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By John Turk, The Oakland Press An 85-year-old grandmother is sentenced to 75 days in jail after, officials say, she allegedly shirked probation conditions following a mid-afternoon drunken driving crash she was charged in. And as the senior citizen begins her ja...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. –  A California woman who was drugged along with her boyfriend and then dragged from their home described the "hell that we have survived" in emotional testimony Thursday before her abductor was sentenced to 40 years in prison in a crime so elaborate and b...

A former actor who once played one of the Power Rangers in the children’s superhero television series has pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter for stabbing his roommate to death with a sword, prosecutors said. Ricardo Medina, 38, entered the plea Thursday in Antelope Valley court, ...

By Paula McMahon - Sun Sentinel A disgraced former New York City police officer who was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for providing armed security for a $200,000 cocaine deal in Sunrise had his punishment reduced on Tuesday. A federal judge in Fort Laud...

By Mikaela Porter Contact Reporter For years John Pittman was known as a lifer in the state prison here. But now, he's taken on a new identity: mentor. The 63-year-old has been incarcerated for 31 years on a murder conviction. Pittman, or Father Time a...

David Proeber, The Pantagraph EUREKA — Sitting on a top bunk, legs dangling over the side, an inmate in a Woodford County Jail cell had to remind himself who he was. “Your name is Bill Lally,” the jumpsuit-clad prisoner told himself shortly after waking up. “You'...

Former NFL defensive back Will Allen was given six years in prison for his role in a Ponzi scheme, a harsher sentence than observers expected. Allen got twice the average sentence for fraud. Former banker Susan Daub also got six years. Both pleaded guilty. Allen, a cornerback, played 1...

By Todd Richmond - February 15, 2017 Jarrett Adams was 17 years old in September 1998 when he made a decision he would regret for the rest of his life. He and two friends decided to road trip from Illinois to Wisconsin for a night of partying. The outing ended with a student...

Some may not want to pay to help felons cope with life outside prison walls, but if we don’t invest many will fall back into a life of crime. By Ari Kohn - The Seattle Times - OPINION EACH month, the state of Washington releases roughly 700 people from its prisons. These men...