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U.S. / NEWS Thu Apr 17, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

SF Gate -- A Berkeley woman was sentenced to 11 years in prison after pleading no contest to voluntary manslaughter for killing her 9-year-old son with an apparent overdose of a prescription drug, authorities said today. Misti Mina Hassan, 31, entered her plea Fr.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jan 30, 2008 @ 8:20am neoform

SF Gate -- A man who tried to burn his 6-year-old son to death in 1983 was properly sentenced to 25 years to life in prison under the "three strikes" law for two recent weapons convictions, a state appeals court ruled today. The First District Court of Appeal in.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Jul 1, 2007 @ 12:15am neoform

desmoinesregister.com -- A Detroit man was sentenced to five years in prison Friday for trying to burn down a women's health clinic that he mistakenly thought performed abortions. David McMenemy, 46, pleaded guilty in January to arson against a business affecting interstate co.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jun 14, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform

Newsday -- A man who spent five years in jail for exposing sexual partners to HIV was sentenced to life in prison for knowingly exposing another woman to the virus. Sean L. Sykes, 33, was sentenced Tuesday. He was found guilty in May of having unprotected sex wit.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 6, 2007 @ 1:06pm neoform

CNN -- An ex-judge who accepted expensive gifts in exchange for helping fix divorce cases and a former state lawmaker convicted in a scheme to shake down a judicial candidate were sentenced to prison Tuesday. Former Brooklyn state Supreme Court Justice Gerald.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue May 22, 2007 @ 4:52pm neoform

CNN -- A woman who tried to steal a fetus by knocking her pregnant neighbor unconscious with a baseball bat and cutting her abdomen was sentenced Tuesday to 22 to 50 years in prison. Peggy Jo Conner, who could have been sentenced to up to 80 years, apologized.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue May 8, 2007 @ 9:31am neoform

FOX News -- An HIV-positive man who prosecutors say secretly videotaped sexual encounters with 131 young men was sentenced to life in prison for attempting to entice a 15-year-old boy to engage in sex acts. During his trial, prosecutors alleged Willie Atkins knew.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Apr 12, 2007 @ 11:44pm neoform

SF Gate -- A Byron man, who distributed sexually vulgar stickers featuring his ex-girlfriend's name, phone number and address, has been sentenced to four months in jail after pleading guilty to a felony harassment charge. Thomas Carl Tiedeman, 62, who appeared in.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Mar 19, 2007 @ 8:14pm neoform

Yahoo News -- A mother and her boyfriend were sentenced to three years probation on Monday for having intercourse in front of the woman's 9-year-old daughter to teach the girl about sex. Chief Family Court Judge Jeremiah S. Jeremiah Jr. sentenced Rebecca Arnold of W.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Feb 10, 2007 @ 1:18am neoform

MSNBC -- Two teenage brothers each were sentenced to 10 years in prison for torturing a puppy by cooking it in an oven. Joshua Moulder, 17, and Justin, 19, pleaded guilty in January to charges including burglary, criminal damage to property, terroristic threats.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jan 5, 2007 @ 10:11pm neoform

Yahoo News -- Two signature gatherers charged with tricking Orange County voters into registering as Republicans were sentenced to three years' probation... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Dec 15, 2006 @ 8:12am neoform

Houston Chronicle -- The son of Miami Police Chief John Timoney was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in federal prison for trying to buy 400 pounds of marijuana from an undercover agent... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Dec 14, 2006 @ 12:55am neoform

ABC News -- The "Girls Gone Wild" video empire agreed to pay $1.6 million and its founder was sentenced to community service Wednesday for filming drunken, underage girls in the raunchy videos... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Feb 12, 2008 @ 8:09am neoform

SF Gate -- Attorney William Lerach, whose firm once dominated the area of shareholder class action suits and won billions from companies such as Enron, was sentenced to two years in federal prison Monday for conspiring to conceal kickbacks to clients. Lerach, 61,.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jul 13, 2007 @ 8:28am neoform

FOX News -- An attorney who admitted leaking the confidential grand jury testimony of Barry Bonds and other athletes was sentenced Thursday to two and a half years in prison, by far the harshest penalty to result from the government's steroids investigation. Troy.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jun 26, 2007 @ 2:14pm neoform

Yahoo News -- A former U.S. Army Reserve officer was sentenced to nearly two years in prison Monday for helping steer millions of dollars in Iraq-reconstruction contracts in exchange for jewelry, computers, cigars and sexual favors. Lt. Col. Bruce D. Hopfengardner,.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 20, 2007 @ 1:55pm neoform

ABC News -- A mother accused of arranging a sex pact to allow her boyfriend to have sex with her 15-year-old daughter while the woman recuperated from surgery was sentenced Monday to 12 to 22 1/2 years in prison. The 41-year-old woman pleaded no contest in April t.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jun 5, 2007 @ 6:09pm neoform

USA Today -- A former state Supreme Court judge who accepted cigars and other expensive gifts in exchange for helping fix divorce cases was sentenced Tuesday to three to 10 years in prison. Gerald Garson, 74, had been convicted of receiving bribes and accepting rew.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat May 26, 2007 @ 1:47am neoform

FOX News -- A former stripper was sentenced to nearly three-and-a-half years in federal prison Friday for attempting to embezzle more than $1 million from a bank to start her own NASCAR racing team. Fatemeh Angela Harkness, 31, of Red rock, pleaded guilty in Janua.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri May 25, 2007 @ 4:49pm neoform

SF Gate -- A former stripper was sentenced to nearly three-and-a-half years in federal prison Friday for attempting to embezzle more than $1 million from a bank to start her own NASCAR racing team. Fatemeh Angela Harkness, 31, of Round Rock, pleaded guilty in Jan.. Read More