Showing posts with label Sentencing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sentencing. Show all posts
Thursday, April 04, 2024

Texas Man Sentenced To 37 Years in Muslim Hate Crime Murder

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A Department of Justice press release reports that yesterday a Texas federal district court sentenced a defendant to 37 years in prison (wi...
Wednesday, January 31, 2024

18 Year Prison Sentence Imposed for Firebombing Church

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The Department of Justice announced that on Monday an Ohio federal district court sentenced Aimenn D, Penny to 18 years in prison followed ...
Tuesday, July 04, 2023

Defendant's Beliefs About Psilocybin Were Personal, Not Religious

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In State of Ohio v. Sobel ,  (OH App., June 30, 2023), an Ohio appellate court rejected appellant's claim that his sentence for drug pos...
Tuesday, June 20, 2023

Army Appeals Court: Poisoning Through Vodou Not Protected by Free Exercise Clause or RFRA

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In United States v. Lindor ,  (ACCA, June 14, 2023), the Army Court of Criminal Appeals rejected appellant's claim that his murder sente...
Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Judge's Religious Comments Did Not Violate Defendant's Rights

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 In State of Ohio v. Loftis ,  (OH App., May 19, 2023), an Ohio state appellate court held that a judge's references to religion during ...
Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Last Defendant In Poway Synagogue Tax Fraud Scheme Sentenced

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The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California announced on Friday that attorney Elliot Adler, the eleventh and las...
Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Waiver In Plea Agreement Precludes Appeal Of Ban On Possessing Antisemitic Material

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In United States v. Holzer ,  (10th Cir., April 25, 2022), the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals held that the appellate waiver provision i...
Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Diocesan Religious Education Director Sentenced To 20 Years For Sex Abuse of Minor Girl

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The Tennessean reports that under a plea deal, the former director of religious education at a Murfreesboro (TN) Catholic parish was senten...
Wednesday, January 05, 2022

Poway Synagogue Rabbi Sentenced To 14 Months In Custody For Fraud

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The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California announced  that yesterday a California federal district judge sentenc...
Wednesday, March 18, 2020

9th Circuit: Religious References At Sentencing Hearing Were OK

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In United States v. Hong ,  (9th Cir., March 17, 2020), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held that a district court did not violate def...
Friday, April 27, 2018

Rabbi Freundel's Voyeurism Sentence Reduced For Good Behavior

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According to the District of Columbia Department of Corrections, the prison sentence of Rabbi Barry Freundel has been shortened by more than...
Sunday, August 13, 2017

Judge Wrongly Relied On Defendant's Christian Religious Background To Enhance Sentence

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In Miller v. People of the Virgin Islands , (VI Sup. Ct., Aug. 9, 2017), the Virgin Islands Supreme Court remanded for re-sentencing a case ...
Wednesday, March 09, 2016

Court Says Jihadist's Religious Faith Was Not Reason For Life Sentence

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In Shnewer v. United States , ( NJ, March 2, 2016), a New Jersey federal district court rejected a claim by a jihadist who was sentenced to ...
Monday, June 09, 2014

Judge's Religious References In Sentencing Did Not Prejudice Defendant

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In State of North Carolina v. Earls ,  (NC App., June 3, 2014), a North Carolina appellate court held that a defendant who was convicted on ...