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(CNN) -- Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs tried to hang himself earlier this year while he was in jail awaiting trial, according to court documents unsealed by a Utah judge on Tuesday. Sect leader Warren Jeffs arrives in court to hear the verdict against him September 25 in St. George, Utah. Jeffs...
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Frank Lucas, at 77 years old and wheelchair-bound, still has a small gang doting on him. Frank Lucas, at 77, is still a charismatic presence, though his drug-dealing days are behind him. 1 of 2 var CNN_ArticleChanger = new CNN_imageChanger('cnnImgChngr','/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies...
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Jail eyes state funds Monday, November 05, 2007 By Michael Van Cassell ( mvancassell@ freelancenews. com ) The recidivism rate in California's jails and prisons is staggering. At 70 percent, it's the worst in the country. And here in San Benito County , jailers often see the same faces come through...
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`Bad' Legal Advice and the Death Penalty By LINDA GREENHOUSE Published: November 6, 2007 WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 — Eighteen years have passed since an Idaho murder defendant took his lawyer's advice to reject the state's offer of a guilty plea that would have resulted in a life sentence. The defendant...
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Activists urge court takeover of state's youth prisons TOO LITTLE ACCOMPLISHED AFTER THREE YEARS, THEY SAY By Brandon Bailey Mercury News Article Launched: 11/04/2007 01:42:38 AM PDT Complaining that officials are moving too slowly on their promise to fix California's troubled youth prisons,...
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'I think it's beyond epidemic'; teen drug abuse exploding Jim Walsh The Arizona Republic Nov. 2, 2007 07:00 AM Hannah, 15, of Ahwatukee, moved from marijuana and alcohol to cocaine, and ended up hospitalized with alcohol poisoning. Oscar, 16, of Gilbert, started with marijuana and three years...
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Father of Victim to Convicted Killer: 'I'm Here for You' Lawyers and Father of Victim Say New Evidence Shows 'West Memphis 3' Innocent By JIM AVILA, MARY HARRIS, LAUREN PEARLE and SCOTT MICHELS ABC News Law & Justice Unit Nov. 1, 2007 — For 14 years, John Mark Byers said, he has...
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November 2, 2007 Ex-jailer sentenced in beating Teel to serve two concurrent life sentences for role in inmate's slaying The Associated Press A former jailer convicted in federal court for his role in the death of a Harrison County prisoner was sentenced Thursday in Gulfport to two terms of life...
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Prison guard in escape attempt sentenced The Associated Press - Thursday, November 01, 2007 BISMARCK, N.D. One of the two prison guards accused of trying to help three federal inmates escape from a regional prison in Rugby has been sentenced to five years in prison. The attorney for Keri Brandt said...
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Blunders in inmate's unsupervised release ended in girl's stabbing Julian Guthrie, Chronicle Staff Writer Thursday, November 1, 2007 A series of extraordinary blunders led to the unsupervised release of a high-security inmate from San Quentin State Prison who went on to stab and nearly kill a...