By Douglas Montero After nearly 40 years behind bars, a Bronx man shouted cries of joy yesterday as a judge vacated his conviction for the murder of an 8-year-old girl he says he didn’t commit. In a surprise ruling yesterday, Bronx Supreme Court Justice Seth Marv...
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By Liam Prenderville Cristiano Ronaldo has reportedly accepted a suspended prison sentence to settle his tax fraud case. The Real Madrid superstar was accused by Spanish prosecutors in June last year of defrauding tax authorities of €14.8m (£12.9m). Ro...
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June 6, 2018 President Donald Trump has granted clemency for Alice Marie Johnson, a 63-year-old serving a life sentence for a first-time, nonviolent drug offense, on Wednesday. Trump’s decision to commute Johnson’s sentence comes days after reality star Kim Karda...
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Maryland prison officials are limiting access to books for thousands of inmates in state-run facilities in the latest effort to reduce drug smuggling. Inmates may no longer receive books shipped from online retailers or sent by friends and relatives — and instead must purchase reading ...
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Inmates talk while participating in the barber school program at the Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill, Illinois on Feb. 11, 2014.Lathan Goumas / The Herald-News by Adam Edelman / May.26.2018 / NBC News Mike Grennan, a for...
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"He really undertood me" June 1, 2018 Kim Kardashian West has revealed details about her Oval Office sit-down with President Trump on Wednesday, in which she lobbied him to grant clemency to Alice Marie Johnson, a 63-year-old great-grandmother who is se...
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Arrested on Rape Charges, Post $1M Bail Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein posted $1 million bail after surrendering to New York City police on charges of rape and sex abuse. (Reuters) By Abby Ohlheiser, Steven Zeitchik, Elahe Izadi and Mark Berman - Washington Post...
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A Honduran drug lord convicted by a Miami federal jury was sentenced Monday to life in prison for supplying alleged Mexican kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman and other traffickers with huge loads of cocaine that were smuggled into the United States. Sergio Neftal...
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By John Crudele, NY Post - May 14, 2018 Today I’m going to share with you a letter I got from a retired New York state corrections officer. It explains an ingenious way prisoners are gaming the system so they can be eligible for wonderful benefits upon their release from jail. ...