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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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Prison system fine for staph infections By Judy Lin - jlin@sacbee. com Published 5:31 PM PDT Wednesday, October 31, 2007 Print | E-Mail | Comments (5) | Digg it | del.icio.us California's prison system has been slapped with a $21,000 fine for ignoring and failing to reduce the spread of staph infections...
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1301 E. 12th Street Wilmington, DE 19801 (302) 429-7700 Mailing Address P O Box 9279 Wilmington, DE 19809 WARDEN: Raphael Williams DEPUTY WARDEN: Mark Emig The Howard R. Young Correctional Institution (Gander Hill prison) (MPCJF) is a Level 5 facility located in the northeast section Wilmington, Delaware...
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1181 Paddock Road Smyrna, DE 19977 (302) 653-9261 WARDEN: Thomas L. Carroll DEPUTY WARDENS: Betty Burris, David Pierce The Delaware Correctional Center (DCC) is a Level 5 (prison) facility for men located near Smyrna, Delaware, in southern New Castle County. The Delaware Correctional Center is the state's...