Glitter may get prison sentence reduced
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British rocker Gary Glitter, who was convicted of molesting two girls in southern Vietnam, may get his three-year prison term reduced next week as part of a nationwide Lunar New Year prison amnesty, a court official said Friday.
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A registered sex offender who served a four-year prison sentence for distributing child pornography was arrested this week on suspicion of telling an undercover detective online that he would pay for sex with a 10-year-old girl.
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The Attorney General reviews the possible leniency of a sentence given to a man who had sex with a 12-year-old girl.
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One of Hollywood's top fund-raisers  was sentenced on Monday to 63 months in prison for skimming  donations intended for charity galas to pay personal expenses,  prosecutors in Los Angeles said.
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The attorney general considers appealing against the non-custodial sentence of a paedophile.
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A magistrate on Monday deferred  sentencing rock singer Pete Doherty on a string of drug  offences, although the Babyshambles frontman could still be  jailed for up to six months.
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Los Angeles judge may instruct jury to go back and try to reach verdict on a reduced charge of manslaughter.
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Thomas M. Coughlin, the former Wal-Mart Stores executive convicted of stealing from the company, may have to go to prison after an appeals court ruling that his house-arrest sentence was too lenient.
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Tom Sizemore's 16-month prison sentence for violating probation in a drug case was dramatically reduced Tuesday.
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A judge who condemned federal sentencing laws as "unjust, cruel and irrational" said he had little choice Tuesday but to sentence a first-time drug offender caught with a handgun to 55 years and one day in prison.
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After   praising his songwriting prowess, a London judge on Monday ordered the   Babyshambles singer to spend additional time at a drug rehabilitation   facility in lieu of jail for a litany of drug-possession charges.
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A former gang member could face life in prison for a jewelry heist that resembled robberies he described in a memoir about gang life.
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It's a fashion that started in prison, and now the saggy pants craze has come full circle &#151; low-slung street strutting in some cities may soon mean run-ins with the law, including a stint in jail.
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A Liverpool football fan jailed for 10 years in Bulgaria for attempted murder could be released after serving five years after being transferred back to Britain, his local newspaper reported Tuesday.
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Actor Tom Sizemore on Tuesday had his 16-month prison sentence on drug violations reduced by half because of time already spent in jail and two live-in rehabilitation programs.
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The Supreme Court ruled Monday that federal judges can impose shorter sentences for crack cocaine crimes, making them more in line with those for powder cocaine Â a decision with a strong racial dimension because the vast majority of crack offenders are black.
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Rapper Foxy Brown pleaded guilty on Monday to misdemeanor assault charges stemming from a fight with salon workers over a manicure. The plea deal, which spares her jail time, requires her to serve three years probation and take anger management classes, said Edison Alban, a spokesman for the Manhattan district attorney's office.