Backpage Founders Charged in Alleged Prostitution and Money Laundering Scheme
By Jacques Billeaud The founders of Backpage.com and five others at the classified site have been indicted on federal charges in what authorities say was a scheme to facilitate prostitution by running ads for sexual services and hiding their revenues. An indictment unsealed...
2 men sentenced to probation for gang-rape of 13-year-old girl, triggering backlash
By Nicole Darrah A family in Colorado is outraged after two men, who were accused of gang-raping a 13-year-old girl with their brothers and cousins, were only sentenced to probation. Tommy Williams, 20, and Clarence Williams, 19, were each sentenced on Tuesday to a minimum of...
Teen turns down plea deal for 25 years in prison, gets 65 years instead
By Marty Roney, Montgomery Advertiser A teenager tried as an adult under Alabama's accomplice liability law was sentenced to 65 years in prison Thursday after rejecting an earlier plea deal that recommended 25 years. In a two-day trial in March, Lakeith Smith, now 18, of...
Menendez brothers who killed parents reunited in prison
By Don Thompson, Associated Press The Menendez brothers, who were convicted of killing their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion nearly three decades ago, have been reunited in a Southern California prison. Erik Menendez, 47, has moved into the same housing unit as his...
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