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May 12 2024
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Two killed, more than 30 injured at Oklahoma prison after 'group disturbance'
Two inmates were killed and more than 30 others were injured in a massive brawl at an Oklahoma prison, leading to a lockdown, a pause in visitations and renewed calls for reforms aimed at curbing violence in the state's prisons. The fight broke out Friday at the the Lawton Correction and Rehabilitation Center, a privately managed prison about 90 miles southwest of Oklahoma City, prison
Yahoo NewsMay 14 2024
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It's time for Steve Bannon to go to prison, Justice Department says, citing January 6 subpoena
The Justice Department asked a federal judge on Tuesday to begin former Trump adviser Steve Bannon’s four-month prison sentence, CNN . Bannon was found guilty of defying a subpoena issued by Congress' January 6th select committee investigating the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Bannon had used his podcast to promote Trump's false election claims, warning a day before the insurrection that “
SalonMay 14 2024
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Flint Township homicide suspect pleads no contest, faces minimum 27-year prison sentence
FLINT, MI – The suspect in a Flint Township homicide from April 2023 will likely serve at more than two decades in prison after pleading no contest in Genesee County Circuit Court this week.
Nicholas Lowell Hetzer, 37, pleaded no contest on Monday, May 13, to charges of second-degree murder, felony firearm and carrying a concealed weapon.
MLive.comMay 09 2024
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Harris sentencing: More than 5 years in prison in 20-year-old case
A 20-year-old case came to a close Wednesday afternoon when LJ Harris was sentenced to 5½ years in prison. Harris, 43, pleaded guilty last month to two counts of felonious assault. He had been charged with two counts of rape, one count of attempted rape and one count of felonious assault. In March, a jury deliberated for seven hours over the course of two days without reaching a verdict,
Yahoo NewsMay 14 2024
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Iranian Filmmaker Fleeing Flogging, Prison Casts Dark Cloud Over Cannes Film Festival
Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof said on Monday he has fled his native country after it sentenced him to eight years in prison, plus flogging, for “collusion to act against national security.” Rasoulof is now a refugee in Europe, where he plans to attend the premiere of his film The Seed of the Sacred Fig at the Cannes Film Festival this week. Rasoulof denounced the terrorist-
Breitbart NewsApr 26 2024
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Paramedic Is Spared Prison in Death of Elijah McClain
In a rare criminal prosecution of emergency personnel, the convictions called into question the role that paramedics play in police encounters. Mr. Cooper, Mr. Cichuniec and three police officers were prosecuted in the district court in three back-to-back trials last year. Randy Roedema, a former Aurora police officer, was sentenced to 14 months in a county jail. Elijah McClain died days after
New York Times (News)May 06 2024
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Albert Lea man sentenced to prison time for ineligibly possessing firearm
A 50-year-old Albert Lea man was sentenced to five years in prison last week for unlawfully possessing a firearm during a traffic stop in May 2023 in Albert Lea. Oziel Valdez pleaded guilty in November to one court of ineligible possession of a firearm in exchange for the dismissal of one count of first-degree drug possession and one count of second-degree drug possession. Valdez was
Albert Lea TribuneMay 09 2024
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Defendants receive federal prison time for running drive-thru opioid ring
The last of seven defendants — including Macomb and Oakland county residents — in a drive-thru opioid drug conspiracy ring on Detroit’s east side was sentenced to federal prison on Wednesday, according to prosecutors. Investigators said the group operated the drug business for years on Yacama Street, in the area of Eight Mile Road and John R Street, that caused several overdoses, including at
Macomb DailyMay 11 2024
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Gov. Maura Healey turns to former prison to house migrants sleeping at Logan Airport
Gov. Maura Healey’s administration plans to turn a decommissioned prison in Norfolk into an overflow shelter for up to 140 families waiting for placement into the larger state-funded system, a spokesperson for the governor said in a statement Saturday. State officials plan to move migrant families, including those staying at Logan Airport, to the former Bay State Correctional Facility — which
Boston HeraldMay 11 2024
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Partner in new Trump law firm faces prison after DOJ indictment: report
A law firm that recently took over representation of Donald Trump’s campaign in a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit is embroiled in a new scandal. A top partner in the firm Schulman Bhattacharya, LLC, has been charged by the Department of Justice with using forged documents to gain access to $12.5 million of assets in Somalia. Jeremy Schulman was charged in late 2020 and the case is still
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