DENVER (AP) — The detention of a Cuban immigrant set to rejoin his family after he was mistakenly released from prison, then put back, has raised questions about whether more people from the island nation will be deported from the United States now that relations between the two countries have thawed. The U.S. Immigrations and … Continue reading
BOSTON (AP) — Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez hanged himself Wednesday in the prison cell where he was serving a life sentence for murder, taking his life on the same day his ex-teammates on the New England Patriots were set to visit the White House to mark their Super Bowl victory. His death came less … Continue reading
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A Navy veteran and Bronze Star recipient charged with stealing the identities of at least two subordinates to obtain fraudulent loans has been sentenced to more than four years in prison. The Virginian-Pilot reports that (http://bit.ly/2nbJDka ) Clayton Pressley III of Chesapeake was sentenced Monday to four years and two months … Continue reading
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A Virginia man who forced an 11-year-old into child pornography has been sentenced to 17 years in prison. Federal authorities said Monday that 43-year-old Robert Lee Petty must also spend the rest of his life on supervised release once he gets out. Prosecutors said the Virginia Beach man viewed the pornography … Continue reading
CHICAGO (AP) — The biggest street-gang trial in recent Chicago history starts in earnest Wednesday, with months of testimony expected to provide a rare look inside the gangland activity fueling deadly gun violence in the nation’s third-largest city. On trial for federal racketeering charges are six purported leaders of the Hobos gang who prosecutors say … Continue reading
A Romanian hacker who targeted the Bush family, former Secretary of State Colin Powell and others was sentenced to more than four years in prison Thursday, but will be sent to Romania to serve time on a prison sentence there first. Marcel Lazar, 44, of Arad, Romania is better known by the nickname Guccifer. In … Continue reading
The United States has the largest reported inmate population in the world, with more than 2 million men and women serving time in state and federal prisons and in local jails. Millions more are on probation or parole. And yet few organizations advocate on their behalf. And fewer still actually work with those in the … Continue reading
SOMERSET WEST, South Africa (AP) — The family of Oscar Pistorius has condemned allegations made in a book that new evidence exists to show that he beat girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp with a cricket bat before fatally shooting her at his home in 2013. The Pistorius family called the allegations “outrageous” and “absurd” in a statement … Continue reading
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh is closing its notorious 18th-century prison where sensational political killings over decades have targeted people on both sides of the South Asian country’s 1971 war for independence from Pakistan. The government wants to reopen the old, dilapidated Dhaka Central Jail as a museum to its tumultuous past, while giving its … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — Richard Rosario thought he’d quickly clear himself of suspicion in a New York City killing when he gave police the names of 13 people who could vouch he was in Florida when the shooting happened. Instead, he was arrested, found guilty and imprisoned for 20 years so far. He lost multiple … Continue reading
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Lawyers for drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman said Friday he told them that guards at Mexico’s Altiplano prison won’t let him sleep, and that plans to make a movie about his life with actress Kate del Castillo are still on. Guzman’s lawyer, Jose Refugio Rodriguez, said drug lord still wants … Continue reading
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The probable mastermind in the brazen escape of three inmates from a California jail had help from a woman whose English classes he was taking while locked up, authorities allege. Escapee Hussein Nayeri, 37, came to know Nooshafarin Ravaghi, 44, during an English as a second language course inside the … Continue reading
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A former Norfolk pastor is going to prison for secretly videotaping another clergyman’s wife and daughter while they were naked. The Virginian-Pilot reports (http://bit.ly/1OKHTHj ) that 45-year-old Michael Rodney Jones was sentenced Friday, Jan 22, to two years for taking nude video without the subject’s consent. A judge suspended a three-year … Continue reading
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania’s crackdown on corruption and fraud in recent years has created a sudden and unexpected literary boom, as prisoners publish hundreds of non-fiction books on subjects as varied as soccer, real estate, God and gemstones. It’s quite a feat for inmates with no access to books or the Internet, often without … Continue reading
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It was a daring and elaborate escape. Three inmates, including a man suspected in a killing, cut through metal, crawled through plumbing tunnels, climbed a roof and rappelled down four stories to freedom using ropes made from bedsheets. It wasn’t a Hollywood movie. The real-life breakout left authorities struggling Monday to … Continue reading
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