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Former Stanford Swimmer Receives 6 Month Jail Sentence for Sexual Assault

Summary: Following the trend of sexual assault on college campuses getting light punishment a former Stanford student was sentenced to…

Lawsuit: Mentally-Ill Man Starved to Death in Virginia Jail

Summary: A lawsuit claims a Virginia jail allowed a mentally ill man to starve to death. He was serving time…

Former Serbian Playboy Model Sentenced to Two Years in Prison

Summary: Model Slobodanka Tosic was found to be linked to a large organized crime gang and involved in the attempted…

Solitary Confinement Class-Action Lawsuit Brought Against Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office

Summary: The use of solitary confinement in prisons has been heavily scrutinized over the last few years but this is the…

Ex-Rikers Inmate Fatally Shot in Brooklyn After Receiving Settlement from City

Summary: A former Rikers Island inmate who was recently awarded a $450,000 settlement was murdered Friday in Brooklyn.   Robert…

Actress Amy Locane Facing Civil and Criminal Case from Drunk Driving Crash

Summary: After driving under the influence and striking another car, killing one of the passengers inside, actress Amy Locane was…

Joyce Mitchell’s Graphic Confession

Summary: In a story that shocked the nation, Joyce Mitchell helped two inmates escape from a New York prison. In…

Lawyer Gets 9 Years for Stealing from Clients

  Summary: Crystal Lake lawyer receives 9 years for stealing $1.2 million from clients.   Sometimes the worst lawyers aren’t…

Prison versus Education and the Numbers are Staggering

Summary: We have stumbled across a video that discusses the cost of keeping a prisoner in jail for one year and…

The Underbelly below the Mason Dixon Line

  Because of a new interactive data-mapping tool provided by the Census Bureau which displays "the percentage of adults over…

Charles Manson to Marry 25-Year-Old Woman

Just because you are 79 years old, insane and each year progressively worse, and also America’s most notorious killer, doesn’t…

Manning to Live, but in Prison

Bradley Manning leaked documents containing details of operations, which the media did not publish where sensitive, but he also revealed…