The sentence given to one of Constable Stephen Carroll’s killers is being referred to the Court of Appeal by the director of public prosecutions.

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A record number of offenders sentenced for serious crimes had committed previous offences, according to figures for 2011.

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Reoffending rates at record level

A Pakistani doctor who helped the C.I.A. locate Osama bin Laden using a vaccination campaign as cover was convicted of treason and sentenced to 33 years, a Pakistani official said.

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Doctor Who Helped Find Bin Laden Given Jail Term, Official Says

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA in its hunt for Osama bin Laden was sentenced Wednesday to 33 years in prison for treason in a ruling by tribal agency authorities in northwestern Pakistan, officials there said. Read full article > >

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Pakistani doctor who helped CIA locate bin Laden sentenced to prison for treason

A man is given an indeterminate sentence after being convicted of five counts of rape involving a woman and two girls, one of them aged 14.

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‘Arrogant’ repeat rapist jailed

Two rapists, locked up for 40 months for raping an 11-year-old girl in Luton, have their sentences more than doubled by the Court of Appeal.

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Rapists have jail terms doubled

A US student who used a webcam to secretly film his room-mate in a gay encounter is set to be sentenced by a judge.

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US webcam student to learn fate

A Chinese businesswoman who received a death sentence for fraud is given a two-year reprieve, suggesting the sentence will probably be commuted to life in jail.

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China businesswoman gets reprieve

Two men will serve minimum sentences of 25 and 14 years before being considered for release for the murder of Constable Stephen Carroll in 2009.

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Widow ‘disgusted’ at sentence

A Lancashire couple who admitted locking up a 10-year-old boy in a converted coal bunker for more than a year are due to be sentenced.

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Couple locked boy in coal bunker

Some gay people argue that pinning blame on Dharun Ravi, who is scheduled to be sentenced on Monday, ignores the complicated pressures that drive gay teenagers to suicide.

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Some Gay Rights Advocates Uneasy About Long Jail Time for Dharun Ravi

The Director of Public Prosecutions begins legal action to have a tougher sentence on a man in his 20s who made a 15-year-old girl pregnant.

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DPP challenges child sex sentence

Clarence Aaron seemed to be especially deserving of a federal commutation, an immediate release from prison granted by the president of the United States. At 24, he was sentenced to three life terms for his role in a cocaine deal, even though it was his first criminal offense and he was not the buyer, seller or supplier of the drugs. Of all those convicted in the case, Aaron received the stiffest sentence. Read full article > >

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Clarence Aaron was denied commutation, but Bush team wasn’t told all the facts

Saying he had no discretion under state law, a judge sentenced a Florida woman to 20 years in prison for firing a warning shot in an effort to scare off her abusive husband.

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Woman sentenced in warning shot case

Retired Los Angeles Police Det. Stephanie Lazarus was sentenced Friday to 27 years to life in prison for murdering her ex-boyfriend's wife in a jealous rage more than two decades ago.

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L.A. ex-detective sentenced in ’86 killing