Tag: Prison
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Florida’s convicted killer clown released from prison for the murder of her husband’s then-wife
A woman who pleaded guilty to dressing as a clown and in 1990 murdering the wife of a man she later married was released from prison Saturday, ending a case that has been strange even by Florida standards. Sheila Keen-Warren, 61, was released 18 months after she pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for the shooting…
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“Tiger King” Joe Exotic announces prison engagement
CBS News Texas Live FORT WORTH — Joe Exotic, made famous in the Netflix series “Tiger King” and currently serving time in federal prison, says he is engaged to a fellow inmate in Texas and hopes to get married.  Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado, is currently incarcerated at Federal Medical Center Fort Worth. He…
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Prosecutor seeks new sentence for Menendez brothers who murdered parents | Al Jazeera News
Prosecutors in the United States have recommended resentencing Lyle and Erik Menendez for the murder of their parents after new evidence emerged of sexual abuse by their father. The brothers have been behind bars for 34 years, serving life sentences for shooting their father and mother in their home in Beverly Hills, California, in a…
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Venezuela arrests five foreigners over alleged antigovernment activity | Nicolas Maduro News
Maduro government announces detention of five foreigners, including three US citizens, amid post-election crackdown. The administration of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced the arrest of five foreigners suspected of antigovernment activity, as part of an ongoing crackdown after the country’s contested presidential election. Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said on Thursday that three people from…
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Alabama executes Derrick Dearman, man who killed 5 and asked to be put to death
Alabama executed a man Thursday who admitted to killing five people with an ax and gun during a drug-fueled rampage in 2016 and dropped his appeals to allow his lethal injection to go forward. Derrick Dearman, 36, was pronounced dead at 6:14 p.m. Thursday at Holman prison in southern Alabama. He pleaded guilty in a…
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Texas man faces execution after clemency plea fails | Crime News
Texas is due to execute a man for murdering his two-year-old daughter, despite doubts about his guilt. Robert Roberson is scheduled to receive a lethal injection on Thursday after Texas’s Board of Pardons and Paroles rejected his plea for clemency. If the execution proceeds, he will be the first person in the United States to…
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Robert Telles, former Las Vegas-area politician, sentenced to at least 28 years for killing reporter Jeff German
Robert Telles, a former Las Vegas-area Democratic elected official, was sentenced Wednesday to serve at least 28 years in Nevada state prison for killing investigative journalist Jeff German. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter wrote articles critical of Telles’ conduct in office two years ago and exposed an intimate relationship with a female coworker. A judge…
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Russian court jails US citizen for nearly seven years on ‘mercenary’ charge | Russia-Ukraine war News
Stephen Hubbard, 72, was detained in eastern Ukraine in April 2022 and accused of fighting for Ukraine. A Russian court has jailed a United States citizen for six years and 10 months after convicting him in a closed-door trial of fighting for Ukraine as a mercenary. Investigators said Stephen Hubbard, who is originally from the…
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Rights groups warn Myanmar military executing more anti-coup activists | Death Penalty News
A married couple reportedly executed on Monday with five more people facing the death penalty on Tuesday. Myanmar’s military regime has executed two anti-coup activists and plans to execute five more on September 24, rights groups have said, urging action from the international community. Maung Kaung Htet and his wife Chan Myae Thu were executed…
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Sean “Diddy” Combs at same Brooklyn detention center that held R. Kelly, Sam Bankman-Fried, other high-profile inmates
A second judge refused to grant bail to Sean “Diddy” Combs on Wednesday and he could remain in federal custody at a Brooklyn detention center until his trial for sex trafficking charges. Combs joins other high-profile inmates, such as singer R. Kelly, fallen cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried, rapper Ja Rule —even Al Sharpton served a…