2025年2月にアラバマ州で元交際相手の女性を金槌で襲撃したラタリウス・デール被告に対し、仮釈放の可能性を伴う終身刑が言い渡された。ヒューストン郡の陪審団は先週、同被告に第1級ドメスティックバイオレンス（DV）の有罪判決を下していた。
デール被告は、2024年11月の破局後に連絡をすべて遮断したブリタニー・モールトンさんのラブタウンの自宅に侵入した。同被告はモールトンさんの顔、頭、胸を20回以上殴打し、意識不明の状態に陥らせた。この事件でモールトンさんは頭蓋骨に金属プレートを埋め込む手術が必要となり、右目が永久に失明する重傷を負った。
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A 38-year-old man was sentenced today to life in prison and deportation for murdering his 50-year-old ex-girlfriend in Karlskrona last November.
Clifton Wayne Hampton, 51, was sentenced to life in prison with parole possible after at least 38 years for strangling his wife Christina to death. The killing followed an argument where she called him 'pathetic' and sought a divorce. Rogers County District Judge Lara M. Russell imposed the sentence on Thursday after Hampton pleaded guilty to first-degree murder.
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Frederick L. Harroff, 66, was sentenced to at least 39 years in prison for attempting to murder his ex-wife with a baseball bat and other violent acts last summer. The Columbiana County judge imposed a term exceeding prosecutors' recommendation after the victim's emotional testimony. The attack occurred on June 2, 2025, in Columbiana, Ohio.
A 17-year-old girl in Minnesota has been charged with second-degree murder after allegedly beating her mother to death with a hammer. The victim was found dead in her apartment on June 26.
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John Aylor received a 45-year prison sentence for stabbing his mother to death during a burglary at her Florida home. The 39-year-old pleaded guilty to reduced charges, sparing his daughter and another child from testifying in a trial. Hillsborough County officials highlighted the plea deal's role in protecting the family from further trauma.
A 24-year-old woman in Alabama has received a life sentence without parole for fatally shooting a pregnant woman in 2023. Prosecutors had sought the death penalty in the case.
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A Lexington County jury convicted Scott M. Horton of murder in late June. Circuit Court Judge Debra R. McCaslin sentenced him on Thursday to 45 years in prison without parole.