The former Minnesota police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright while yelling “Taser” during a traffic-stop-turned-arrest outside Minneapolis was sentenced Friday to two years in prison. A Minnesota jury found Kim Potter, 49, guilty late last year of first- and
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Kim Potter Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Killing Daunte Wright
The former police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop, saying she intended to fire her Taser and not her gun, was sentenced to two years in prison on Friday, far less than the standard sentence of
Ex-Marine sentenced to 210 years for raping, beating Cambodian children
A retired US Marine captain found guilty of raping young Cambodian girls was sentenced to 210 years in federal prison after he was tried and convicted for a second time on new charges. Micheal Joseph Pepe, 68, has been in
Man Sentenced to 3 Years Over Threats to Journalists and Politicians
A California man who pleaded guilty to threatening dozens of people, including members of Congress and journalists, for saying that former President Donald J. Trump had lost the 2020 election was sentenced on Monday to three years in prison. The
The truck driver in a fatal 2019 Colorado crash was sentenced to 110 years in prison
Rogel Aguilera-Mederos, 26, was driving a semi tractor-trailer in April 2019, traveling at 85 mph, when the brakes failed, he told investigators at the time. He tried to pull over to the shoulder to avoid stopped traffic, but another semi
Trump Fan Who Organized Buses To D.C. Sentenced To 60 Days In Capitol Riot Case
A Jan. 6 defendant who prosecutors say had a “front-row seat” to the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol was sentenced to 60 days in prison on Monday. Frank Scavo, who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge in September, organized
First COVID fund charge for man who faked suicide sentenced
A Massachusetts man who attempted to scam the government out of more than half a million dollars in coronavirus relief funds intended to help small businesses stay afloat, then faked his own suicide, was sentenced to 56 months in prison, federal
Man Who Blackmailed Girls to Send Explicit Images Is Sentenced to 20 Years
A man in Washington State who posed as a teenager online and blackmailed girls as young as 12 across the country to send him sexually explicit photos and videos was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in prison, the federal
Man once called world’s “largest facilitator of child porn” sentenced to 27 years
Enlarge / Eric Eoin Marques led away from the High Court in Dublin in August 2013 after US authorities formally requested his extradition. A man who operated a dark web service that hosted millions of child-sexual-abuse images was sentenced to