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German Court Sets 28-Year Minimum Term for Killer Nurse Niels Högel

Judges cited exceptional severity of guilt to justify extending the minimum term.

Texas Judge Gives 18-Year-Old 25 Years for Armed Nederland Store Robbery

Japan Moves to Toughen School Safeguards as Two Teachers Get Suspended Prison Terms

Arrests and Sentences in Child Sex Abuse Cases Across Bahia, Mato Grosso do Sul and Piauí

Paris Court Rejects Sarkozy Bid to Merge Sentences in Bygmalion and Bismuth Cases

Eight-Year Sentence in Death of 8-Year-Old Leaves Alberta Woman With Under Four Years to Serve

Ex-HSBC Banker Given Suspended Sentence and Rail Ban for 740-Trip ‘Doughnutting’ Fraud

Supreme Court Restores Three-Year Term, Says Compensation Cannot Replace Punishment

Brazilian Ex-Au Pair Gets 10 Years in Virginia Murder Plot After Testifying Against Employer

Den Bosch Court Sentences Helmond Teaching Assistant to 8 Years, Orders TBS for Abuse of 20 Children

Louisville Judge Reduces 65-Year Jury Recommendation to 30 Years in Kidnapping, Sex Assault Case

Peru’s Supreme Court Extends Vladimiro Montesinos’ Prison Term to 2037

Stella Boggio Gets 21 Years for Partner’s Killing as She Is Hospitalized After Suicide Attempt

Peru’s Acting Congress Chief Presses Judiciary to Apply Law 32107, Citing Recent Rulings

São Paulo Court Gives Up to 27 Years in Robbery-Death of Lawyer Luiz Fernando Pacheco

South Korean Court Sentences Former First Lady Kim Geon-hee to 1 Year and 8 Months

South Korea Sentences Ex–Prime Minister Han Duck-soo to 23 Years Over 2024 Martial Law

South Korea Sentences Ex-PM Han Duck-soo to 23 Years as Court Calls 2024 Martial Law an Uprising

Italian Judge Downgrades Charges, Gives Five-Year Term in Case of 10-Year-Old’s Assault

Racing Brothers Given Suspended Sentences and Driving Bans for Sandbanks Crash That Left Teen With Life-Changing Injuries