At 23 years old, Jacob Barnes will spend the rest of his life in prison, without parole, convicted in the killing of 29-year-old Amanda Lynn Benton and her unborn child.
Moreno was found guilty of throwing 7-month-old Aaden Moreno off a Connecticut bridge.
The child fell 90 feet to his death. Moreno claims Aaden slipped from his arms and he jumped in after the boy.
The judge had little sympathy for the 23-year-old when he sentenced him to 70 years in prison.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced he plans to close Rikers Island.
According to officials, Mayor Bill de Blasio has recently withdrawn his objections to closing Rikers Island jail complex.
"We're closing a jail that's past it's shelf life," stated Nicholas Turner, president of...
A new report by the Marshall Project, a nonprofit that focuses on the U.S. criminal justice system, says that wealthy criminals can opt to upgrade jail cells for a price at some California prisons.