Tag: Sentencing

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President-elect Trump Sentenced Without Penalty in New York Hush Money Case

US President-elect Donald Trump received a sentence without penalty in his New York hush money case, making him the first American president to be inaugurated as a convicted felon. Despite the guilty verdict on 34 counts of falsifying business records, no prison time or monetary penalties were imposed, as Trump criticized the proceedings as a political witch hunt.

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SA Man's Sentence Increased in $20M Cocaine Importation Case

Tereapii Pokoina, a South Australian landscaper, has had his prison sentence extended by two years for his role in a large-scale cocaine importation operation from Greece. The cocaine, concealed within welders, was seized in 2020 as part of Operation Ironside. The Court of Appeal deemed his original sentence "manifestly inadequate" due to the significant scale of the drug importation and the substantial financial reward Pokoina stood to gain.