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  • April 2008

    • Vick Back on Gridiron—in Prison

      New York Daily News  |  Apr 8, 08 1:48 PM CDT

      Vick Back on Gridiron&mdash;in Prison

      (Newser) - Michael Vick is said to be doing well in prison, washing pots and pans for 12 cents an hour and playing football à la The Longest Yard, the New York Daily News reports. Vick has been in touch by letter with Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank, who says the former quarterback seems penitent, and of sound mind. More »

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      NFL  • football  • prison  • Michael Vick  • Atlanta Falcons  • pro football  • federal prison

    • 9 Terrorists Escape From Moroccan Prison

      AFP  |  Apr 7, 08 6:45 PM CDT

      9 Terrorists Escape From Moroccan Prison

      (Newser) - Nine Moroccan terrorists convicted of involvement in the 2003 Casablanca suicide bombings escaped from prison today, AFP reports. The men, Islamist extremists who were serving 20 years to life, tunneled out of Kenitra detention center, near Rabat. They left a note explaining that, having exhausted the appeals process, they resorted to extreme measures to gain their freedom. More »

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      terrorism  • prison  • suicide bombing  • Morocco  • Islamic terrorism  • escape  • Islamist extremists  • Casablanca  • escaped criminal

  • March 2008

    • T.I. Will Get Jail Sentence in Weapons Rap

      Associated Press  |  Mar 27, 08 4:32 PM CDT

      T.I. Will Get Jail Sentence in Weapons Rap

      (Newser) - Rapper T.I.—aka Clifford Harris—pleaded guilty today in Atlanta to weapons charges, the AP reports. Harris will have to spend about a year in jail but must complete 1,500 hours of community service first; he also faces three years' house arrest and a $100,000 fine. Addressing youth groups on the dangers of guns, drugs, and gangs will be his first stop. More »

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      prison  • gun  • hip-hop  • Atlanta  • rap music  • plea bargain  • community service  • automatic weapons

    • After Witness Recants, Inmate Goes Free After 25 Years

      Los Angeles Times  |  Mar 21, 08 1:32 PM CDT

      After Witness Recants, Inmate Goes Free After 25 Years

      (Newser) - A man locked up 25 years for a murder he says he did not commit walked free from a Los Angeles prison yesterday after the sole witness recanted. "I'm not bitter," said Willie Earl Green, now 56. "I'm happy today." Among those to greet him were his wife, whom he met six years after his conviction, and the forewoman of the jury that convicted him. More »

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      murder  • Los Angeles  • prison  • jail  • guilty  • innocent

    • US Blocks UN From Prison Inspections in Iraq

      AFP  |  Mar 12, 08 6:06 AM CDT

      US Blocks UN From Prison Inspections in Iraq

      (Newser) - The US has denied a top UN official access to American prisons in Iraq, drawing condemnation from the torture expert, reports AFP. "I'm astonished that the US government is not willing to grant me access," said the official. Iraqi and British forces have permitted access to their prisons. The US maintains that Iraq is still a combat zone not subject to traditional human rights protections.  More »

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      Iraq  • United Nations  • prison  • human rights

    • Jailed Woman Left for 4 Days

      Arkansas Democrat Gazette  |  Mar 11, 08 8:45 PM CDT

      Jailed Woman Left for 4 Days

      (Newser) - An illegal immigrant was forgotten in a courthouse holding cell in Springdale, Ark. for 4 days without food, water, or a toilet, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports. With only sparse furniture and a lightbulb in her cell, Adriana Torres-Flores slept on the floor and drank her own urine to survive. The bailiff who forgot about her until yesterday is now “a broken man,” the county sheriff said. More »

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      prison  • illegal immigrant  • starvation  • courthouse

    • Indian 'Spy' Freed After 35 Years

      BBC  |  Mar 5, 08 7:51 AM CST

      Indian 'Spy' Freed After 35 Years

      (Newser) - An Indian prisoner has finally come home after spending 35 years on death row in Pakistan on spying charges, the BBC reports. Trader Kashmir Singh was greeted by his family and hundreds of well-wishers as he crossed the border back into India. "I have got a new life," he said. Pakistan's human rights minister persuaded President Pervez Musharraf to free Singh after learning of the case. More »

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      Pakistan  • Pervez Musharraf  • India  • prison  • espionage  • political prisoner  • prisoner

    • Conrad Black Starts 6½-Year Prison Term

      Reuters  |  Mar 3, 08 6:54 PM CST

      Conrad Black Starts 6&frac12;-Year Prison Term

      (Newser) - Ex-newspaper mogul Conrad Black arrived at a Florida prison today to start his 6-and-1/2 year term for fraud and obstruction of justice, Reuters reports. He stayed mum as his wife drove him in, but is appealing the ruling that he helped bilk his former company of $6.1 million. "My book about this outrage is almost ready, so if I must go, I will not be going quietly," he wrote in a recent email. More »

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      Florida  • prison  • newspaper  • Conrad Black  • appeal  • embezzlement  • sentenced

  • February 2008
  • January 2008
  • December 2007

    • Suspected Mob Gambling Ring Smashed

      Star-Ledger  |  Dec 19, 07 3:56 AM CST

      Suspected Mob Gambling Ring Smashed

      (Newser) - New Jersey officials have nabbed a cadre of suspected mob bosses to bust up a sophisticated $2.2 billion gambling ring, the Newark Star-Ledger reports. Others among more than two dozen arrested included a prison officer and a Bloods gangster, said to be part of an "alarming alliance" between the Mafia and Bloods that smuggled drugs and phones to inmates in a Jersey prison. More »

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      crime  • prison  • New Jersey  • gambling  • Mafia  • organized crime