13 h. ago Man found guilty of killing Calgary woman sentenced to life in prison

Micheal Adenyi was found guilty of first-degree murder in the 2022 death of Vanessa Ladouceur, a verdict that comes with the automatic sentence.

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40 h. ago Nova Scotia woman who killed daughter granted day passes from prison, but not parole

Boudreau was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the Jan. 27, 2008, death of Karissa Boudreau, after pleading guilty to second-degree murder for strangling her only child.

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4 d. ago Michigan couple, believing prayer would cure baby, gets at least 20 years for child’s death

A religious Michigan couple were each sentenced to at least 20 years in prison for the murder of their baby girl after they chose prayer over urgent medical care. A jury found Joshua Piland, 44, and Rachel Piland, 38, guilty of second-degree murder and first-degree child abuse following a trial in March, ending an eight-year […]

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7 d. ago Accused in Quebec truck attack threatens prosecutor, tells judge to shut up at trial

Steeve Gagnon, accused in the deadly Amqui truck attack, gave volatile testimony, threatening court officials and asking to be sentenced to life in prison.

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7 d. ago Oklahoma executes a man who was transferred from federal custody by Trump officials

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma executed a man Thursday whose transfer to state custody was expedited by the Trump administration. John Fitzgerald Hanson, 61, received a three-drug lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester and was pronounced dead at 10:11 a.m., prison officials said. Hanson was sentenced to die after he was convicted […]

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9 d. ago Former British soldier sentenced to four years for ‘vicious, unprovoked’ fatal bar beating

A visiting U.K. soldier who killed a Manitoba businessman in a Toronto bar has been sentenced to 52 months in prison for manslaughter. Less credit for pre-trial custody, Craig Gibson has 49 months left to serve. The Scotland-born Gibson, 30, was convicted by a jury last December of killing Brett Sheffield at the Locals Only […]

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9 d. ago U.S. man sentenced to 40 years in prison after B.C. family contacts local police

Police said that on April 26, 2020, a 12-year-old girl's parents reported that they had discovered sexually explicit messages on their daughter's phone and computer.

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1 week ago Doula defrauder gets prison for breaching probation: 'Egregious'

The now infamous doula-duper, Kaitlyn Braun, 26, was given the sentence she asked for after pleading guilty four months ago: she’ll serve the rest of a conditional sentence in jail and then be sent to prison for a three-year term. “The waiting has been difficult,” said Braun’s lawyer Alison MacDonald. “She just wants to be […]

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1 week ago 'Complete and total shock': Family of man who died in sheriffs' custody at Edmonton courthouse looking for answers

Loved ones of the man who died in a cell at the Edmonton courthouse are looking for answers after three sheriffs were charged with failing to keep him alive. Trevor Jason Freeman, 43, died in custody on June 16, 2023, shortly after a judge sentenced him to 6-1/2 years in prison for manslaughter with a […]

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1 week ago Alberta judge rejects robber's Indigenous identity claims, proposes test for deciding who should and shouldn't get Gladue reports

An Alberta judge is proposing new guidelines for how courts handle people who say they are Indigenous during sentencing hearings, but don’t have proof to back up their claims. Last month, Justice Jordan Stuffco of the Alberta Court of Justice sentenced Jonathan Anthony Ninan to 33 months in prison for robbing a Leduc sports bar, […]

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1 week ago Toronto man who deliberately shot an unarmed stranger given life sentence

A Toronto man who shot and killed an unarmed stranger has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 18 years.

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1 week ago Langley man who killed two sentenced to almost 15 years in prison

A Langley man who shot to death two men months apart was sentenced to 15 years on Friday for the killings and for firearms trafficking.

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1 week ago British TV expert who sold art to suspected Hezbollah financier sentenced to prison

LONDON — An art expert who appeared on the BBC’s Bargain Hunt show was sentenced Friday to two and a half years in prison for failing to report his sale of pricey works to a suspected financier of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group. At a previous hearing, Oghenochuko Ojiri, 53, had pleaded guilty to eight offenses […]

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1 week ago A British TV art expert who sold works to a suspected Hezbollah financier is sentenced to prison

LONDON (AP) — An art expert who appeared on the BBC’s Bargain Hunt show was sentenced Friday to two and a half years in prison for failing to report his sale of pricey works to a suspected financier of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group. Oghenochuko Ojiri, 53, pleaded guilty to eight offenses under the Terrorism Act […]

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2 w. ago Fugitive FX Ponzi scheme boss assumed dead on the run may be alive: Police

Anthony Constantinou stole at least £70 million and was sentenced to 14 years in prison in his absence

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2 w. ago Parole for former B.C. health official who sexually assaulted boy

Albert de Villiers served less than two years of a 5½-year prison sentence after being convicted in 2023

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3 w. ago South African mom sentenced to life in prison for selling girl

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A South African woman was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for selling her 6-year-old daughter. Kelly Smith was sentenced by a judge alongside two others, her boyfriend and another man, who also received life sentences. All three were convicted earlier this month on kidnapping and human trafficking charges. Smith’s […]

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3 w. ago French pedophile surgeon sentenced to 20 years for raping 299 children

A 74-year-old pedophile and former surgeon who raped hundreds of victims over a period spanning more than two decades was given a maximum 20-year prison sentence on Friday by a French court.  Joel Le Scouarnec was found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting 299 children.  Judges followed the public prosecutor’s recommendations regarding the length of […]

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3 w. ago Disturbing video shows cop discovery of daycare dungeon holding dozens of children

Carla Faith, who was sentenced to six years in prison in August 2021, will soon make a bid for parole

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3 w. ago Florida fisherman sentenced to prison for shooting, poisoning dolphins

Prosecutors said that Zackery Barfield understood the dangers of feeding the dolphins methomyl, a harmful pesticide, but chose to do it anyway

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