A Gridley man has been released from jail after pleading guilty to a hate crime shooting. Elvis Lee Ellison, 40, appeared in Butte County Superior Court on Monday to begin his jury trial. This is when a judge made an indicated sentence of probation if he pleaded guilty. As a result, Ellison pleaded guilty to shooting at an inhabited dwelling and admitted an enhancement that the conduct was racially motivated and thus a hate crime. READ MORE: https://krcrtv.com/news/local/gridley-man-released-fro

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was freed from jail on Monday after serving just three weeks of a five-year sentence in prison for criminal conspiracy. The 70-year-old, who led France between 2007 and 2012, will remain under judicial supervision pending an appeal hearing over the conviction, a Paris court ruled. | The Independent