Hunter Logan Smith will spend the rest of his life in prison for the fatal 2024 stabbing of 24-year-old Parker Tumlinson. The sentencing, delivered Wednesday in Riley County District Court, underscores the gravity of the crime and the court’s determination to impose the maximum penalty.
The Ohio Fourth District Court of Appeals has affirmed the life sentence of a former Pomeroy man convicted of raping and sexually assaulting three children. Despite the defendant’s efforts to overturn the verdict, the court upheld both the convictions and the original prison term.
A 45-year-old Harrison County man who murdered a restaurant coworker will not get another chance at trial. The West Virginia Supreme Court denied his request, keeping the life sentence without parole in place and ending the appeal process.
Kevin Marshall has been sentenced to life without parole for carjacking, murder, drug trafficking, and weapons charges. His case, which took place in Danville, has underscored the gravity of violent crime in the local community.
A murderer, dubbed the “death cap mushroom killer,” has been sentenced to life behind bars for three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder. In a surprising twist, the convicted individual offered a bizarre response upon learning they would likely spend the rest of their life in prison.
Former Mexican cartel kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada pleaded guilty to U.S. drug trafficking charges, admitting he flooded the nation with cocaine, heroin, and more. He now faces a life sentence, apologizing for stoking violence in the process.
A Centralia man is accused of violating a post-conviction no-contact order and choking his ex-wife. He faces three felony charges, one gross misdemeanor, and the possibility of life in prison.
Joshua Miner, already serving life, has been handed another life sentence after surveillance cameras recorded him strangling cellmate Andrew Ortega at Western Illinois Correctional Center. Ortega, locked up for a non-violent offense, died behind a barred door—an incident that again seals Miner’s fate behind bars.
William Camuti, convicted of poisoning a Whitey Bulger extortion victim with cyanide-laced coffee, has lost his appeal before Massachusetts’ Supreme Judicial Court. The court’s decision upholds his life sentence for the murder.