Criminal Law

Man gets 9 years for killing alleged molester
In Ukiah, California, a man named Aaron Vargas has been sentenced to nine years in prison for killing a family friend who, Vargas says, had molested him since he was 11 years old. Prosecutors originally wanted to put Vargas away...

82 years for dad who killed molester son
In Detroit, a judge has sentenced Jamar Pinkney Sr. to 37-to-82 years in prison after Pinkney executed his 15-year-old son for allegedly molesting his 3-year-old half-sister, the Detroit News reports...

New charges from FL keep CA child molester behind bars a little longer
The release of convicted child molester George Joseph England from prison was thwarted last week by a criminal complaint signed in West Palm Beach, Florida. The new charges include transporting a juvenile from California to Florida with the intent to...

Child molester gets 30 years in prison
From Glenn Rice: A Kansas City man convicted of sexually abusing two children was sentenced today to 30 years in prison, according to Platte County authorities. Andrew M. Sapien, 19, was charged with two counts of first-degree statutory sodomy for...

Critics say retarded child molester didn't deserve 100 years in prison
A mentally disabled Texas man, age 18, was sentenced to 100 years in prison after he molested a 6-year-old boy. Critics say the trial was badly mishandled. The defendant, Aaron Hart, probably wasn't competent to stand trial, they say, and...

Victim's mom beats up child molester outside court, NJ cops say
Sadly, the molester was uninjured.

Clergy Molester
Religious group to pay $1.3 million in priest molestation settlement.

Refco
Ex-CEO Gets 16 Years

Nail Guns
Injury Rate More Than Doubles in Three Years

New York City
$1.5 million settlement after a family of four was killed by an off duty drunken police officer.

False Arrest
City of Greer pays $50,000 settlement after imprisoning a woman whose charges had been dismissed years earlier.

City Streets and Jake Aaron Strickland
$1.2 million wrongful death settlement awarded after a husband and father was killed by a convicted drunk driver.