WRAL

Inmate's court challenge to death sentence comes to close

Lawyers for a Cumberland County man on North Carolina's death row for a 1991 murder argued Wednesday that the jury selection in his trial was racially biased and his sentence should be commuted to life in prison. Lawyers for a Cumberland County man on ...
Yahoo

R. Kelly's appeal denied: Singer might take prison sentence challenge to Supreme Court

Disgraced music superstar R. Kelly was dealt a legal blow on Wednesday after an appeals court in New York denied the singer's challenge to his 30-year-prison sentence and conviction on racketeering and sex trafficking charges. The U.S. Second Circuit Court ...
Daily Jang

Mushroom murderer Patterson to challenge guilty verdict after life sentence

Mushroom killer Erin Patterson will appeal a jury verdict that found her guilty of three murders and attempted murder.According to ABC, Patterson's barrister Richard Edney made the announcement during an administrative hearing in
The Gazette

Colorado Supreme Court confirms '3 strikes' sentences not subject to challenge years afterward

The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday that defendants serving lengthy sentences under the state's "three strikes" law, and whose convictions have been final for years or decades, do not have the opportunity to argue their punishments are excessive ...
KTLA

Chicago appeals court rejects R. Kelly ‘s challenge of 20-year sentence

CHICAGO (AP) — The singer R. Kelly was correctly sentenced to 20 years in prison on child sex convictions in Chicago, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. Jurors in 2022 convicted the Grammy Award-winning R&B singer, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, on ...
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