#criminal-sentencing

#criminal-sentencing

In news that probably surprises no one, Clarence Thomas has said that U.S. Supreme Court precedent isn't "the gospel" and can be overturned as the court weighs whether or not to revisit marriage equality.

On Monday (22 September), Greene took to X, formerly Twitter, to condemn the former New York representative's prison conditions after he was placed in solitary confinement following a death threat the FBI is investigating. Santos claimed in a 16 September post he was "forced into solitary confinement while behind bars" but months earlier on 5 April he posted he would demand to be kept in solitary for the duration of his sentence to because he refused "to lose my dignity in anyway shape or form".

Qingzhou Wang, 37, principal executive of Amarvel Biotech, a company based in Wuhan, and Yiyi Chen, 33, the firm's marketing manager, were convicted in New York in February of fentanyl precusor importation and money laundering. District judge Paul Gardephe sentenced Wang to 25 years in prison on Friday. Chen was sentenced to 15 years in prison on 22 August. These executives turned a Chinese chemical company into a pipeline of poison,

A US court sentenced a former developer at power management biz Eaton to four years in prison after he installed malware on the company's servers. Davis Lu, 55, spent a dozen years at Eaton and rose to become a senior developer of emerging technology, before the company demoted him after restructuring. Lu unwisely responded to that setback by installing a "kill switch" that would activate if the company revoked his network access.

Sean Kingston was sentenced to 42 months in prison for participating in a federal wire-fraud scheme involving multiple businesses, including a jewelry store and car dealership. His mother, Janice Turner, received a five-year sentence for her involvement.

Prosecutors detailed how Truong Nguyen, 50, evaded deportation and accountability for other alleged crimes for the better part of two decades, in part by using the stolen identity.

Navarro's defense attorney argued that he built the crash pad to foster productivity, claiming he was dedicated to his role at Caltrain, which gave him respect among coworkers.

Judge Martin Picton described Kieron Goodwin as 'a highly manipulative, deviant misogynist and selfish narcissist,' emphasizing the evil nature of his crimes.

Jacinto Correa Cruz, a 56-year-old man, received a five-year prison sentence for operating a large illegal cannabis grow that harmed federal lands.

Aglibot was sentenced to 30 years in prison for domestic violence against Jane Doe 1, involving severe physical assault and ongoing witness intimidation.