Obama commutes drug sentence of South Bend man
President Barack Obama has commuted the 20-year sentence of a South Bend man imprisoned in 2004 after pleading guilty to federal drug-trafficking charges.
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7th Circuit upholds lifetime supervised release
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday affirmed a federal judge’s findings and explanations were sufficient to support lifetime supervised release for 66-year-old man in poor health.
Ex-Subway pitchman Fogle asks appeals court to cut sentence
The judge who sentenced former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle to more than 15 years in prison mistakenly believed he was involved in producing child pornography, and his sentence should therefore be reduced, Fogle's attorney said during a hearing Friday.
COA: Lack of release advisement was harmless error
The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled a trial court’s failure to advise a man of his possible release dates was harmless error and affirmed his sentence for two felonies.
Anderson man shot by police gets 50 years for shooting 2
A central Indiana man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for shooting two people before being shot by police.
COA: Sentence appropriate for officer involved in deadly accident
The Indiana Court of Appeals upheld a police officer’s sentence for reckless homicide and criminal recklessness inflicting serious bodily injury after he crashed into a car while under the influence of hydrocodone and Xanax. The crash killed a man in the other car and severely injured his wife, who was nine months pregnant. Rebecca Sperry […]
Developer Alig avoids prison time with plea deal
A prominent Indianapolis developer who pleaded guilty to one count of theft and one count of securities fraud received a four-year suspended sentence Monday morning and was ordered to repay victims $321,000.
Judges cite past domestic violence convictions in affirming sentence
The Indiana Court of Appeals upheld an Ohio man’s 180-day jail sentence for misdemeanor battery against his ex-wife, noting he showed no remorse regarding two previous domestic violence-related convictions.
Appeals court to hear ex-Subway pitchman’s appeal May 20
A federal appeals court in Chicago has set a May hearing for former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle's appeal of his more than 15-year sentence in a child sex abuse and pornography case.
Indiana teen who killed man at age 12 gets chance at freedom
A northern Indiana teenager who was 12 years old when he helped kill his friend's stepfather has a chance at freedom.
Ex-lawyer who lied to lenders in Maxim deal gets prison time
A former lawyer at Bryan Cave LLP was sentenced to six months in prison for lying to lenders as part of a failed scheme to buy Maxim Magazine through impersonation, a false email and stolen money.
Feds cite Fogle’s quest for teens for sex in appeal reply
A federal judge acted properly in sentencing former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle to more than 15 years in prison, prosecutors said in a response to his appeal in which they cited text messages illustrating his multiple efforts to find teenagers for sex.
Judge affirms 14-month sentence for ex-Putnam County deputy
A federal judge has affirmed his original sentencing decision for a former central Indiana sheriff's deputy convicted of civil rights violations.
84-year sentence given in Indianapolis teen’s brutal death
A man convicted of killing a 15-year-old girl whose badly burned body was found in an Indianapolis backyard was sentenced Friday to 84 years in prison.
Judge gives Texas ‘affluenza’ teen nearly 2 years in jail
A judge in Fort Worth, Texas, Wednesday ordered a teenager who used an “affluenza” defense in a fatal drunken-driving wreck to serve nearly two years in jail, a surprising sanction that far exceeds the several months in jail that prosecutors initially said they would pursue.
Supreme Court affirms second-degree murder charge, life in prison
The Indiana Supreme Court said admission of an autopsy report and testimony by a pathologist who did not complete the report was not a violation of a man’s Sixth Amendment right to cross-examination and thus affirmed the trial court’s conviction of second-degree murder.
Court reduces man’s sentence by 3 years
The Indiana Court of Appeals reduced a man’s aggregate sentence by three years after it found he was denied effective assistance of counsel when his counsel did not bring up a statutory limitation issue.
Man has sentence cut in half by Supreme Court
The Indiana Supreme Court cut a man’s sentence in half, from 32 to 16 years, by a 3-2 decision after it found consecutive sentences in the case were not appropriate because the state sponsored a series of identical offenses.
COA changes sentence for drunk woman who hit a man with her car
The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled the sentence given to a woman who hit a man with her car and killed him while driving drunk was too harsh and took two years off it. However, the COA upheld all other parts of her conviction.
Indianapolis man gets life sentence in deadly house blast
A judge has sentenced an Indianapolis man to life in prison without parole for his role in a 2012 house explosion that killed two people and destroyed or damaged more than 80 homes.