A Mount Airy man will spend 23 years in prison for fatally shaking his girlfriend’s 8-month-old son to death in February 2006 while trying to stop the infant from crying. picked by punthe 6 months ago

A protester jailed after the 1989 Tiananmen protests has been released while another activist who was jailed and freed years ago for his role in the pro-democracy uprising has been detained again... picked by kxmk 1 year ago

Slender, dark-haired Karen Jane Matthew was brought into the downtown King County Jail around 1 a.m. on Sept. 16 last year after being arrested for selling rock cocaine on Aurora Avenue. Over the next 30 hours, the 51-year-old inmate with a long, mostly misdemeanor record, including drugs and prostitution, lost consciousness and split open her head in a fall; told a cellmate she was "dope sic... read full post picked by bingo 2 months ago

Daniel Sharp, a 55-year old homeless man from South Bend, Indiana, pleaded guilty to murdering four men in a dispute over a space heater and was sentenced to 65 years in prison. picked by mitzuzake 11 months ago

The courts have been dealing with this messy divorce for years! Stating that Mr. Chadwick had $2.5 million dollars hidden, they are not letting him out of jail. picked by musicgirldani 2 years ago

Austrian authorities have now confirmed that 73-year-old Joseph Fritzl, who fathered seven children by the daughter he kept in a dungeon and repeatedly raped for 24 years, will get maximum of 15 years picked by deepcleanfun 3 months ago

A fake government office has been discovered in northern India that collected taxes, provided civic services and even handed out birth and death certificates. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A Singapore man was jailed for three years after he faked his own death in a civil war shoot-out in Sri Lanka in 1987 to escape his creditors and claim S$331,341 ($243,600) in insurance money, a newspaper reported Saturday. picked by bevissimo 2 months ago

A judge in Ohio released a man from jail Wednesday after the 43-year-old was able to prove his religious faith by reciting the 23rd Psalm. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

He went to an asylum for the criminally insane and spent 50 years there. There was just one problem. His father, whom he was thought to have killed, was still alive. picked by Moe 3 months ago

Here the law is braindead, not the criminal.
Wal*Mart employee takes a snapshop of a shopper's clothed butt. Gets charged with a felony and possibly 2 years jail time. picked by 2manyusernames 9 months ago

A 16-year-old from London, who spent the past three years making nearly $500,000 passing himself off as a business tycoon, may now face jail time. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

To balance out this sin, presenting the top 21 reasons why Paris Hilton was sent home early from jail. picked by Gratheo 1 year ago

A man freed from jail in Belgium last Friday allegedly committed eight robberies before being arrested the next day. picked by tlovesd 2 years ago

Hilton's saga will not likely die down anytime soon, as she's due to be interviewed by CNN's Larry King Wednesday night.(be sure to watch...something else) picked by Bornbad 1 year ago