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A Sonora man has been sentenced to nearly 16 years in federal prison for a February 2019 armed carjacking in Elizabethtown.

A Springfield man was sentenced to multiple life prison terms in federal court in Peoria Friday for trafficking young women for sex.

Bill to eliminate mandatory minimums wins Virginia Senate Judiciary Committee approval Virginia General Assembly building (Source: WVIR) By Associated Press | January 25, 2021 at 7:01 PM EST - Updated January 25 at 9:43 PM RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A proposal to eliminate most mandatory minimum sentences in Virginia has won approval from a key legislative committee. The legislation cleared by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday would end mandatory minimum jail and prison terms for more t...

The Seoul High Court found Lee guilty of bribery, embezzlement and concealment of criminal proceeds worth $7.8 million

South Korea’s Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a 20-year prison term for former President Park Geun-hye over bribery and other crimes as it ended a historic corruption case that marked a striking fall from grace for the country’s first female leader and conservative icon. The ruling means Park, who was ousted from office and arrested in 2017, could potentially serve a combined 22 years behind bars, following a separate conviction for illegally meddling in her party’s candid...

Muellers prosecution legacy as possible. trump granting a full pardon to self-proclaimed dirty strike ster roger stone, one of his most loyal allies. >> very happy with what i did. >> reporter: also receiving a pardon, the presidents former campaign manager paul manafort, who received the toughest sentence of any of trumps associates entangled in the mueller investigation. manafort convicted of bank and tax fraud. the president already granting clemency to others charged in connection to the mue...

Bars. >> i felt it was an appropriate prosecution and i thought the sentence was fair. >> reporter: i think you said youre no fan. >> did i say that? >> reporter: yes, you did. >> well, thats accurate. >> reporter: but roger stone has a fan in president trump. this week the president was told his old friend was praying for a pardon. trumps response? his prayer may be answered. tonight, it was. david, it truly was an extraordinary prosecution. four prosecutors resigned from the stone case after b...

Allowed to mail in their ballots this election. in the meantime, pierre, you also asked the attorney general about president trump and the possibility that he might pardon roger stone? >> reporter: david, barr maintains that stones prosecution was righteous and he deserves the three years in prison that the judge sentenced him to. but he admits its going to be the presidents call as to whether to commute stones prison term or to pardon him. david? >> pierre thomas tonight with the interview. tha...

Rick gates sentenced to 45 days in jail he can serve on the weekends. in new york, the judge dismissed state charges for paul manafort. hes currently serving the prison term in pennsylvania for conspiracy and fraud. christina, ill turn to you on the last of the presidents men. there was some hope here if this were to happen in new york perhaps this could charge. i think there is a great appointment. what we do know about so many people in this administration that either they are in prison, going...

About russia at a candidate event in july 2015 in las vegas. that is where he volunteered he did want think there should be any sanctions on russia. we would later realize the person who asked him that question at that event is maria bu tina having served a jail term finished her prison term in september and received a rapturous welcome in moskow and has reportedly been given a fancy new job in the russian government. she is the first person who elicited a statement from candidate trump on the c...