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A Kansas City Chiefs fan, ChiefsAholic, poses for photos while walking toward Empower Field at Mile High before an NFL football game between the Denver Broncos and the Chiefs,on  Jan. 8, 2022, in Denver.

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Chiefs superfan 'ChiefsAholic' sentenced to 32 years in Oklahoma prison

A Kansas City Chiefs superfan known as "ChiefsAholic" was sentenced Monday in an Oklahoma courtroom to serve 32 years in state prison for robbing a Tulsa-area bank.

May 13, 2025
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President-elect Donald Trump looks on during Turning Point USA's AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center in December 2024 in Phoenix, Ariz.

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Trump is sentenced in hush money case -- but gets no penalty or fine

President-elect Donald Trump received an unconditional discharge for his criminal conviction, meaning he will get a criminal record but no other penalties.

January 10, 2025
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  • Ximena Bustillo
Former Trump White House official Peter Navarro talks to the media as he arrives at U.S. Federal Courthouse in Washington on Thursday.

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Ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro sentenced to 4 months for contempt of Congress

Former Trump White House trade adviser Peter Navarro was convicted last year for defying a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

January 25, 2024
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  • Ryan Lucas
Rioters, including Dominic Pezzola, center with police shield, are confronted by U.S. Capitol Police officers outside the Senate Chamber inside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C.

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A Proud Boy pleaded for leniency from a judge, then yelled 'Trump won' on his way out

Dominic Pezzola was sentenced to 10 years. Ethan Nordean was sentenced to 18 years. Judge Timothy Kelly called the events of Jan. 6 "a national disgrace."

September 01, 2023
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
Georgia State Trooper Trent Kirchhefer stands with K-9 officer Vilma as Gov. Brian Kemp signs a bill clarifying penalties for harming a police dog, Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at Lake Lanier Islands in Buford, Ga. Kemp signed a number of public safety bills including one stiffening penalties for gang crimes and recruiting gang members.

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Governor signs bill stiffening Georgia gang penalties

Gov. Brian Kemp is signing tougher penalties for gang crimes into Georgia law. Senate Bill 44 adds a mandatory five years to prison sentences for anyone convicted of a gang crime.

April 26, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Georgia state Sen. Bo Hatchett, R-Cornelia, addresses the Senate Judiciary Committee, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023, at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta. The committee passed Hatchett's bill, increasing the sentences of people convicted of gang crimes.

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Kemp-backed measure seeks harsher Georgia gang sentences

Georgia senators are advancing a bill that would make prison sentences harsher for gang crimes. Senate Bill 44 would add a mandatory five years to sentences for anyone convicted of a gang crime and 10 years for anyone convicted of recruiting minors into a gang.

February 07, 2023
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Brittany Martin, center,  confronts police as demonstrators march in protest of George Floyd's death May 2020 in downtown Sumter, S.C. Martin, a pregnant Black activist serving four years in prison for her behavior at racial justice protests, is scheduled to have her sentence reconsidered as she struggles to reach her due date behind bars.

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A Black protester voiced anger at police in South Carolina. She got 4 years in prison

Brittany Martin, 34, was convicted of breaching the peace in a high and aggravated manner, and may have to give birth in prison. An advocate notes that some Jan. 6 rioters are serving far less time.

September 06, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
The Louisiana Supreme Court denied Fair Wayne Bryant's request to review his life sentence for stealing hedge clippers. Bryant has already spent nearly 23 years in prison for the crime.

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Louisiana Supreme Court Won't Review Life Sentence For Man Who Stole Hedge Clippers

In a dissent, Chief Justice Bernette Johnson compared Fair Wayne Bryant's sentence to "Pig Laws" in the years after Reconstruction, which enacted harsh penalties for theft and other petty crimes.

August 05, 2020
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  • Laurel Wamsley

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