Prisons & Prisoners

                   

Former Refco Chief Reports to Prison

nytimes.com     Sep 5, 2008   1 related          

Phillip Bennett, the former chief executive of collapsed commodities broker Refco, reported to prison on Thursday to serve a 16-year sentence for fraud, a spokeswoman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons said. Mr. Bennett,...                    

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University of Northern Iowa Arsonist Released From Prison After 10 Months

insurancejournal.com     Sep 5, 2008   1 related          

A man who set fires on the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) campus in 2005 causing millions of dollars in damage has been released from prison, surprising university officials who did not expect his 30-year sentence to...                    

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Brookshire ex-mayor gets prison for kickback scheme

chron.com     Sep 5, 2008   1 related          

Houston Chronicle Keith Woods, pictured in 2003 while still serving as mayor of Brookshire, was sentenced to prison for taking kickbacks from a contractor. The former mayor of Brookshire and a former city public works...                    

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McGough the Killer

encyclopedia-titanica.org     Sep 5, 2008          

TWO killers roamed the RMS Titanic on her maiden voyage… Not the stuff of lurid pulp adventure, instead actual fact. Stoker William Mintram inhabited a suitably Dantean inferno after the crime of killing his wife. Both...                    

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Judge hands down 10-year prison term in drug case

news-gazette.com     Sep 5, 2008   1 related          

URBANA – A Champaign man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Wednesday for having heroin for sale in his home. Champaign County Judge Harry Clem imposed the sentence on Christopher Ward, 38, of the 1000 block of South...                    

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Prison officers to get vests: After the death of a penitentiary employee, union officials call...

tmcnet.com     Sep 5, 2008          

Sep. 5--ATWATER -- The U.S. Bureau of Prisons, which oversees USP Atwater, signed a contract last week to buy stab-resistant vests for all federal correctional officers who want them. The company that sells the vests,...                    

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Brick woman sentenced to three years for theft

app.com     Sep 5, 2008          

FREEHOLD — A judge today sentenced a 35-year-old Brick woman to three years in state prison and ordered that she repay more than $68,000 she stole from her former employer, a title company in Wall. Superior Court Judge...                    

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Exonerated Inmates Argue Against Death Penalty

wjz.com     Sep 5, 2008   1 related          

Former prison inmates who faced death sentences but were later proven innocent are arguing against the death penalty in Maryland. Randy Steidl was freed from an Illinois prison in 2004 after a team including top lawyers...                    

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Houston man gets 9 years in prison for child-porn hoard

chron.com     Sep 5, 2008          

Houston man gets federal prison for hoard of child porn A 55-year-old Houston man was sentenced to nine years in prison Friday for possessing more than 2,000 child pornography photos and movies. Authorities said Victor...                    

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Men Sentenced In Case Of La Jolla Surfer's Slaying

nbc4.tv     Sep 5, 2008   19 related          

probation. "You're going to see a lot of emotions on both sides," said Kerry Steigerwalt, a defense attorney who plans to ask that his client, Yanke, be sentenced to probation. Raised in Kauai, Hawaii, and nicknamed the...                    

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