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Autistic futures trader who triggered crash spared prison

By MICHAEL TARM | January 28, 2020

CHICAGO (AP) — A U.S. judge Tuesday sentenced a socially awkward math whiz-turned-futures trader who earned tens of millions of dollars over several years and helped trigger a U.S. stock market “flash crash” from his parents’ suburban London home...

White supremacist appeals death penalty in church massacre

By DENISE LAVOIE | January 28, 2020

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — White supremacist Dylann Roof on Tuesday appealed his federal convictions and death sentence in the 2015 massacre of nine black church members in South Carolina, arguing that he was mentally ill when he represented himself at his...

2 church leaders sentenced to prison in tax fraud scheme

By DAVID PORTER | January 28, 2020

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Two leaders of a church that has drawn scrutiny for its anti-Jewish views were sentenced to prison Tuesday for taking millions in church funds for personal use, as hundreds of their followers gathered outside the courthouse to show...

Judge rejects Sandusky’s latest request for shorter sentence

By MARK SCOLFORO | January 28, 2020

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — A judge flatly rejected Jerry Sandusky's latest request to have his 30- to 60-year child molestation sentence reduced during a brief hearing Tuesday.Judge Maureen Skerda said she purposely fashioned the prison term to have an...

Priest gets 60 days in jail for bubble wrapping boy

January 27, 2020

ALLEGAN, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan priest accused of wrapping a teenager in bubble wrap was sentenced Monday to 60 days in jail for attempted false imprisonment, prosecutors said.The Rev. Brian Stanley appeared in Allegan County court, two months after...

Egyptian court gives life sentence for 8 IS-linked militants

By SAMY MAGDY | January 27, 2020

CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced eight people to life in prison, after they were convicted of joining a local affiliate of the Islamic State group spearheading an insurgency in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.The Cairo Criminal Court gave...

Isaacman sentencing delayed to May

Isaacman sentencing delayed to May

By Drew Veskauf | March 30, 2011

Sycamore | The sentencing for former NIU student Zachary Isaacman was moved to May 6 after a status hearing on Wednesday morning.  Isaacman was present via a closed circuit TV, and his new attorney Robert Carlson appeared in person. Carlson was chosen...

Zachary Isaacman

Sentencing for Isaacman pushed back to March 3

By Zachary brictson | January 30, 2011

DeKALB | Sentencing for Zachary Isaacman was pushed back after his newly-appointed attorney asked for a continuation during a hearing Thursday. Isaacman, 23, a former NIU student, was arrested on Feb. 19, 2010 after shooting another student in the leg....