Falcons star pleads guilty in dog-fighting case
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Nov 25, 08 12:59 PM CST
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Michael Vick pleaded guilty to state dog-fighting charges today in an agreement that could let him out of jail and back in the NFL sooner, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Vick—already serving a 23-month federal sentence in Kansas—agreed to a 3-year suspended prison term in the Virginia case, making him eligible for an early release.
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Star spent 48 days in big house without smoking
People Nov 18, 08 10:33 AM CST
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Not surprisingly, Kiefer Sutherland didn’t find prison a pleasant experience. “There’s no smoking,” the actor tells Vogue . Though he made it 48 days without cigarettes, the 24 star still hasn’t quit. Sutherland, 41, went on to complain about the lack of privacy, made worse by the fact that he had to share a cell, People reports.
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Juice doesn't realize he could be in jail for life
New York Post Nov 9, 08 3:01 PM CST
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OJ Simpson still expects to go free despite his conviction last month for robbing memorabilia sellers in Las Vegas, the New York Post reports. "I can't wait to get back to fishing and playing golf," Simpson told pal and fellow inmate Clarence "CJ" Stewart. "He's in denial," Stewart said. "He just blocks it out." Simpson has taken his appeal for a new trial to Nevada's Supreme Court.
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Singer hit photographer, flashed chest before passing out
Daily Mail (UK) Nov 6, 08 11:22 AM CST
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Hours after her husband was freed from jail, Amy Winehouse went on a rampage reminiscent of darker days, the Sun reports. With makeup smeared across her face, Winehouse, 25, stormed from her London home and hit a photographer, asking, “Who wants some?” The singer flashed the group and sucked on a friend’s knuckle before passing out in a cab, adds the Daily Mail .
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Unclear if Fla. mom responded to his letter
Orlando Sentinel Oct 29, 08 1:13 PM CDT
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Convicted murderer Scott Peterson has been sending letters to Casey Anthony from death row in California, the Orlando Sentinel reports. It’s not clear whether Anthony, jailed in Florida after being charged with the murder of 3-year-old daughter Caylee, has responded to Peterson, who was sentenced to death for killing his pregnant wife in 2005, but Anthony’s lawyer said today she had not.
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Smoking ban leads to fishy dealings at federal prisons
Wall Street Journal Oct 2, 08 1:52 AM CDT
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Stacks of macks have replaced packs of smokes in the underground economies of federal prisons, the Wall Street Journal reports. Inmates, barred from using cash, use cans of mackerel from the prison commissary for everything from gambling to buying hooch to paying for legal papers. The going rate for a haircut is two "macks," ex-cons report.
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Unauthorized Canada trip gets Kilpatrick
a night in the slammer
Associated Press Aug 7, 08 12:19 PM CDT
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Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will spend tonight in jail after an unauthorized business trip across the river to Windsor, Ontario, the AP reports. Kilpatrick violated terms of his bond in a pending perjury case by not asking the court for permission. The mayor apologized to the judge, saying, "I've been living in an incredible state of pressure and scrutiny."
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Profiles, photos can haunt defendants,
help prosecutors
Associated Press Jul 20, 08 7:13 PM CDT
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Social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace have offered crime-solving help to detectives and become a resource for employers vetting job applicants. Now the sites are proving fruitful for prosecutors, who have used damaging Internet photos of defendants to cast doubt on their character during sentencing hearings and argue for harsher punishment, reports the AP. In one Rhode Island case, Facebook photos helped lead to a 2-year prison sentence.
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Aprons, bags made
by convicts are hot sellers this season
Associated Press Jul 17, 08 6:53 PM CDT
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Japan's fashion-forward set is flocking to a line made by an unlikely group—prison inmates. Aprons, bags, and pouches emblazoned with the character for "jail" inside a circle are selling out just as quickly as inmates at a juvenile prison in Hokkaido can make them, the AP reports. "Especially, young people seem to like it," said a corrections official.
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Inmates spill into streets after suicide blast at Kandahar prison
New York Times Jun 13, 08 11:02 PM CDT
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Taliban fighters blasted into Kandahar's main prison last night and freed about 1,200 inmates, including 350 Taliban, the New York Times reports. Prisoners, including Taliban leaders, quickly flooded the streets and scattered into nearby villages. “It is very dangerous for security," a Kandahar politician said. "They are the most experienced killers and they all managed to escape."
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Wrestler's jailbird offspring doesn't care for county's hospitality
Tampa Tribune Jun 3, 08 9:37 AM CDT
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Wrestler Hulk Hogan's teenage son is asking to be released from jail, where he's isolated from other inmates because he's a minor, the Tampa Tribune reports. Lawyers for Nick Bollea, 17, serving 8 months for reckless driving, say he suffers "unbearable anxiety" and should be sent home until he turns 18 and can be housed in the general population.
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New Bagram complex marks intention to hold prisoners abroad for years to come
New York Times May 17, 08 6:05 AM CDT
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The Pentagon is planning to build a huge new detention complex in Afghanistan, reports the New York Times , acknowledging that the US expects to hold prisoners there for many years to come. The 40-acre, $60-million facility at Bagram Air Force Base will replace the existing makeshift prison in a converted aircraft hangar, where more than 600 prisoners are held in wire pens; some have been in the deteriorating facility as long as five years.
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More states allow convicted mothers to raise their children
Associated Press May 10, 08 7:23 PM CDT
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More states are imprisoning babies, and moms couldn't be happier: Prisons nationwide are allowing incarcerated mothers to keep their little ones, the AP reports. Opponents of the practice say the kids may be traumatized, but one researcher found that “the outcomes are promising, if the prison nursery programs have the appropriate resources.”
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17-year-old pleads
no contest to reckless driving charge
People May 10, 08 8:39 AM CDT
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Hulk Hogan's son has been sentenced to 8 months in a Florida jail for his part in an accident that left his best friend, a former Marine, critically injured and likely to spend the rest of his life in a nursing home. Nick Bollea pleaded no contest to charges of reckless driving.
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