Paperwork glitch delays release of Texas man who admitted killing 2 adopted...
Published October 27, 2014Associated Press Facebook0 Twitter0 Email Print HUNTSVILLE, Texas – A paperwork glitch delayed the anticipated Monday release from prison of a man who admitted to killing his...
View ArticleFather-in-law of missing Utah woman arrested on child porn charges
Steven Powell, a convicted sex offender and father-in-law of missing Utah woman Susan Cox Powell, has been arrested on child pornography charges, Washington prosecutors say. Powell, 64, was arrested...
View ArticleProsecutors to appeal Pistorius ruling
PRETORIA: South African state prosecutors said on Monday they would appeal a culpable homicide verdict and five-year jail term handed down to fallen track star Oscar Pistorius. "NPA (National...
View ArticleOklahoma Watch: Critics question role of Oklahoma halfway houses
By Clifton Adcock, Oklahoma Watch • Serious violations by inmates plagued Oklahoma’s two largest halfway houses for three years before the state took action in January by removing all inmates from one...
View ArticleInside Kathleen Rice's record: questions on early prosecution cases
Add comment Reprints + - Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice outside the Nassau County Court in Mineola on June 6, 2014. Photo Credit: Howard Schnapp advertisement | advertise on newsday...
View ArticleAcquitted ex-Ind. trooper sues police, prosecutors
A former Indiana State Police trooper ultimately acquitted in the slayings of his wife and two children is suing prosecutors,...
View ArticleIndiana Coroner Asks Public to Help Identify Alleged Serial Killer's Victims...
An Indiana coroner is asking for the public's help in identifying two of the alleged victims...
View ArticleCriminal justice changes stir debate over safety
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As Gov. Jerry Brown seeks re-election next month, Republicans say decisions he made to reduce prison overcrowding are endangering the public by putting more criminals on the...
View ArticleDeath row inmate challenges solitary confinement rule after six years in cell
Higher court will hear arguments that Virginia’s practice of automatic solitary for death row inmates violates their rights ...
View ArticleSolitary Confinement For Death Row Inmates In Court's Crosshairs
LARRY O'DELL, Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia's practice of automatically holding death row inmates in solitary confinement will be reviewed by a federal appeals court in a case that...
View ArticleCourt In Virginia Examines Death Row Isolation Policy
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia's practice of automatically holding death row inmates in solitary confinement will be reviewed by a federal appeals court in a case that experts say could have...
View Article>Court in Va. examines death row isolation policy
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia's practice of automatically holding death row inmates in solitary confinement will be reviewed by a federal appeals court in a case that experts say could have...
View ArticleCourt in Va. examines death row isolation policy
Virginia's practice of automatically holding death row inmates in solitary confinement will be reviewed by a federal appeals court in a case that experts say could have repercussions beyond the state's...
View ArticleRelease delayed of Texas man who admitted killing 2 stepsons
HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A paperwork glitch delayed the anticipated Monday release from prison of a man who admitted to killing his two stepsons in 1986. Attorneys for Edward E. Graf Jr., 62, and some of...
View ArticleSupreme Court to rule on Eva Christian case
The Ohio Supreme Court will decide how much more time former Dayton restaurant owner Eva Christian will remain behind bars. The state’s highest court has accepted an appeal from the Montgomery County...
View ArticleCommission holds destinies of inmates in their hands
TAMPA — One by one, families of Florida prison inmates who have been behind bars for decades came up to plead for mercy. They pointed to clean prison records, changed men, a support system that awaits...
View ArticleNavajo Man from Arizona Sentenced to Eight Years for Aggravated Sexual...
(Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation - Albuquerque Field Office) ALBUQUERQUE-Vernon J. Atcitty, 29, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Sweetwater, Ariz., was sentenced today for...
View ArticleTravis County DA defends handling of Darren Vann sexual assault case
Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg on Monday defended how...
View ArticleTexas DA defends plea deal for man who is now suspect in Indiana killings
AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas prosecutor’s office says it knew nothing of a 2004 attack on an Indiana woman when it offered a lighter sentence in a 2009 sexual assault case to a man now suspected of several...
View ArticleTexas DA defends plea deal for man who is now suspect in Indiana serial killings
AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas prosecutor’s office says it knew nothing of a 2004 attack on an Indiana woman when it offered a lighter sentence in a 2009 sexual assault case to a man now suspected of several...
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