Legal Issues Judge reduces Adnan Syed’s sentence, allowing him to stay out of prison The judge wrote that the subject of the “Serial” podcast was “not a danger to the public and that the ...

News about Criminal Sentences, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

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 ...

Adnan Syed, subject of the hit podcast 'Serial,' was officially freed from prison after a judge agreed to reduce his sentence to time served.

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Maryland prosecutors asked a judge Monday to vacate the judgment against Adnan Syed, who was convicted in 2001 of the murder of ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee.

Judge Jennifer Schiffer agreed to reduce Syed’s sentence to time served under a relatively new state law that provides a pathway to release for people convicted of crimes committed when they ...

Lawyers representing the family of Hae Min Lee asked a Baltimore judge to delay a ruling next week on whether Adnan Syed should have his life sentence reduced under a 2021 Maryland law. Attorneys ...

Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader whose story was told in an Oscar-winning film, has been sentenced to an additional 19 years in prison.

The subject of the hit podcast "Serial" is due in court Wednesday to argue for his sentence to be reduced under the Juvenile Reduction Act.

In sentences in the active voice, the subject occupies the initial position while it is at or towards the end of the clause in the passive.