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Mar 30 2024
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She was convicted of killing her abusive boyfriend. Now a Maple Grove woman is home awaiting a new trial.
A small black plastic box is tightly clasped around Stephanie Clark's left ankle at the dining table as she plays Uno with her son. The court-ordered GPS monitor is tracking her every move, and so is the 9-year-old boy. He's clinging to his mom after two years apart, only getting a few hours to play their favorite card game during visits at the Shakopee women's prison. But now, Brandon
Star Tribune
Mar 29 2024
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Lincoln man set for sentencing for attempted murder of unborn child, assault on pregnant woman
A 29-year-old Lincoln man pleaded no contest Thursday to attempted murder of an unborn child and first-degree assault on a pregnant woman for abuse he subjected the woman to for days. Ian Toegan is set for sentencing in May on the charges and three other felonies: use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony, assault by strangulation and tampering with a witness, which together could get him up
Lincoln Journal Star
Mar 29 2024
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Convictions of 3 Pa. men overturned after decades behind bars
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Pennsylvania judge has overturned the convictions of three men imprisoned for decades in the 1997 slaying of a 70-year-old woman even though their DNA never matched that found at the scene, but they will remain in prison while a prosecutor decides whether to appeal. The Delaware County judge on Thursday ordered new trials for Derrick Chappell — who was 15 when he was
The Patriot-News
Nov 25 2023
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Derek Chauvin stabbed after being transferred to federal prison ‘for his own protection’
The federal prison in Arizona where Derek Chauvin was stabbed and seriously injured on Friday night was supposed to be safer for him than the Minnesota state prison he was moved from in August 2022. The ex-Minneapolis police officer, who was convicted of second-degree murder in the death of George Floyd in 2020, was moved to the federal prison because experts determined it would be less likely
The Post Millennial
Mar 29 2024
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Texas Appeals Court Tosses Five-Year Sentence Of Woman Who Voted Without Knowing Of Ineligibility
A Texas appeals court has thrown out a five-year prison sentence for Crystal Mason, a Texas woman who was sentenced for trying to cast a provisional ballot in the 2016 presidential election that was rejected. Mason, now 49, attempted to vote in Fort Worth in the 2016 even though she was ineligible because she was still on supervised release – which is like probation – for a tax felony. She has
JoeMyGod
Oct 30 2023
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N.J. garbage truck driver sentenced to prison in fatal distracted driving crash
A garbage truck driver who was using his cell phone when he rear-ended an SUV stopped at a red light on Route 23 in Pequannock earlier this year, killing the other driver, has been sentenced to four years in state prison. Angel Caraballo-Maldona, 45, of Newark, will have to serve more than three years and nine months before he is eligible for parole, the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office said
Dec 14 2023
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BREAKING: Arkansas prison board votes to suspend corrections secretary Joe Profiri; he vows to keep working
With a 3-2 vote, the Arkansas Board of Corrections suspended Department of Corrections Secretary Joe Profiri with pay during a special meeting Thursday afternoon. Board member William "Dubs" Byers, while looking at Profiri, accused the secretary of showing "public disdain" for the board's authority. "What we contemplate today is no small matter," Byers siad. "The secretary has made it clear in
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Mar 30 2024
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AI-aided virtual conversations with WWII vets are latest feature at New Orleans museum
By Kevin Mcgill and Stephen Smith, Associated Press, The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — Olin Pickens sat in his wheelchair facing a life-sized image of himself on a screen, asking it questions about being taken prisoner by German soldiers during World War II. After a pause, his video-recorded twin recalled being given “sauerkraut soup” by his captors before a grueling march. “That was a
The Denver Post
Nov 24 2023
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Ex-officer Derek Chauvin, convicted in George Floyd’s killing, stabbed in prison, source says
Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, was stabbed by another inmate and seriously injured Friday at a federal prison in Arizona, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. The attack happened at the Federal Correctional Institution, Tucson, a medium-security prison that has been plagued by security lapses and staffing
La Crosse Tribune
Nov 24 2023
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Ex-officer Derek Chauvin, convicted in George Floyd’s killing, stabbed in prison, source says
The attack happened at the Federal Correctional Institution, Tucson, a medium-security prison that has been plagued by security lapses and staffing shortages. The person was not authorized to publicly discuss details of the attack and spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity. The Bureau of Prisons confirmed that an incarcerated person was assaulted at FCI Tucson at around 12:30 p.m. local
The Journal Times