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AP - The doctor convicted in the overdose death of Michael Jackson was sentenced to the maximum four years behind bars Tuesday by a judge who denounced him as a reckless physician whose actions were a "disgrace to the medical profession." More...

An Edmonton foster mother convicted of manslaughter in the death of a three-year-old boy in her care has been sentenced to six years in prison. More...

A mid-level organizer of an international online bank-theft ring that relied on the Zeus Trojan faces up to 45 years in prison when he is sentenced Jan. 13 after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and possession of false IDs. More...

A 27-year-old man has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for managing a phishing operation in conjunction with Egyptian hackers that looted consumer bank accounts. What are your thoughts? Click here to view the original post. Kind Regards, John

A Cuban court Tuesday commuted the sentence of the nation's only prisoner facing the death penalty, and instead sentenced him to 30 years in prison, according to the official Cubadebate website. Humberto Eladio Real Suárez faced the death penalty for a murder he carried out after he and six...

Jorge Rafael Videla on trial in Cordoba, Argentina, on July 22, 2010. Former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla was convicted and sentenced to life in prison by a federal court Wednesday for human rights abuses during his rule. Videla was among the coup leaders who overthrew...

Ronald Foster didn't know he had a felony conviction for cutting up pennies. President Obama apparently agreed, and on Friday he pardoned Foster and eight other people for unrelated crimes. For 42 years, Ronald Foster didn't know he had a felony conviction for cutting up pennies. It seemed...

Man gets 90 days for tarantula theft WESTMINSTER, Md., A Maryland man convicted of theft for taking a tarantula from a library was sentenced to 90 days in jail for the crime and 4 years for violating his probation. Randy Humple, 27, of Westminster, was sentenced Monday in Carroll County...

Seacrest stalker sentenced to prison LOS ANGELES, (UPI) -- A Los Angeles judge has sentenced Chidi Benjamin Uzomah Jr. to two years in prison for stalking TV and radio personality Ryan Seacrest. The Los Angeles Times said Uzomah, 25, was sentenced Monday for charges stemming from his 2009...

Director sentenced for assistant's death MUMBAI, (UPI) -- Bollywood film director Kaizad Gustad was sentenced to a month in jail for the death of his assistant director on the set of "Bombay Central" six years ago. The BBC said Gustad will not spend any more time behind bars, however, as he...

Huckaby case to be sealed until sentencing STOCKTON, Calif., (UPI) -- A California judge says she will not consider releasing details of the case against convicted child killer Melissa Huckaby until after Huckaby is sentenced. "This case is not over," the San Jose Mercury News reported...