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Nurse sentenced to 13 years in prison for harming infants
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A nurse convicted of injuring nine infants at a Wisconsin hospital has been sentenced to 13 years in prison. Christopher Kaphaem pleaded guilty in September to 19 felony counts, including child abuse, for injuries to the babies in the newborn intensive care unit at UnityPoint...
New Zealand killer of British backpacker sentenced to life
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A New Zealand man was sentenced to life in prison Friday for murdering a young British backpacker, whose mother told the court the stealing of her daughter's life had ripped a hole in her heart. Grace Millane was strangled to death on her 22nd birthday in December 2018 by a...
Sentencing in child death that led to protection changes
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Maine judge is scheduled to sentence a woman on Friday who was convicted of murdering her 10-year-old daughter in a case that led to changes in the state's child protection system. Sharon Carrillo was convicted for the death of Marissa Kennedy. Marissa's battered body was found in...
Tennessee man gets electric chair for killing fellow inmate
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A convicted murderer was put to death in Tennessee's electric chair Thursday, becoming the state's fifth prisoner over 16 months to choose electrocution over the state's preferred method of lethal injection. Nicholas Sutton, 58, was pronounced dead at 7:26 p.m. at the Riverbend...
Trump ally Roger Stone sentenced to over 3 years in prison
WASHINGTON (AP) — Roger Stone, a longtime confidant of President Donald Trump, was sentenced to more than three years in prison Thursday for obstructing a congressional investigation in a case that has sparked fears about presidential interference in the justice system. Soon after Judge Amy Berman Jackson...
Business owner sentenced for slayings of 2 employees
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A former Franklin business owner was sentenced Thursday to 72 years in prison for killing his two employees and burning their bodies in a fire pit. Matthew Neumann, 44, maintained his innocence at his sentencing, drawing gasps in the courtroom as he denied responsibility for the deaths of...
Kansas developer gets prison term over asbestos disposal
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a Lawrence developer to serve three months in prison for illegal disposal of asbestos during a construction project. Thomas S. Fritzel, 54, was also ordered to pay a $55,000 fine for violations of the Clean Air Act during remodeling work in 2016...
Wisconsin lawmaker's daughter sentenced in fatal OD case
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The daughter of a Wisconsin state lawmaker was sentenced Thursday to 13 years in prison for providing drugs that killed a pregnant woman. Cassie Nygren, 30, was sentenced after she was found guilty in the June 2017 death of 31-year-old Jennifer Skeen. Skeen was six months pregnant...
Judge gives prison time to friend of gunman who killed 9
CINCINNATI (AP) — A friend of a gunman who killed nine people in a shooting rampage in Dayton, Ohio, was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison on Thursday on unrelated federal firearms charges. Ethan Kollie, now 25, pleaded guilty in November to lying on a federal firearms form and to possessing a gun while...
Man convicted of murder sees sentence reduced by 15 years
RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont man serving a 45-years-to-life prison sentence for the killing of a tattoo shop owner had his minimum sentence reduced by 15 years, according to this attorney. Eric Marallo, 40, of Rutland, was convicted of second-degree murder in the 1997 stabbing death of Dwayne Bernier in...
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