Ex-grad student gets 2 years for killing
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A former Harvard graduate student was sentenced to two years in prison Friday after he pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter for stabbing to death a teenager who made fun of him.
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A court Thursday sentenced a former Bosnian Army soldier to 14 1/2 years in prison for his participation in the killing of eight Sarajevo Serbs during the 1992-95 war.
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A prestigious medical school was tipped off one of its students had been a Nazi sympathizer, released on parole after being convicted in 2000 of a murder.
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A college business professor who allegedly punished one of his children by covering the boy with ants and putting pepper juice in his eyes has been sentenced to two years in prison for child abuse.
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Three Dhaka university professors accused of inciting violence in August are sentenced to three years in jail.
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An ex-con who co-authored a book about life in prison was convicted Friday of killing his live-in girlfriend and raping a teenager.
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Repelled by Scott Peterson&#39;s seeming lack of sorrow and remorse, a jury decided Monday that he deserves the death penalty for murdering his pregnant wife, Laci, almost two years ago to the date.
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A confessed serial killer due to be  paroled from a Texas prison in April 2006 was convicted of  murder on Wednesday for the stabbing death of a Michigan woman  25 years ago.
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William Lerach, a former partner at a prestigious New York law firm, was sentenced Monday to two years in federal prison for his role in a lucrative kickback scheme involving class-action lawsuits against some of the nation's biggest corporations. Mr. Lerach, 61, was also sentenced to two years probation, fined $250,000 and ordered to complete 1,000 [...].
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A US court sentences a suspected serial killer to 438 years in jail for sexual assaults against two sisters.
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A man who shot and killed a wealthy doctor for the promise of half of his lover's inheritance was sentenced Wednesday to 17 1/2 years in prison following his guilty plea.
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Two fraternity brothers both received two-year prison terms Monday from a judge who said she wanted to send a message with the state's first prosecution under a felony hazing law.
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A man accused of killing two of his daughter's friends, then hiding their bodies on his property, pleaded guilty Wednesday to aggravated murder and was sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison.
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A world-renowned geneticist was sentenced Friday to 14 years in prison for molesting an employee's daughter who took martial arts classes at his home.
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MONTREAL (CP) - A 19-year-old man was sentenced to two years in prison on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to firebombing a Jewish elementary school last year.
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A Russian court on Tuesday sentenced four men to prison terms of between seven and 14 years for the racially motivated killing of a Congolese student.
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A former US prison commander in Iraq is acquitted of aiding the enemy, but sentenced to two years for lesser charges.