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! picked by topofall 8 months ago

What an insane court decision. Man divorces his wife in 1978 for cheating on him. She gets an extremely lucrative payout from the wronged husband. She blows it all and 30 years later is given even more money! picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

Despite the common notion that America remains plagued by a divorce epidemic, the national per capita divorce rate has declined steadily since its peak in 1981 and is now at its lowest level since 1970. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

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 9 months 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 5 months ago

Nojoud Muhammed Nasser arrived at court looking for justice against her father who forced her to marry a man 22 years her senior. The child also asked for a divorce, accusing her husband of sexual and domestic abuse.

According to Yemeni law, Nojoud cannot prosecute, as she is underage. However a court judge heard her and ordered the arrests of both her father and husband. picked by 2manyusernames 6 months ago

A 50-year-old Saudi woman asked for divorce after her husband lifted her face veil while she was sleeping, local press reported.

For 30 years, the wife said she never showed her face to her husband in conformity with the tradition of her native village near the south western Saudi city of Khamis Mushayt. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

China houses several early-human (Paleolithic) archaeological sites along the Nihewan Basin near Mongolia, some with artifacts that date back about 1 million years ago. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

At another college, professor Kent Gramm's divorce from his wife of 30 years might be a private matter known only to friends and close colleagues.

But at Wheaton College, the end of the popular English professor's marriage has cost him his job picked by doggylives 6 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 1 year 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 5 months ago

The biggest coin-making operation ended up with five years in jail for the counterfeiter who managed to produce 14 million 1 pound fake coins. picked by maxriter 10 months ago

A Melbourne father who bashed his four-month-old daughter, breaking her ribs and thigh, has been sentenced to six years in jail. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A Chinese man lived with a large shard of glass hidden under his right eye for six years. Xiao Zhu, 22, had the eye injured by a beer bottle during a fight six years ago in Jinjiang city. picked by misswinkle 1 year ago

This sounds like a dream, doesn't it? Well, it's not. We have a unique opportunity right now to send Karl Rove to jail, but only if we take immediate action.
All we have to do is pressure the 40 members of the House Judiciary Committee, make them hold Rove in contempt and send him to jail. picked by TraumaMamma 3 months ago

A period of intense global warming 55 million years ago was caused by massive volcanic eruptions that split apart Greenland and north-west Europe, scientists believe. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year 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 12 months ago

University of Alberta faculty member Michael Caldwell is talking about the fossils that were found under a ping-pong table after 25 years. One of which was pregnant.
"It was pretty amazing to realize this valuable discovery had sat under a pingpong table for 25 years," Caldwell said. "But I suppose that after 100 million years in the dirt, it's all relative." picked by musicgirldani 2 years 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