Prisons & Prisoners

Going Downtown: More juveniles being transferred to adult criminal systems

Nov 22, 2009 (The Modesto Bee - Deon Loggins was among a group that robbed some young drug dealers at gunpoint in a Modesto park, then stole marijuana, money, jewelry, even the pants and shoes from the victims, a prosecutor...

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Jurors Back After Weekend Break

The forewoman of the jury told the judge on Friday that things were "overheated" in the jury room. The panel has been deliberating for nearly 11 hours over two days. Listen to WBAL AM 1090 throughout the day Monday for updates...

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Two sentenced for blast-fax scam

Two of the founders of a blast-fax company that scammed businesses in Kansas have been sentenced to federal prison. John Persaud, 48, of Boca Raton, Fla., was sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison, and Richard...

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Ill-advised drug sale lands man behind bars

ldnews.com (US) Was sentenced last week to three to eight years and fined $150 possession with intent to deliver crack cocaine and possession of a small amount of marijuana. (Sun Nov 22 20:04:52 2009 PST) [$drug_related(100%),...

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Lotfi Raissi case: How false link to al-Qaida kept innocent Algerian in jail

Special report: Address book was cited in court as reason 9/11 suspect should remain in custody Lotfi Raissi was on a running machine at his local gym in the suburbs west of London when he looked up to see footage of American...

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Call to jam prison mobile signals

Mr Jamieson believes more than 20,000 phones are in circulation in jails Technology should be used to jam mobile phone signals in prisons, an inspector at Britain's largest jail has said. David Jamieson, chairman of Wandsworth...

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Afghan prison transfers halted more than once over safety concerns, general says

HALIFAX, N.S. - An Afghan agency, at one time entrusted to monitor Canadian-captured insurgents in Kandahar, says it has documented nearly 400 cases of torture across the war-ravaged country. The l...

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Cambodia begins final arguments in KRouge jail chief trial

PATRICK FALBY November 23, 2009 - 3:09PM Cambodia's Khmer Rouge war crimes court on Monday began final arguments in its first trial, bringing the regime's prison chief closer to justice for the "Killing Fields" atrocities 30...

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Mercenary tells of torture in Black Beach prison

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA Nov 22 2009 19:35 A gun was placed to his head and he was threatened with death by an adviser to Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, mercenary Nick du Toit has told Rapport. In a...

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Algerian judge frees Guantanamo pair

Algiers - Two men who had been held for seven years in the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay on suspicion of belonging to an extremist group were acquitted in an Algerian court on Sunday, state media reported. The two men...

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