The United States has condemned a Hong Kong court decision to sentence pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai. to prison, a move that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime has characterized as an attempt to “whitewash criminals.” U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price on Sunday urged Chinese authorities “to respect freedom of expression, including for the […]
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has had his four-month prison sentence formally put on hold while he appeals the conviction. Bannon, a onetime adviser to former President Donald Trump and a former Breitbart News executive, was sentenced to four months in prison by U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols on Oct. 21 on two misdemeanor counts […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid was sentenced on Tuesday to three years in prison for driving drunk, speeding, and hitting two parked cars last year, leaving a 5-year-old girl with a serious brain injury. Reid pleaded guilty in September to driving while intoxicated causing serious bodily injury. The charge carries […]
A U.S. judge on Oct. 21 sentenced Steve Bannon to four months in prison for contempt of Congress. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, handed down the sentence in a hearing in Washington. Nichols also ordered Bannon to pay a fine of $6,500. “I respect the judge, the sentence he came down with […]
ST. LOUIS—A 26-year-old man was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for killing a retired St. Louis police captain as he tried to stop a pawn shop from being looted during riots over the death of George Floyd two years ago. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the life term was mandatory after Stephan Cannon, […]
A Russian court on Thursday sentenced American basketball star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison on drugs charges, after finding her guilty of narcotics possession and smuggling for bringing cannabis-infused vape cartridges into Russia. She was also fined 1 million roubles ($16,000). After the sentencing, Griner appeared sad and stony-faced and said she understood […]
A man who carried a gun onto U.S. Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced on Aug. 1 to more than seven years in prison. Guy Reffitt, 49, of Texas was sentenced to 87 months in prison, according to a summary of the hearing. The sentence is the longest handed down to a person […]
CHICAGO—A federal judge Wednesday sentenced Jerry Harris, a former star of the Netflix documentary series “Cheer,” to 12 years in prison for coercing teenage boys to send him obscene photos and videos of themselves and soliciting sex from minors at cheerleading competitions. U.S. District Judge Manish Shah also ordered that the sentence be followed by […]
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday said the court should consider a 30 to 55 year sentence for socialite Ghislaine Maxwell who was convicted of sex trafficking young girls to her long-time associate and one-time boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein. “Ghislaine Maxwell played an instrumental role in the horrific sexual abuse of multiple young teenage girls. As part of […]
LONDON—West Ham defender Kurt Zouma was banned from keeping cats for five years and ordered Wednesday to carry out 180 hours of community service as a punishment for kicking and slapping his pet cat in abuse caught on video. The France international received his sentence at Thames Magistrates’ Court after pleading guilty last week to […]
