Canadian scientists have completed the full genetic sequencing of the H1N1 swine flu virus, which officials say will help in better understanding the outbreak and developing a vaccine. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

Tyred of not being able to practice his religion, an inmate is suing to obtain a hammer, cardboard sword and mead horn. I'm thinking that unless he's really Loki, his Asatru is gonna be Thor. picked by ReBoot 2 years ago

A Texas death row inmate with a history of mental problems pulled out his only good eye and told authorities he ate it. ''Thomas said he pulled out his eye and subsequently ingested it," agency spokesman Jason Clark said Friday. picked by ftfd09 11 months ago

A federal prison inmate got himself listed on the ballot for Idaho's May 27 primary as a Democratic presidential candidate, the state's top election official said. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

An offbeat South Carolina prison inmate has filed a handwritten lawsuit seeking $63 quintillion from Michael Vick.
(you gotta read about this guy's reasons) picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

A mighty rude wind flew in the face of corrections officer Mathew Knowles on May 13. Knowles was three days on the job when inmate Kareem Haskins, 21, farted in his face at the Monroe County Correctional. picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

Deputies found a jail door unlocked early Saturday and were looking for the inmate. They spotted Jackson trying to come back in and found 14 packs of cigarettes they believe were stolen from a convenience store about a block away. picked by kakana 9 months ago

An inmate awaiting trial on a murder charge is suing the county, complaining he has lost more than 100 pounds because of the jailhouse menu.

Theme pic is not him. picked by deEPCHill 2 years ago

Authorities say an inmate at Taylor Correctional Institution masterminded a scheme that resulted in false tax refunds of more than three million dollars. picked by Bornbad 10 months ago

LAUREL, Md. - An inmate who escaped from a hospital Wednesday, briefly taking a worker hostage and stealing two getaway cars, was cornered hours later in a cemetery by police and killed in a shootout, authorities said.

...Killed in a cemetery, how convenient. picked by bevissimo 2 years ago

A little earlier than expected. Hopefully the ugly vaccination stories that I've been reading lately don't show their face for this guy. picked by Pazez 2 months ago

After a former inmate uses his orange jumpsuit as a Halloween costume, a nearby jail goes into lockdown. picked by Skid 3 years ago

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Officials in northeastern Brazil say they confiscated the equivalent of more than $170,000 and two pistols from an imprisoned drug trafficker whose jail cell was equipped with a plasma TV set, a refrigerator and gym equipment. picked by bevissimo 1 year ago

As lawyers frantically tried to file the last-minute appeal that could have halted the execution of a death row inmate, the Texas judge who oversaw the only court who could hear it was preparing to shut the doors for the day.

"We close at 5," Judge Sharon Keller told a court staffer on Sept. 25, 2007. picked by suebe 4 months ago

A federal appeals court has rejected an Alabama inmate's bid to build a fire in a pit at a state prison as part of his religious worship. Tony Lee Smith, 38, wanted to build a fire at St. Clair Correctional Facility to practice an ancient polytheistic Nordic religion called Odinism. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

Since the US Supreme Court agreed to review the legality of lethal injections last month, only one convict has been executed: a rapist-murderer for whom a Texas court refused to stay open 20 minutes longer to hear his appeal. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Matthew Healy, a Miami University (Ohio) student, died of H1N1 recently. He was one of the thousands of US college students who contracted the flu virus since school started.

We have joked about it, but it's not so funny anymore. picked by meggysue 2 months ago

The variant has been called A/Sao Paulo/1454/H1N1 by the Adolfo Lutz Bacteriological Institute, which compared it with samples of the A(H1N1) swine flu from California.

Uh oh. picked by JoshSF49 6 months ago

A state appeals court Wednesday refused to overturn the conviction of a prisoner who said no one ever saw him write a threatening letter to a judge. The 2nd District Appeals Court noted Anthony Dwane Turner's return address was on the envelope, sealing its decision. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Brock said when he was extradicted from Georgia and brought to the jail a year ago, he was wearing an older prosthetic leg, but had a new one with him. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago