Ex-state Sen. Brent Waltz loses challenge to overturn federal sentence

Waltz pleaded guilty to illegally accepting casino cash for his U.S. House race. He claimed he got bad legal advice.
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Criticism swirls after judge lowers sentence for man convicted in Louisville sex crimes

Criticism swirls after judge lowers sentence for man convicted in Louisville sex crimes
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Louisville judge criticized for reduced sentence in violent kidnapping, sexual assault case

Christopher Thompson was convicted in December after being tied to a 2023 attack in which prosecutors said he abducted a woman, robbed her and sodomized her twice.

Judge slashes jury sentence recommendation, GOP blasts ruling

Louisville Republicans say they plan to publicize Judge Tracy Davis' record so voters can better understand her rulings.

'Regardless of what anyone thinks, I apply the law.' | After judge cuts rapist's sentence, Louisville GOP seeks to publish judicial records

A Louisville judge cut a convicted rapist's prison sentence from 65 years down to 30 years. In response, Metro Council Republicans say they'll be releasing judicial records so voters can know more
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Louisville mayor joins criticism of judge’s decision to reduce violent defendant’s sentence to less than half what jury recommended

Public criticism continues after a Jefferson County judge cuts a violent offender’s sentence to less than half.

Twenty years is 'a death sentence', son of British media tycoon jailed by China says

A Hong Kong court sentences the 78-year-old British citizen Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison after he was found guilty of national security offences last December.

Plight of imprisoned Hong Kong ex-publisher Jimmy Lai evokes grief over loss of press freedoms

Lai, 78, was sentenced Monday under a Beijing-imposed national security law to 20 years in prison, the longest such sentence so far. His co-defendants, six other former Apple Daily journalists, received jail terms ranging between six years and nine months and 10 years.