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Prosecutors told jurors that years of lenient sentences only emboldened a 67-year-old man before he received a 12-year prison sentence for stealing $50 worth of food.

A growing debate in Maryland centers on who should be held responsible when a criminal receives a light sentence and then commits another crime. Maryland Del. Ryan Nawrocki, R-Baltimore County, ...

Sixteen months ago, Donald Middleton crashed his car nearly head-on into a pickup at an intersection in eastern Montgomery County. The teenaged driver wasn't hurt, but Middleton ran across the street ...

A repeat sex offender who was convicted last year in the 2023 rape of a 13-year-old girl has been sentenced to 50 years in prison. In November, a jury deliberated for 11 minutes before finding Duane ...

A man in his 30s, Mr. A, who previously received a suspended prison sentence for drunk driving, avoided a prison term despite ...

A man sentenced to five years in prison for 17 offences, including harassment and choking his partner, leaving bruises, has had his sentence cut in half by the B.C. Court of Appeal. The man had 118 ...