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Mack is best known for her role as a young Superman’s close friend on the series “Smallville.”

A Florida man who breached the U.S. Senate chamber carrying a Trump campaign flag has received an eight-month prison term, the first resolution for a felony case in the Capitol insurrection

Joe Exotic, the subject of the Netflix docuseries ’Tiger King’, will be resentenced in his murder-for-hire case after an appeals court vacated his original sentence.

Speaking at her son’s sentencing hearing Friday, Carolyn Pawlenty said Derek Chauvin has a “good heart.” “I believe a lengthy sentence won’t serve Derek well,” she said.

Gianna Floyd, George Floyd’s seven-year-old daughter, delivered her victim impact statement via video during Derek Chauvin’s sentencing hearing Friday. She said “I miss him and I love him” and she “asks about him all the time.”

A 49-year-old woman from Indiana who came to Washington with her hairdresser friend was put on probation Wednesday in the first sentence stemming from the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. With the number of people arrested approaching 500, it was the first of what government officials said would likely be similar proceedings for the hundreds of people who also face...

Ex-NFL tight end Kellen Winslow II, who committed sexual offenses against five women in Northern San Diego County, is slated to be sentenced Wednesday to 14 years in state prison.

A federal judge on Wednesday set final sentencing Dec. 15 for an Ohio man who falsely claimed to be a long-missing Illinois child.

“Full House” star Lori Loughlin has reported to a California federal prison to serve her two-month sentence for her part in the “Operation Varsity Blues” college admissions scam, an official at the facility told NBC News. Loughlin and and her fashion designer husband Mossimo Giannulli were required to begin serving their prison sentences by Nov. 19. They admitted to paying…

The Justice Department inspector general’s office is investigating the circumstances surrounding the sentencing recommendation for Roger Stone, President Donald Trump’s longtime friend, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

More than 60 survivors and family members will confront the New Zealand mosque gunman this week when he appears in court to be sentenced for his crimes

Breaking their silence for the first time since their arrest, “Full House” star Lori Loughlin and fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli apologized Friday for using their wealth and privilege to bribe their daughters’ way into college before a judge sentenced each of them to prison. Loughlin was ordered to serve two months behind bars while Giannulli was sentenced to five months…

An Illinois judge handed JoAnn Cunningham a 35-year prison sentence in the murder of her son, 5-year-old AJ Freund.

Family, friends and lawyers of convicted ex-Rep. Duncan Hunter say the California Republican is a devoted father and proud former Marine who should be shown some mercy for making mistakes after returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The father of Timmothy Pitzen, the Aurora boy missing since 2011, opens up after a man was charged with impersonating his son. Susan Carlson reports. 

Former Philadelphia Eagles and Cleveland Browns linebacker Mychal Kendricks pleaded guilty to insider trading charges on Thursday, and faces up to 25 years in prison.

A Chicago PR executive was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Friday for sexually assaulting a woman he met online.

A Naperville contractor who pleaded guilty to setting a fire in a Chicago-area air traffic control facility last year received a 12.5-year sentence Friday.

A Hemet man accused of raping and killing a 23-year-old woman, and then setting fire to her apartment with her son inside, stunned a Murrieta courtroom Friday by rejecting his plea deal and requesting a trial.

Jason Beckman was sentenced to life behind bars Friday for the 2009 death of his father, South Miami Commissioner Jay Beckman.