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House passes sweeping $638 billion defense bill
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The House bill would require that anyone found guilty of a sex-related crime receive a punishment that includes, at a minimum, dismissal from military service or a dishonorable discharge.
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West Springfield High School teen sexting sentencing
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The first of three defendants involved in a teen sexting case in Fairfax County was sentenced Wednesday. The teen was sentenced to three days in juvenile detention, 12 months of probation and 100 hours of community service.
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Brian Gore, Shannon Gore, sentenced for keeping child in cage
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A sentencing hearing is set for a Gloucester County couple convicted of keeping their daughter in a makeshift cage.
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Rick Curl sentenced to 7 years
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Rick Curl, the prominent United States swimming coach who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing one of his students in the 1980s, was sentenced Thursday to seven years behind bars.
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Amy Hunter sentenced in Chelsea Peterson death
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Amy Hunter was sentenced to eight and half years for the 2011 death of Chelsea Peterson. At the time, Hunter lived on Marine Corps Base Quantico with her husband and provided day care for Peterson, whose family also lived on base.
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Daniel Harmon-Wright, Ex-officer faces sentencing
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A former Culpeper police officer who fatally shot an unarmed woman is going back to court for sentencing. A jury convicted 33-year-old Daniel Harmon-Wright on manslaughter and unlawful shooting charges in January.
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Richmond Phillips sentenced for murder of Wynetta Wright, baby daughter
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Richmond Phillips, who was convicted in January of fatally shooting Wynetta Wright and then leaving their young daughter, Jaylin, to die was sentenced to two life sentences Friday.
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Pussy Riot sentence possibly deferred
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A member of feminist punk band Pussy Riot asked a Russian court on Wednesday to let her serve the rest of her two-year sentence when her 5-year-old son is a teenager.
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Robert Griffin III extortion: Richard Hurd gets 18 months
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A former Baylor basketball player was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison Wednesday for trying to get $1 million from Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III through extortion.
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Kwame Brown sentencing set in bank fraud case
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Former D.C. Council chair Kwame Brown will be sentenced Tuesday on a federal bank fraud charge.
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Jared Loughner sentenced to seven consecutive life terms in Gabrielle Giffords shooting
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"Her life has been forever changed. Plans she had for our family and her career have been immeasurably altered," Gabby Giffords' husband Mark Kelly said at Jared Loughner's sentencing. "Every day is a continuous struggle to do those things she once was so good at."
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Kwame Brown should serve 6 days, prosecutors recommend
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Federal prosecutors are recommending that disgraced D.C. councilman Kwame Brown serve six days of incarceration – to be served on the weekends - for bank fraud.
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Alexander Song, UMd. student, faces sentencing
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A former University of Maryland student is to be sentenced for threatening to go on a campus shooting rampage.
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Harold Babb faces sentencing in Army Corps bribery scheme
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A former executive is set for sentencing in his role in a multi-million-dollar bribery and kickback scheme involving the awarding of government contracts.
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South Capitol Street murders: Sanquan Carter, Orlando Carter, Jeffrey Best, Robert Bost and Lamar Williams to be sentenced
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Five men convicted in one of the most deadly spates of violence in the history of the DIstrict of Columbia are set to learn their sentences.
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Christian Taylor sentenced to 80 years for killing Ming-Kun Chih, Li Jen Chih
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Christian Taylor was sentenced for killing a father and son who were working at their family store in 2010.
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13 convicted in khat smuggling case sentenced
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Five men and women convicted of smuggling millions of dollars' worth of the illegal African drug khat into the U.S. all received prison sentences of one year or less.
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Stephanie Schwab sentenced to 11 years
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A northern Virginia woman who became known as the "blond bandit" following a string of bank robberies and carjackings last year was sentenced to 11 years.
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