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A former Miami-Dade police officer who was convicted in a woman’s rough arrest that was caught on video more than three years ago was sentenced to just under a year behind bars Thursday. NBC 6’s Laura Rodriguez reports

A Miami-Dade officer found guilty of felony battery and official misconduct could face up to five years imprisonment, as NBC 6’s Laura Rodriguez reports.

The leader of a megachurch with 5 million followers worldwide was sentenced to 16 years and eight months in prison Wednesday for sexual abuse.

The lengthy process of picking jurors for the sentencing of convicted Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz hasn’t been without tears. Jurors 17 and 32 left the courtroom visibly upset Wednesday morning. They were brought back into court after the others were excused. Juror 17 had composed herself by then and was dismissed, but juror 32 was still upset when Broward…

NBC 6 investigator Tony Pipitone has the latest on this development in the sentencing phase for Nikolas Cruz.

The families of those who had their lives forever changed on Valentine’s Day four years ago are making it a point to be present as Judge Elizabeth Scherer makes her way selecting jurors who will make a recommendation on the Parkland shooter’s fate.

The first day of jury selection in the worst U.S. mass shooting to go to trial was slow, methodical and painstaking — a process that is expected to drag on for two months.

The man accused of viciously attacking and killing a pit bull faces a judge for sentencing. NBC 6’s Nicole Lauren reports

Mack is best known for her role as a young Superman’s close friend on the series “Smallville.”

A Florida man was sentenced to eight months in prison Monday, marking the first felony sentence from the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Scott Macfarlane reports.

A Florida man who breached the U.S. Senate chamber carrying a Trump campaign flag has received an eight-month prison term, the first resolution for a felony case in the Capitol insurrection

Joe Exotic, the subject of the Netflix docuseries ’Tiger King’, will be resentenced in his murder-for-hire case after an appeals court vacated his original sentence.

Speaking at her son’s sentencing hearing Friday, Carolyn Pawlenty said Derek Chauvin has a “good heart.” “I believe a lengthy sentence won’t serve Derek well,” she said.

Gianna Floyd, George Floyd’s seven-year-old daughter, delivered her victim impact statement via video during Derek Chauvin’s sentencing hearing Friday. She said “I miss him and I love him” and she “asks about him all the time.”

A 49-year-old woman from Indiana who came to Washington with her hairdresser friend was put on probation Wednesday in the first sentence stemming from the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. With the number of people arrested approaching 500, it was the first of what government officials said would likely be similar proceedings for the hundreds of people who also face...

Ex-NFL tight end Kellen Winslow II, who committed sexual offenses against five women in Northern San Diego County, is slated to be sentenced Wednesday to 14 years in state prison.

“Full House” star Lori Loughlin has reported to a California federal prison to serve her two-month sentence for her part in the “Operation Varsity Blues” college admissions scam, an official at the facility told NBC News. Loughlin and and her fashion designer husband Mossimo Giannulli were required to begin serving their prison sentences by Nov. 19. They admitted to paying…

The Justice Department inspector general’s office is investigating the circumstances surrounding the sentencing recommendation for Roger Stone, President Donald Trump’s longtime friend, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

More than 60 survivors and family members will confront the New Zealand mosque gunman this week when he appears in court to be sentenced for his crimes

Breaking their silence for the first time since their arrest, “Full House” star Lori Loughlin and fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli apologized Friday for using their wealth and privilege to bribe their daughters’ way into college before a judge sentenced each of them to prison. Loughlin was ordered to serve two months behind bars while Giannulli was sentenced to five months…