Orange County judge gets 35 to life
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The northshore District Attorney's Office said in a news release Wednesday that Judge William H. Burris of the 22nd Judicial District handed down the sentence Sept. 12. A Washington Parish jury had convicted Porter of battery of a correctional officer following a two-day trial in June.
Joseph Lawson, who stood trial with Houck, was sentenced to 25 years in prison after being convicted of conspiracy to commit murder and tampering with physical evidence.
A Lima woman with a child-like appearance and demeanor pleaded guilty in Allen County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday to raping a 3-year-old girl in 2024. As part of a plea deal with prosecutors a count of attempted rape was dismissed.
A Rayburn Correctional Center inmate was sentenced to life in prison after assaulting an officer with human waste. The New Orleans man was already serving time for manslaughter and other crimes.
According to District Attorney Colin Sims, Judge William H. Burris sentenced Tomarcus Porter, 37, of New Orleans to life in prison after he was found guilty of battery on a correctional officer.
The third man convicted in Rogers’ murder, Joseph Lawson’s father, Steve Lawson, was sentenced to 17 years in prison back in August. Prior to final sentencing, Judge Simms heard emotional victim impact statements from several members of Rogers' family, including Rogers' mom, Sherry Ballard.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer commuted William Hunt's life sentence in July, an early release for a crime he says he didn't commit.
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BARDSTOWN, Ky. — More than a decade after her disappearance, the final men convicted in Crystal Rogers’ murder are set to be sentenced Wednesday. After a nine-day trial in July, a Warren County jury found Brooks Houck and Joseph Lawson guilty on all counts.
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