Indian freed after 35 years' jail Posted: 7 months ago by topofall
The Pakistani government has released from jail an Indian man who had spent 35 years on death row.
Not a single visitor in that time!
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Baby-Killer Gets 23 Years Posted: 9 months ago by punthe
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.
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Another Dubious Death at the King County Jail Posted: 4 months ago by bingo
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 sick" and had lost control of some bodily functions; drank from a cup of dangerous jail chemical disinfectant left in her cell; and vomited and made gagging sounds throughout the night. She was found dead the next day.
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Tiananmen protester released from jail Posted: 1 year ago by kxmk
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...
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Man In Jail For 11 Years For Divorce! Posted: 2 years ago by musicgirldani
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.
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FAther Who Rapes Daughter and Has 7 Kids Gets ONLY 15 Years Posted: 5 months ago by deepcleanfun
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
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Homeless no longer - man sentenced to 65 years in jail Posted: 1 year ago by mitzuzake
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.
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Man jailed for faking his death Posted: 4 months ago by bevissimo
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.
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Fake Indian office issues birth, death certificates: report Posted: 10 months ago by AutumnLotus
A fake government office has been discovered in northern India that collected taxes, provided civic services and even handed out birth and death certificates.
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Psalm knowledge frees man from jail Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
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.
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2 years jail for taking picture of woman walking around store Posted: 12 months ago by 2manyusernames
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.
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50 years for a crime that never was Posted: 6 months ago by Moe
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.
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Man Arrested for Eight Robberies a Day After Released from Jail Posted: 2 years ago by tlovesd
A man freed from jail in Belgium last Friday allegedly committed eight robberies before being arrested the next day.
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Paris Hilton released from jail early Posted: 1 year ago by Gratheo
To balance out this sin, presenting the top 21 reasons why Paris Hilton was sent home early from jail.
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British teen con artist may face jail time Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
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.
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Paris Hilton Released From Jail Posted: 1 year ago by Bornbad
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)
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