Martin Sanchez's daughter had just spoken to him by phone and was preparing to welcome him home when a gang member with a violent history took his life.

Joshua Martel, 32, of Allentown will spend up to 50 years in prison for sexually assaulting two girls last year at a motel, according to authorities.

Miguel Angel Mercado, who shot two people outside of a Castle Rock apartment complex in 2022, was sentenced Friday to 60 years in prison.

Bryan Kohberger, who admitted to the killings of four University of Idaho students, could be serve his sentence at a prison known for a botched execution and alleged insanitary conditions.

The creation of an independent oversight office for Arizona prisons was signed into law, but it lacks the necessary funding to begin its work.

Dozens of family members and friends packed the Nassau County courtroom in support of Mitchell, who was killed in the crash, and her friend and passenger Malinda Ward, who was injured.

Anne Pramaggiore led the state’s largest utility for six years. On Monday a judge sentenced her to two years for helping lead a scheme to bribe former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.

A Castle Rock resident who culminated a fistfight over accusations of romantic impropriety by shooting two men, killing one of them, was sentenced Friday to 60 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections.