence

By Basil Katz

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge will decide on Thursday whether a New York lawyer convicted of helping a terrorism ...

Wed, June 30, 2010

Court overturns only NY death sentence in 50 years

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The only federal death sentence given in New York in more than 50 years was overturned by an appeals court on ...

Fri, June 18, 2010

Untreated prostate cancer no death sentence

By Frederik Joelving

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Even without treatment, only a small minority of men diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer die from the ...

Wed, June 09, 2010

Florida Ponzi mastermind gets 50-year sentence

By Tom Brown

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (Reuters) - South Florida Ponzi scheme mastermind Scott Rothstein was sentenced to 50 years in prison on Wednesday for ...

Fri, May 14, 2010

Cuban court throws out jail sentence for dissident

HAVANA (Reuters) - A Cuban appeals court threw out a 20-month jail sentence for a dissident journalist on Friday and ordered her to pay a ...

Tue, May 04, 2010

Prosecutors seek death sentence in Mumbai trial

By Rina Chandran

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Prosecutors asked an Indian court on Tuesday to sentence to death a Pakistani man found guilty over the 2008 ...

Mon, April 26, 2010

Cutting AIDS funds risks "death sentence": report

By Kate Kelland

LONDON (Reuters) - A global pullback from AIDS funding may mean HIV could again become a death sentence for people in the ...

Mon, April 26, 2010

Cutting AIDS funds risks "death sentence": report

By Kate Kelland

LONDON (Reuters) - A global pullback from AIDS funding may mean HIV could again become a death sentence for people in the ...

Mon, April 26, 2010

Cutting AIDS funds risks "death sentence": report

By Kate Kelland

LONDON (Reuters) - A global pullback from AIDS funding may mean HIV could again become a death sentence for people in the ...

Fri, April 16, 2010

Listen: Judge Paul Stutsman's sentence comes down for Tony and Marsha Springer

Thu, April 08, 2010

Ponzi schemer Petters gets 50-year prison sentence

By Todd Melby

ST. PAUL, Minnesota (Reuters) - A federal judge sentenced Minnesota businessman Tom Petters to 50 years in prison on Thursday for running ...

Fri, March 05, 2010

U.S. deplores death sentence for Iranian protester

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Friday it deplored reports that Iranian courts upheld the death sentence for a student arrested for throwing ...

Tue, February 23, 2010

Williams gets five-year prison sentence

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Former professional basketball star Jayson Williams was sentenced on Tuesday to five years in prison for the shooting death of a limousine ...

Fri, February 19, 2010

Drunk U.S. pilot gets suspended sentence in London

LONDON (Reuters) - A United Airlines pilot who turned up at London's Heathrow Airport to fly the Atlantic while three times over the alcohol ...

Wed, February 17, 2010

TV pitchman Trudeau gets 30-day jail sentence

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A federal judge sentenced Kevin Trudeau to 30 days in jail on Wednesday after scolding the TV pitchman for inciting his fans ...

Thu, February 11, 2010

U.S., EU decry upholding of China dissident sentence

By Chris Buckley

BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States and the European Union decried China's controls on political expression on Thursday after a Beijing ...

Tue, February 02, 2010

Court sets aside "millennium bomber" sentence

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The 22-year prison sentence given to the Algerian man who plotted to blow up Los Angeles International Airport a decade ago was ...

Tue, January 19, 2010

Polanski seeks no further sentence, no extradition

By Jill Serjeant

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Lawyers for Roman Polanski said on Tuesday the film director should receive no further jail time for a ...

Sun, January 17, 2010

Iraq's "Chemical Ali" gets 4th death sentence

By Aseel Kami

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Iraqi court sentenced Ali Hassan al-Majeed, the Saddam Hussein henchman widely known as "Chemical Ali," to death by ...

Fri, January 15, 2010

Roman Polanski judge urged to reject sentence in absentia

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles prosecutors on Friday urged a judge to reject film director Roman Polanski's request to be sentenced in his ...

Tue, January 05, 2010

Polanski asks LA judge to sentence him in absentia

By Alex Dobuzinskis

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Fugitive film director Roman Polanski asked a Los Angeles judge on Wednesday to sentence him in his absence ...

Mon, December 21, 2009

NY socialite Astor's son given 1-to-3 year sentence

By Basil Katz

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The 85-year-old son of the late New York socialite Brooke Astor was sentenced to at least one year ...

Fri, December 18, 2009

Hacker claims form of autism, seeks lean sentence

BOSTON (Reuters) - One of the world's most notorious hackers claims he may have a form of autism and has asked a judge to ...

Fri, November 20, 2009

Miami man gets 13-year sentence for Sears Tower plot

MIAMI (Reuters) - The ringleader of a group of Miami men convicted of plotting to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower and government offices was ...

Fri, November 13, 2009

Balloon boy parents face sentence in December

FORT COLLINS (Reuters) - The parents of a Colorado boy whose apparent brush with death in a helium balloon transfixed millions pleaded guilty on Friday ...

Fri, November 06, 2009

Another UBS client gets reduced tax fraud sentence

By Tom Brown

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (Reuters) - A British-born Florida yacht broker and former client of Swiss bank UBS AG received a reduced, two-month ...

Mon, October 26, 2009

U.S. seeks light sentence for UBS client in tax case