A Minnesota judge called the case “one of the saddest” in her entire career Former Minnesota police officer Kimberly Potter, who was found guilty on manslaughter charges after accidentally killing Daunte Wright, was sentenced on Friday to a total of 24 months. Potter, 49, who served in the police force for more than 25 years, […]
Etichetă: sentenced
Dozens sentenced to death for major terrorist attack
An Indian court has handed down punishments for a series of bombings in Ahmedabad in 2008 A special court in India sentenced 38 defendants to death and 11 others to life imprisonment on Friday for their role in a series of deadly bombings in 2008. Each convict was also fined and ordered to pay compensation […]
Father sentenced in college admissions scandal, ordered to pay $200,000
A wealthy parent arrested as part of Operation Varsity Blues was convicted of bribing US schools with $1.2 million The head of a private equity firm in Massachusetts was sentenced on Wednesday to 15 months in federal prison for his involvement in a US college admissions scandal that also saw high-profile Hollywood celebrities including Lori […]
Teen sentenced to 100 years over siblings’ deaths
Indiana teenager receives heavy sentence for murders of baby sister and brother A teenager in the US state of Indiana has been sentenced to serve two consecutive 50-year prison terms for suffocating his baby stepbrother and half-sister to death in 2017, when he was just 13 years old. The judge who announced the sentence on […]
20 former students sentenced to death for brutal murder on campus
Twenty young men received death sentences in Bangladesh for murdering a fellow student on campus grounds after he criticized the government on social media. Five other defendants were jailed for life. The court handed death sentences to 20 defendants, and ordered five others to spend the rest of their lives behind bars and pay a […]
Nobel Peace Prize winner sentenced to prison
Myanmar’s deposed state counsellor, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been sentenced to four years in prison on the first charges leveled against her by the ruling military junta. Former President Win Myint received a similar sentence. Suu Kyi was found guilty on Monday of inciting unrest and violating Covid-19 restrictions, a source familiar with the […]
German mother sentenced to life for killing FIVE of her children in horror case
A 28-year-old woman has been sent to prison for life by a court in Germany, after she killed five of her six children in an extreme and shocking act of revenge against her ex-husband. Judge Jochen Koetter described the case as a “tragedy,” and the court in the western town of Solingen concluded that the […]





