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Saturday, April 13, 2013 

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  Updated with photos from sentencing: Teen who shot to death 3 students at Ohio high school gets 3 life sentences without parole

Friday, February 15, 2013  A Missouri judge has ordered a man convicted in his neighbor's 1990 murder to be released on bond pending a retrial.

Thursday, February 14, 2013  A Chillicothe man whose murder conviction in the 1990 slaying of a neighbor was recently overturned could learn on Friday whether he will be released from prison as the state seeks a new trial.

Monday, September 17, 2012  A federal judge who ruled that a Massachusetts prison inmate is eligible for a state-funded sex change operation has determined that the inmate is also eligible for public reimbursement of legal fees.

Monday, August 27, 2012  A 26-year-old Wichita man is facing decades in prison in a federal "sexting" prosecution.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011  A former Columbia Police Officer testified in court on Wednesday, asking a judge to throw up his life sentence.

Tuesday, October 05, 2010  The Pakistani immigrant who tried to set off a car bomb in Times Square was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison, a mandatory penalty that left him defiant as ever.

Thursday, September 23, 2010  Two eastern Missouri men have been sentenced to life in federal prison for a murder-for-hire plot.

Thursday, December 31, 2009  Pakistani police said Thursday they plan to ask a court to charge five Americans arrested in early December with terrorism, and will seek life sentences against them.