Ex-cop who wrongfully arrested a black man gets 5 years
Officer Michael Daragjati who falsely arrested a black Staten Island man was sentenced to nearly five years in prison...
Study: More black juveniles sentenced to life without parole
The study, The Lives of Juvenile Lifers, surveyed more than 1,500 prisoners who were sentenced to life terms without parole when they were between the ages...
Judge orders Florida man to take his wife out on a date
VIDEO - Just in time for Valentine's Day, a Florida judge ruled on Tuesday that a man involved in a scuffle with his wife treat her to an evening at a local bowling alley and a romantic meal at Red Lobster...
James Brown's ex-manager gets 3-year home sentence
AIKEN, S.C. (AP) - James Brown's former manager has been sentenced to three years of home confinement on charges he took more money than he was allowed under contract from the late soul singer in his final years...
'Smallville' actor sentenced for drug bust
Smallville' actor Sam Jones III, has been sentenced to a year in prison for his role in a drug ring...
Man gets 33 months for threatening Obama in poem
The 28-year-old claims that he wrote the poem because he was upset over his mother's death and he had just been indoctrinated as a white supremacist...
Man who planned black killing spree gets 14 years
JACKSON, Tennessee (AP) - David Cowart plotted a 2008 killing spree that included the intended assassination of then-presidential candidate Barack Obama...
T.I. headed back to prison for 11 months
ATLANTA (AP) - During the hearing, T.I. begged U.S. District Judge Charles Pannell Jr. not to send him back to prison, saying he needed to get help for drug addiction...
Lil Wayne gets year behind bars on gun rap
NEW YORK (AP) - After saying goodbye on concert stages and online video streams, Lil Wayne had nothing to add as he was sentenced...
