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Prisoner Caught with Ringing Cell Phone in His Butt

Drew Weisholtz — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:58:25 +0000

You’ve heard of hemorrhoids, but it sounds like a prisoner in Sri Lanka may have come down with a case of hemo-Droids.

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Federal Appeals Court Refused To Stop Texas Man's Execution

Associated Press — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:22:05 +0000

HOUSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has refused to stop this week's execution of a Houston man for gunning down a police sergeant more than 12 years ago.

A three-judge panel of the 5th U

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Corrections Officers Sent Inmates on Beer Runs…And They Came Back!

Amy Sciarretto — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 12:28:41 +0000

The inmates are definitely running this asylum.

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Boston Teen Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Texting and Driving

Mike Adams — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 12:00:29 +0000

A Boston, Massachusetts teen has been sentenced to two years in prison after being found guilty of causing a fatal car crash due to texting and driving.

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What State Leads the World in Prison Population?

Mike Adams — Tue, 15 May 2012 13:47:56 +0000

What state leads the entire planet in throwing people in the slammer?

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Charles Manson Loses Latest — And Possibly Final — Shot at Parole

Danny Gallagher — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:46:13 +0000

One of the country’s most infamous killers has once again lost his chance to go free.

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Lenny Dykstra Sentenced to Three Years in Prison

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 13:33:22 +0000

Lenny Dykstra’s unlikely journey from all-star centerfielder to supposed financial wizard and businessman has landed the 49-year-old in jail.

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Sports Helps Prison Inmates Transition Back Into Society

Daryl Nelson — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:00:31 +0000

Sports can reduce the re-conviction rate among criminal offenders, according to a new study from the University of Southhampton.

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Manuel Noriega Returns To Panama As A Prisoner

Billy Goforth — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:05:26 +0000

The former Panamanian dictator has returned back to his homeland after 22 years. This time he is sitting in a jail cell.

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UPDATE: Federal Prosecutors Seek Blagojevich Sentence Of 15 To 20 Years In Prison – Judge Gives Him 14

Billy Goforth — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:35:12 +0000

Rod Blagojevich told a Federal Court that he made "Terrible Mistakes" and that he is "Unbelievably Sorry" for his crimes of trying to sell the vacated seat of Barack Obama. Federal Prosecutors are not buying it. The judges verdict came down and looks like Blago will be sitting out 14 years in a Federal Prison, although the actual amount of time incarcerated will likely be much less.

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Polygamist Leader Warren Jeffs Hospitalized After Fasting in Prison

Jade Walker — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:27:07 +0000

Polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs is in critical condition after being rushed to a Texas hospital on Tuesday, a prison official said. The 55-year-old convicted child rapist grew so weakened by fasting that he had to be removed from his solitary prison cell for medical treatment.

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'West Memphis Three' Released from Prison

Shauna Wright — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:19:38 +0000

Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley and Jason Baldwin — better known as the “West Memphis Three” — were released from prison Friday after entering first-degree murder pleas for the 1993 deaths of three boys in West Memphis, Arkansas, a small community just outside Memphis, Tennessee.

In a somewhat confusing arrangement with prosecutors, the men entered the guilty pleas while maintaining their innocence and were sentenced to time served and a 10-year suspended sentence.

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Video Catches Teens Killing Man in Alleged Hate Crime

Stephanie Berning — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:45:26 +0000

WARNING: This story contains disturbing details and graphic language.

Video captured by a Mississippi surveillance camera shows a group of teens killing a man in an alleged hate crime, the district attorney says. Video shows 49-year-old auto plant worker James C. Anderson being beaten before being run over with a pickup truck, CNN reported.

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Warren Jeffs Sentenced to Life in Prison

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:00:08 +0000

Warren Jeffs, head of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS), was sentenced to life in prison by a Texas jury Tuesday.

Jeffs, who teaches his followers that polygamy brings exhalation in heaven, had been found guilty of sexually assaulting two of his underage “brides.”

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Charles Graner Jr., Key Figure in Abu Ghraib Abuse Case, Freed from Leavenworth

Jade Walker — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 12:43:51 +0000

When photographs of U.S. soldiers abusing suspected Iraqi insurgents were released to the public in 2004, they caused an international outcry.

Over the weekend, the man who orchestrated the abuses at Abu Ghraib was released from prison.

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Tom Delay – Prison Time

Billy Goforth — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 22:16:03 +0000

Tom Delay finally receives some just punishment. AUSTIN, Texas — A judge has ordered U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay to serve three years in prison for his role in a scheme to illegally funnel corporate money to Texas candidates in 2002. The sentence comes after a jury in November convicted DeLay on charges of [...]