Goshen man gets life in prison for 1975 drowning of Indiana teen
A Noble County judge sentenced Fred Bandy Jr., 69, on Tuesday to a life term with the possibility of parole in Laurel Jean Mitchell’s August 1975 death.
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Indiana Supreme Court affirms court’s resentencing of man to life without parole for torture, murder
The Indiana Supreme Court affirmed a resentencing court’s life without parole sentence for a man who tortured and murdered a woman in 1995.
Michigan judge to decide if teenage school shooter will spend life in prison
There is no dispute that Ethan Crumbley killed four fellow students and wounded others at Michigan’s Oxford High School in 2021. The next step: Should the 17-year-old spend the rest of his life in prison for the mass shooting?
Texas gunman in Walmart shooting gets 90 consecutive life sentences, may still face death penalty
A white gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack on Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart in a Texas border city was sentenced Friday to 90 consecutive life sentences but could still face more punishment, including the death penalty.
Alabama prisoner who escaped to Evansville with jailer’s help gets life sentence
An Alabama prisoner received a life sentence Thursday for escaping with the help of a jail official who ultimately took her own life as police closed in following a manhunt across three states.
IN Supreme Court affirms LWOP sentence for man involved in 2019 gang torture, killing
A man who received life without parole for his role in torturing and killing a woman failed to convince the Indiana Supreme Court that three statutory aggravators applied to his murder conviction were inappropriate.
Justices uphold LWOP sentence in murder case that involved cannibalism
A man convicted of the brutal murder of his ex-girlfriend, which included cannibalism, failed to convince the Indiana Supreme Court to overturn his sentence of life without parole.
Gary man gets 2 life sentences in bank robbery where guard slain
A northwestern Indiana man will spend the rest of his life in prison for his role in the fatal shooting of a security guard during a bank robbery.
LWOP appeal from Jeffersonville man convicted of killing, cannibalism headed to IN Supreme Court next week
The Indiana Supreme Court will hear oral arguments next Thursday in a case involving a man’s appeal of his life without parole sentence following a murder conviction.
Murder charge filed in death of Indiana trooper
A prosecutor filed a murder charge Thursday and requested a sentence of life without parole against a man accused driving his car over an Indiana state trooper in northeastern Indiana.
Murdaugh judge’s own legal story unfolded in South Carolina
The judge who sentenced Alex Murdaugh on Friday to life in prison for killing his wife and son has earned attention and plaudits for his even-handed demeanor throughout the trial and for his dressing-down of the once-prominent lawyer.
Alex Murdaugh gets life in prison in murder of wife, son
South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh was sentenced to life in prison without parole Friday, a day after he was convicted of murder in the shooting deaths of his wife and son.
SCOTUS rules for Arizona inmate in death penalty case
The Supreme Court of the United States ruled Wednesday for a man on Arizona’s death row who wants a new sentencing hearing because jurors in his case were wrongly told that the only way to ensure he would never walk free was to sentence him to death.
White supremacist gets life in prison for Buffalo massacre
A white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket was sentenced to life in prison without parole Wednesday after relatives of his victims confronted him with pain and rage caused by his racist attack.
2 Indiana men could face life in prison in teen’s 1975 death
A judge told two Indiana men Wednesday that they could face life in prison if they’re convicted in the slaying of a 17-year-old girl who was found dead in a river nearly a half-century ago.
IN justices uphold murder conviction, LWOP sentence after finding child’s behavior did not provoke ‘sudden heat’
The Indiana Supreme Court has affirmed the murder conviction and life without parole sentence of a Grant County woman, finding the child victim’s behavior did not cause adequate provocation to support the defendant’s claim she acted in “sudden heat.”
Fort Wayne man gets life in prison for dismemberment death
A Fort Wayne man was sentenced to life in prison Monday for killing and dismembering a man last year.
Buffalo gunman pleads guilty in racist supermarket massacre
The white gunman who massacred 10 Black shoppers and workers at a Buffalo supermarket pleaded guilty Monday to murder and hate-motivated terrorism charges, guaranteeing he will spend the rest of his life in prison.
Man who killed 6 in Wisconsin Christmas parade gets life, no release
A judge sentenced a man who killed six people and injured many others when he drove his SUV through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee to life in prison with no chance of release Wednesday.
Life sentence sought for teen in Michigan school shooting
Prosecutors said they’ll seek a life sentence with no chance for parole for a 16-year-old boy who killed four fellow students at a Michigan school and pleaded guilty to murder and terrorism.