What happens when you put good people in an evil place? Does humanity win over evil, or does evil triumph?

Inspired by Heymrp's post - The Milgram Studies on Obediance. picked by Turtle 1 year ago

Neil Entwistle sat stone-faced and impassive this morning as he was given the mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole for murdering his wife and infant daughter in their Hopkinton home.

(This was the guy, a few months ago, who hopped a flight back to London, after 'discovering' his wife and child were murdered...) picked by ImNotBlue 4 months ago

A Scottish woman has avoided a prison sentence after she admitted putting dog excrement in her husband's curry. Follow up on this story. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

Oktar, born in 1956, is the driving force behind a richly funded movement based in Turkey that champions creationism, the belief that God literally created the world in six days as told in the Bible and the Koran. Istanbul-based Oktar, who writes under the pen name Harun Yahya, has created waves in the past few years by sending out thousands of unsolicited texts advocating Islamic creationism to ... read full post picked by Jetka 5 months ago

Man who raped a Muslim woman because she expressed an interest in Christianity will do at least 5 years in prison thanks to a Sydney court. Also here. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

OK this guy is entitled to $360,000 for being in jail for 18 years wrongly. Naturally then, someone else figures 5 months is worth $10 million. picked by Moe 1 year ago

Joshua R. Stetar, 20, a self-described "very conservative" Christian who hoped to someday be a Christian school teacher is accused of driving 40 hours nonstop across the country and threatening to rape two girls -- ages 15 and 6 -- whom he met playing an online video game.He faces up to five years in prison if convicted of stalking in Spokane picked by 2manyusernames 9 months ago

Roberts told the judge he didn't understand what he was getting punished for. He has claimed all along that he's innocent, even after a jury found him guilty on 27 counts, including rape, sodomy and kidnapping, last June. picked by muppet 1 year ago

Frank Keys Jr. faces up to 40 years in prison after he was found cruising down the highway with more than 200 grams of heroin in the diaper he was wearing. picked by funkfrost 4 months ago

According to a Florida law, wearing a mask in public is a misdemeanor. Anyone arrested for wearing a mask can expect to pay a hefty fine or spend up to a year in prison, according to Local 6 news in Cocoa, Florida. picked by mitzuzake 12 months ago

Felony charges were filed against a former Chino slaughterhouse manager who allegedly used cruel methods to force at-risk cattle into the slaughter box. A videotape taken at the facility has led to schools nationwide pulling beef from cafeterias. 49-year-old Daniel Ugarte Navarro of Pomona faces up to eight years and eight months in prison. Update to this. picked by 2manyusernames 8 months ago

This one actually came to a parking lot looking for some 14 year old oral action. What he got was some steel bracelet and hopefully prison beatdown action. He was a tour guide for the Jungle Cruise ride. I bet the Disney attorneys are burning the midnight oil now! picked by moe 1 year ago

A British broadcaster best known for his "Weird Weekends" program spends some time in a prison. It has not yet aired, but this is a little interview about his experiences thus far
check out previous posts of Theroux's work involving the Prussian Blue twins and others. picked by BettytheBadger 9 months ago

A Canyon County judge decided that Marc Sogoian, 27, and his family have suffered enough, and now an emotional case spanning more than a year is finally closed. picked by muppet 6 months ago

Bonny McIntyre was 16 last November when she went to her mother's house and hit her a dozen times about the head and neck with an axe as she sat in her lounge watching television. picked by kxmk 1 year ago

NEW YORK - A man found guilty 17 years ago of murdering his parents as a teenager was freed from prison Thursday, days after an appeals court overturned the conviction and ordered a retrial because of new evidence. picked by bevissimo 10 months ago

A MAN with a chronic fear of women has walked from the Adelaide District Court with a suspended prison term after admitting downloading 35,000 child pornography images. The judge accepted his evidence that images involving sex between children and adults had been accidentally downloaded. picked by maxriter 3 months ago

For the last 31 years, Charles Free has lived an ordinary life. He fell in love, married and raised two children. He spent more than 20 years in the Las Vegas construction business, working his way up to project manager. His family calls him a caring man, a model citizen. picked by dollyllama 7 months ago

Reversing decades of tough-on-crime policies, including mandatory minimum prison sentences for some drug offenders, many cash-strapped states are embracing a view once dismissed as dangerously naive: It costs far less to let some felons go free than to keep them locked up. picked by dollyllama 5 months ago

Robert Daniels has been locked up indefinitely, perhaps for the rest of his life. But he has not been charged with a crime picked by Hoosker 2 years ago