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Matter of Record.

Sentences changed on appeal

2 cases

Cases where an appeal court changed the sentence.

Christine and Amber Lundy

Christine Lundy, 38, and her daughter Amber, 7, were found dead at their home in Palmerston North, New Zealand, in August 2000. In 2002 the Court of Appeal raised the minimum term from 17 to 20 years.

Newspaper clippings from the record: Laci and Conner Peterson
  • Laci Peterson

    Killed with her unborn son, Conner, in Modesto, California, in 2002; the death sentence was overturned on appeal and replaced with life without parole.