Wait. What? So, a convicted felon can get onto the idaho ballot, but an actual serious citizen can't? Seriously? Wtf, Idaho? picked by muppet 5 months ago

Section 192.031 of the Texas election code says that political parties must certify their presidential and vice-presidential candidates for the November ballot no later than 70 days before the general election.

Neither the Democrats or Republicans have filed, and the deadline has passed. picked by JoshSF49 2 months 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 1 year ago

One of the five illegal immigrants who escaped from a privately run South Texas jail along with a former police officer surrendered to federal agents at a border checkpoint. picked by tlovesd 2 years 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 10 months 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 1 year ago

Boise Police and Ada County Sheriff's deputies have arrested a man just released from prison for robbing a bank near the Boise Towne Square this afternoon. picked by muppet 5 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 1 year 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 6 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 9 months ago

A man serving life in prison for lewd molestation is accused of molesting an 8-year-old girl in the visiting room of Joseph Harp Correctional Center in Lexington.

Mother charged with enabling child abuse. picked by doggylives 4 months ago

Charged with seven other inmates, he should have tried to conceal it with a blanket, they said. picked by misswinkle 1 year ago

Before being re-arrested, Willie Joe McAdams approached his victim in a bar, shook his hand, and apologized for shooting him in the head. Still no "Sad" category. picked by ReBoot 1 year ago

After a former inmate uses his orange jumpsuit as a Halloween costume, a nearby jail goes into lockdown. picked by Skid 2 years ago

James Woodward, 55, spent more time in prison than any other wrongfully convicted inmate in U.S. history who was subsequently freed by DNA testing, local media reported. picked by kissmenow 6 months 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 4 months ago

Even Miss Cleo saw this one coming. picked by misswinkle 1 year ago

When it comes to kissing babies, Barack Obama is a pro. Rudy Giuliani? Not so much.

That's what freelance journalist Darren Garnick found when he embarked upon an unusual quest — to get every presidential candidate to pose for a picture with his infant daughter, Dahlia. picked by muppet 9 months ago

Tafolla said the department will review its jail release procedures to figure out what went wrong. "We made an error," he said. picked by dollyllama 12 months ago

Authorities in Mexico City on Wednesday captured the second of two inmates who made a daring escape last month from a New Jersey jail, a U.S. marshal said. picked by wags273 9 months ago