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Michael Vick Files for Bankruptcy Protection
Former NFL star quarterback Michael Vick, who is currently serving a two-year sentence on dogfighting charges, has filed for bankruptcy protection, claiming that he owes up to $50 million in creditors.It's amazing... Michigan Settles $3.5 Million Lawsuit Over Torture and Death of Timothy Soude...
A settlement has been reached in the lawsuit involving the prison torture and death of Timothy Souders, a young man with psychiatric problems who was shackled to a cement slab for four days until his death.... Prison Riot in Syria Confirmed, At Least 9 Dead and Maybe As Many as 25
Earlier today we reported on Now Public a serious prison riot in Syria.The government of Syria has put a media blackout on the matter but we have confirmed with AP, AFP, the BBC and others that rioting Islamic prisoners had phoned several media outlets with details. At least... BREAKING: As Many As 25 May Be Dead In Syrian Prison Riot
Confirmed by the BBC, AFP and AP...Dozens of inmates were killed when prison authorities put down a riot staged Saturday by Islamist political prisoners in a military jail near Damascus, a Syrian human rights group quoted an inmate as saying. The Syrian Observatory of Human... Abu Ghraib inmates sue contractors, claim torture
Should the cases be heard in the courts it could expose even more details of the abuses at Abu Ghraib. The plaintiff's lawyers keep the door open for more CACI workers being sued and more former prisoners adding to... DNA Proves Texas Man Innocent Nine Years After he Died in Prison
Timothy Cole was serving 25 years for a rape he didn't commit.How did the State of Texas manage to convict so many wrong people?DNA does not help if they have already been executed?"New DNA tests prove that... Australian Corby spotted in Indonesian beauty salon
Corby is still a woman.."Australian drug trafficker Schapelle Corby, who is serving 20 years in jail in Indonesia, was spotted Wednesday in a beauty salon on Bali where she is serving her time. Corby, found guilty of trafficking 4.1 kilograms (nine pounds) of marijuana in...Pilz Please! German prisoner takes woman hostage for beer
"A knife-wielding prisoner at a minimum security prison in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia took a woman hostage on Monday morning to avoid being moved to a more restrictive jail.The 45-year-old convict...Indonesia executes Nigerian drug traffickers: official
"Cilacap (ANTARA News) - Two Nigerians on death row for dug offenses, Samuel Iwuchukwu Okoye and Hansen Anthony Nwaolisa, were reportedly executed before a firing squad in Nirbaya area, Nuskambangan Island, Cilacap district, Central Java, at 23.30 Thursday night.The two...Indonesia to execute 57 drug offenders
""They have not yet been executed," he said through a cellular phone.Their lawyer, Bambang Sri Wahono said later in the afternoon that Anthony and Okoye had contacted their wives at 1 pm informing that they had just signed minutes on the implementation of their execution.Two...Police chief sacked in aftermath of Afghan prison break
If heads must roll, it makes sense to go for the top man."Police chief sacked in aftermath of Afghan prison break Last Updated: Thursday, June 26, 2008 | 8:35 AM ET Comments0Recommend0 CBC News ... MS-13 on the Run?
"I seriously doubt it. Taking a couple of thugs out of action is a good thing but won’t destroy the gang. Taking away their reason for being an organization - i.e. their ability to make money - will kill MS-13 and... Some Japanese Elderly Choose Prison to Retire
The number of inmates 60 or older was 8,700 out of a total Japanese prison population of about 72,000 at the end of 2006, close to a threefold increase from a decade earlier. Older inmates now make up about 12... Celtic League - treatment of Basque prisoners in breach of prison rules
This from the Celtic League: SPAIN - TREATMENT OF BASQUE PRISONERS IN BREACH OF 'PRISON RULES'The General Secretary (GS) of the League attended a march for theright of Basque political prisoners to be repatriated to... "Every One A Survivor"
I am honored to attend church each Sunday with a congregation composed entirely of survivors. Survivors of war, forced relocation, many suffered through prison and torture and exposure to the wrath of the sea for weeks.One fellow parishoner was a prisoner of the...
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