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Monday, January 07, 2013  28-year-old Mark Blount is sentenced to life in prison for killing a 13-year-old girl while feeling state police in September, 2011.

Thursday, November 29, 2012  A Mount Morris couple charged with sexually abusing their infant daughter and taking pictures were sentenced for the crime this morning in Genesee County Circuit Court.

Friday, October 12, 2012  Mom who glued toddler's hands: Is she a monster? Dallas woman faces life sentence for attack

Tuesday, August 07, 2012  The outcome was welcomed by some victims, including Giffords herself, as a way to avoid a lengthy, possibly traumatic trial and years of legal wrangling over a death sentence.

Monday, February 27, 2012  A Genesee County judge sentenced the man convicted of torturing and murdering 4-year-old Dominick Calhoun to life in prison. Brandon Hayes was convicted in January on ten counts, including first- and second-degree murder.  Judge Richard Yuille also sentenced Dominick’s mother, Corrine Baker, to 20 years in prison for second-degree murder.

Monday, June 20, 2011  The grandmother who gave her 10-year-old grandchild to a man for sex in exchange for drugs, and the man who committed criminal sexual conduct with the child will each spend 25 years in prison for the crime.

Saturday, June 18, 2011  Jarvon Brown convicted of killing a seven year old

Thursday, May 19, 2011  Angela Blackwell was found guilty on drug and pandering charges.  Johnnie Griffin was found guilty on several criminal sexual conduct charges involving three little girls.

Thursday, April 21, 2011  Henry Hill Jr. of Saginaw was sentenced in 1980 for a homicide he committeed when he was 16 years old. ACLU thinks he, and several others, should be able to get parole.

Wednesday, February 09, 2011  44-year-old Bill Ostrander says he's innocent

Monday, November 09, 2009  Supreme Court weighs whether life in prison for juveniles is cruel and unusual