#life-sentence

#life-sentence

Dominic Raab said he plans to move quickly to stop Levi Bellfield challenging a decision that blocked the serial killer from marrying in prison.The Justice Secretary said Bellfield's bid for a legal challenge is not appropriate, and vowed: I'm going to change the law.Bellfield, 54, is currently serving two whole life sentences for the murder of three women, including 13-year-old Milly Dowler.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Around 60 prisoners applied to get married last year, but new legislation could mean prisoners serving whole-life terms would be banned from ever getting wed.

For 34 years, Leo Schofield Jr. has been imprisoned in Florida for the murder of his wife, Michelle Schofield.He has maintained his innocence and has been denied parole three times, even after another man convicted of murder in a separate case admitted to the killing.Supporters and criminal justice advocates who have rallied around Mr. Schofield hoped Wednesday would be the day he finally walked free after his latest parole hearing.

Last week, the U.S. Department of Education released long-awaited guidelines regarding its beleaguered Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) program, an initiative designed to help lower-income people pay off student loans faster and with less impact on their monthly budget."Student loans were never meant to be a life sentence, but it's certainly felt that way for borrowers locked out of debt relief they're eligible for," said U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona.

Pamela Smart, who is serving a life sentence for plotting with her teenage lover to have her husband killed in 1990 when they were living in New Hampshire, suffered her latest legal setback on Wednesday when the state's highest court rejected her attempt for a sentence reduction.Ms. Smart, 55, who is serving her term in a New York prison, has exhausted her options for a legal appeal and her attempts to petition New Hampshire's Executive Council for a parole hearing have been unsuccessful.

A 41-year-old man convicted of murdering a six-year-old boy nearly 30 years ago is preparing to mount an appeal.Three appeal judges on Wednesday concluded that James Watson, who last year was handed a life sentence with a minimum jail term of 15 years after being found guilty of murdering Rikki Neave in 1994, had arguable grounds for challenging his conviction.

A 41-year-old man handed a life sentence with a minimum jail term of 15 years after being convicted of murdering six-year-old Rikki Neave nearly 30 years ago has been given leave to appeal against his conviction by three appeal judges.James Watson, who was 13 when Rikki died near his home in Peterborough in 1994, was jailed by a judge in June after a trial at the Old Bailey.

A Maryland appeals court on Tuesday reinstated the murder conviction of Adnan Syed, the subject of the Serial podcast who was freed last year after he had spent 23 years fighting charges that he had killed his former high school girlfriend.The Appellate Court of Maryland ruled that a lower court had violated the right of Young Lee, brother of Hae Min Lee, the victim, to have been notified of and to attend a hearing on the state's motion to vacate Mr. Syed's conviction.

A Greek police officer lobs a tear gas canister during clashes in Athens on March 16, 2023.Louisa Gouliamaki, AFP Greece said Saturday it had sacked its national police chief, days after clashes between security forces and demonstrators broke out in the wake of the country's deadliest train tragedy.

A Manhattan jury weighing the fate of Sayfullo Saipov, an Uzbek man who used a truck to kill eight people in a 2017 terrorist attack on a Hudson River bike path, told a judge on Monday afternoon that it was unable to reach a unanimous decision on whether Mr. Saipov should be sentenced to death or life imprisonment without the chance of release.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Doctors can lawfully force a convicted murderer who has mental health difficulties to have food and medication, a judge has ruled at a hearing in a specialist court.

DELANO Convicted serial killer Ramon Escobar is suspected of killing his new cellmate Friday at a central California prison, authorities said.Escobar, 51, shared a cell at North Kern State Prison in Delano with Juan Villanueva, whose death is being investigated as a homicide, said a statement from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

People gather at the bandstand in Clapham Common in memory of Sarah Everard after an official vigil was canceled in London on March 13, 2021.(Frank Augstein/AP)LONDON - A former veteran London police officer, whose rape and murder of a young woman shocked a nation, was sentenced Monday for exposing himself to other women before the murder, raising questions about whether opportunities were missed to stop him.

A man who killed a woman and her two-year-old daughter before burying their bodies under his kitchen floor faces a life sentence after being found guilty of murder.Andrew Innes, 52, was found guilty of murdering Bennylyn Burke, 25, and Jellica Burke after a five-day trial at the High Court in Edinburgh.

A terrorist convicted of committing a 2017 attack for ISIS that killed eight on a New York City bike path will serve life in prison after a jury said Monday it could not reach a unanimous decision on the death penalty.Sayfullo Saipov effectively learned his sentence when the jury in the penalty phase of his trial in Manhattan federal court told a judge that it was unable to reach an undivided decision favoring the death penalty on any of the nine capital counts it was asked to consider.

Police are accused of missing a series of chances to stop Couzens, a firearms officer in the Met's elite Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command, before he kidnapped, raped, and killed Ms Everard in March 2021.Couzens's disturbing sexual behaviour was so well-known in some circles that some takeaway staff even nicknamed him the penis guy', court documents have revealed.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in favor of an Arizona death row inmate who argued he should be able to challenge his sentence in federal court but was stopped from doing so by a state procedural rule.Justice Sonia Sotomayor penned the 5-4 majority decision, which was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Elena Kagan, Brett Kavanaugh and Ketanji Brown Jackson.

WASHINGTON The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in favor of an inmate in Arizona who was sentenced to death by a jury that was not told that a life sentence would ensure that he remained in prison for the rest of his days.The vote was 5 to 4, with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh joining the court's three liberal members Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson to form a majority.