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Last weeks local crime and court updates from The World-Herald.

Lara-Diaz was sentenced to three years in jail, the statutory maximum, by Douglas County District Court Judge Peter Bataillon. Though the family was glad she received the maximum sentence, they

Lara-Diaz was sentenced to three years in jail, the statutory maximum, by Douglas County District Court Judge Peter Bataillon. Though the family was glad she received the maximum sentence, they

Lara-Diaz was sentenced to three years in jail, the statutory maximum, by Douglas County District Court Judge Peter Bataillon. Though the family was glad she received the maximum sentence, they

Gooden Townsell, 63, was sentenced Friday to 45 to 70 years in prison for the fatal stabbing of 40-year-old Dontae Berry in July 2022. Berry was stabbed through the heart.

Blake W. Miller, 19, was sentenced to four years of probation for pointing a .22 rifle at his best friend Tanner Farrell on March 12 and pulling the trigger, killing

In 2011, the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services wrote a bill that would allow well-behaved prisoners the chance to shorten their time behind bars. Eleven years later, that same department is applying the resulting law in a way neither the state senator who sponsored the bill nor the then-director of Nebraska’s prisons intended

Nebraska prison officials drafted a 2011 law aimed at letting well-behaved prisoners get out sooner. Now the state says the laws wording doesnt allow what the authors intended.

LORI PILGER Lincoln Journal Star WILBER — With Aubrey Trail noticeably absent from the defense table, a hearing got under way here Thursday to determine whether he will be sentenced to death for killing and dismembering a 24-year-old Lincoln woman in 2017. Prosecutors allege Sydney Loofes killing showed exceptional depravity, an aggravating circumstance that would make his case eligible for a death sentence. Saline County District Judge Vicky Johnson, Cass County District Judge...