Colin Gray Seeks New Trial After 15-Year Apalachee Sentence. Colin Gray remains under a 15-year prison sentence after his March convictions; his attorneys filed a motion for a new trial on August 5, 2026, arguing the verdict was contrary to the evidence and law.
Joel Camacho pleaded guilty to murder in the long-running Michael Sherman Ross II case and accepted a 30-year prison sentence in Smith County, Texas.
A Delta State High Court sentenced two defendants to death in the kidnapping and murder of DELSU student Elozino Ogege and acquitted a third defendant after the long-running trial.
An Indiana judge sentenced 15-year-old Jo’Majze Larry to an aggregate 100 years after his convictions in the 2025 killing of Dayla Swain and related offenses.
Simon Gurule received 30 years for second-degree murder plus a consecutive 10 years for first-degree assault, for a total 40-year prison sentence.
Taaniel Herberger-Brown pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in Christopher Hairston’s death and was sentenced to 18 to 20 years in state prison.
Ryan Brown pleaded guilty for his role in the 2023 Silverton drive-by shooting that killed 9-year-old Da’Myiah Barton-Pickens and received a 13-to-18-year prison term.
Mystikal, legal name Michael Lawrence Tyler, was sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to third-degree rape. The prior article’s jury-conviction description was incorrect.
Jakysia Rodgers pleaded guilty to murder in the 2017 killing of Joshua McGee and received a 20-year prison sentence; a co-defendant case remained pending in the reviewed reporting.