This Friday, Michael Maldonado, 47, a resident of the Kettle Moraine Correctional Institute who has been incarcerated for 31 years for a crime he committed when he was 15, will be one of 12 applicants considered by Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ Commutation Advisory Board. Maldonado’s supporters believe he has served more than enough time for […]
“You have a life ahead of you. You have the whole world in front of you, and I really hope you make the most of your opportunities,” Yakima County Superior Court Judge Elisabeth Tutsch said.
In the three weeks since the deadline for a legislative felony murder fix passed, district attorneys around the state have started grappling with how to proceed with resentencing.
A Yellowstone County judge sentenced a man to 80 years in prison for beating a 62-year-old amputee, tying him up, torching his trailer then leaving him to burn to death.
A Gallatin County judge opted not to follow a plea deal calling for probation in the case of a 57-year-old man who pleaded guilty in June to witness tampering — a case in which the defendant was originally accused of assaulting his wife, Catherine Sorensen, in 2022. Sorensen taught music at St. Mary's Catholic School in Livingston before her death in 2023 at age 55.
Moments before he was set to be sentenced for tampering with statements his late wife Catherine Sorenson gave to police, 57-year-old Christopher Wardle turned to his lawyer, exchanged a few quiet words, and chuckled.
Advocates and lawmakers in Oregon have introduced bills to allow judges to reduce a sentence based on how coercion and abuse played a role in the crime these laws in three legislative sessions, but political opposition stopped them from moving forward.
