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Dec 31, 2009 2:35 AM CST

Mel's New Film Riles Mexican Cons, Kin

Families protest plan to transfer inmates for filming

(Newser) - Mel Gibson's latest project has infuriated the families of prisoners who may be shifted out of a Mexican prison to make way for filming. Hundreds of prisoners' relatives, fearing that transfers to other prisons will make it harder to get food to their loved ones, have been protesting outside a...

Madoff Injured by Falling Out of Bed: Source

Dec 24, 2009 2:14 PM CST

Madoff Injured by Falling Out of Bed: Source

Ponzi schemer has facial fractures; lawyer blames dizziness

(Newser) - Bernie Madoff has been receiving medical care for injuries suffered when he fell out of bed and apparently landed on his face. The Ponzi schemer was taken to Duke University Medical Center in Durham on Friday and treated for multiple facial fractures, broken ribs, and a collapsed lung, sources tell...

Brooke Astor's
Son Sentenced
to 1-3 Years

Dec 21, 2009 2:18 PM CST

Brooke Astor's Son Sentenced to 1-3 Years

Anthony Marshall gets minimum sentence for fleecing mom

(Newser) - The 85-year-old son of philanthropist Brooke Astor was sentenced today to one to three years in prison for exploiting his mother's mental frailty to plunder her millions. Anthony Marshall received the minimum allowed under sentencing guidelines. The judge gave him 30 days to get his affairs in order, but Marshall...

Illinois Prison Will
Take Gitmo Inmates

UPDATED

Dec 15, 2009 6:43 AM CST

Illinois Prison Will Take Gitmo Inmates

Prison nearly empty, unemployment brutal in rural Thomson

(Newser) - A nearly vacant prison in a western Illinois town where unemployment is over 10% will be the new home of as many as 100 current Guantanamo Bay detainees. An announcement of the president's decision to acquire the 8-year-old jail is expected today, the Chicago Tribune reports. Gov. Pat Quinn and...

Amanda Knox:
'I Am Scared'

Dec 13, 2009 12:35 PM CST

Amanda Knox: 'I Am Scared'

In jailhouse interview, American says she remains hopeful

(Newser) - Amanda Knox is scared but hopeful 8 days after an Italian court sentenced her to 26 years in prison for the murder of her British roommate."I am scared because I don't know what is going on," the 22-year-old American said during a 10-minute visit to her 97-square-foot...

In Jail, Bernie Madoff Is
'the Godfather, the Don'

prison profile

Dec 10, 2009 8:29 PM CST

In Jail, Bernie Madoff Is 'the Godfather, the Don'

He's making buddies and earning the respect of fellow con artists

(Newser) - With 5 months under his belt, Bernie Madoff has about 149 and a half years to go in prison, but good news for him: He's making pals and winning respect behind bars. "To every con artist, he is the godfather, the don," one inmate tells the Wall Street ...

Amanda Knox:
'My Rights Were
Respected'

Dec 9, 2009 7:42 AM CST

Amanda Knox: 'My Rights Were Respected'

In prison interview, says she still has faith in Italian justice

(Newser) - Amanda Knox says her “rights were respected” in the murder trial that ended with a 26-year sentence for her, and that she expects to be freed on appeal. “I still have faith in Italian justice,” she told a Parliamentary deputy who visited her in prison, perhaps, the...

Huckabee Freed Man Sought in Wash. Cop Massacre

Nov 29, 2009 11:14 PM CST

Huckabee Freed Man Sought in Wash. Cop Massacre

Then-gov commuted repeat felon's sentence

(Newser) - A man being sought as a "person of interest" in the execution-style slayings of four police officers this morning in Lakewood, Wash., was 11 years into a decades-long prison term in Arkansas when then-governor Mike Huckabee approved the commutation of his sentence. Prosecutors objected to clemency for Maurice Clemmons,...

Strapped Prison to Inmates: There's No Free Lunch

Nov 23, 2009 10:36 AM CST

Strapped Prison to Inmates: There's No Free Lunch

Officials say they have prisoners' best interests at heart

(Newser) - Indiana criminals can no longer count on getting three square meals a day in prison; one cash-strapped lockup has cut lunches on weekends. Prisoners at Plainfield Correctional Facility now get two meals a day on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays: a “brunch” at 6am, and dinner at 4pm. The program...

Russia Blocks Autopsy
on Jailed Lawyer

Nov 20, 2009 4:54 AM CST

Russia Blocks Autopsy on Jailed Lawyer

Authorities accused of denying activist attorney care

(Newser) - Friends of an anti-corruption lawyer who died in a Moscow prison this week accuse the government of denying him medical care and say authorities have refused to release his body for an independent autopsy. Sergei Magnitsky, 37, died after spending almost a year in jail in squalid conditions awaiting trial...

Republicans Decry Decision to Try 9/11 Planner in NYC

Nov 13, 2009 12:15 PM CST

Republicans Decry Decision to Try 9/11 Planner in NYC

GOP slams AG's 'dangerous mentality'

(Newser) - Republican leaders are sharply criticizing the Obama administration’s decision to prosecute Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in civilian court. John Boehner called the plan to try the confessed planner of the 9/11 attacks in New York "irresponsible” and accused AG Eric Holder of "reverting to a dangerous pre-9/11 mentality....

Teens Sentenced to Life:
Cruel and Unusual?

SUPREME COURT DOCKET

Nov 8, 2009 11:05 AM CST

Teens Sentenced to Life: Cruel and Unusual?

High court will address sentences for kid convicts who didn't kill

(Newser) - Joe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman and judged incorrigible though he was only 13. Terrance Graham, implicated in armed robberies when he was 16 and 17, was given a life sentence by a judge who told the teenager he had thrown his life away....

White Guy Runs Maine Chapter
of NAACP

Nov 3, 2009 9:18 AM CST

White Guy Runs Maine Chapter of NAACP

From prison, that is— he says being a felon makes you a minority

(Newser) - The president of the NAACP doesn’t often go to Maine, the whitest state in the country. But recently Todd Jealous took the Washington Post to a state prison there, to meet his new favorite chapter—one comprised almost entirely of white convicts. It’s run by Billy Flynn, who’...

Lifer Seeks Better Life
on Death Row

Oct 28, 2009 3:48 AM CDT

Lifer Seeks Better Life on Death Row

Killer eyes amenities that come with capital punishment

(Newser) - Living on death row looks like a better deal than dying as a lifer, convicted killer Billy Joe Johnson told a California jury yesterday. "You get out of your confined cell a little more," said Johnson, whose trial has moved to the penalty phase after he was found...

Polanski May Take
His Chances in US

Oct 21, 2009 9:36 AM CDT

Polanski May Take His Chances in US

'Not in perfect health,' director will likely not appeal Swiss house arrest decision

(Newser) - Roman Polanski, denied bail or house arrest in Switzerland, may try his luck in the United States after 31 years. “If this process drags on, it is not completely impossible that Roman Polanski could choose to go finally to explain himself in the United States where the arguments in...

Madoff in Prison Yard Tussle

Oct 13, 2009 5:21 AM CDT

Madoff in Prison Yard Tussle

Bernie shoves another senior citizen in stock market argument

(Newser) - Scam king Bernie Madoff got into a shove match with another con during an argument about the stock market, according to jailbird witnesses. Another oldster con at the North Carolina fed pen where Bernie's serving 150 years shoved Madoff as the argument escalated. Madoff pushed back, causing the other inmate...

Imprisoned Polanski
'Depressed': Lawyer

Oct 11, 2009 4:55 PM CDT

Imprisoned Polanski 'Depressed': Lawyer

Fugitive director vows not to flee if he makes bail

(Newser) - A stint in a Zurich prison has left Roman Polanski "depressed" and "dejected," and the longtime fugitive will promise to stay in Switzerland should he be granted bail, his lawyer says. Polanski, who fled the US in 1977 after pleading guilty to raping a 13-year-old girl, "...

It Wasn't Rape:
Sharon Tate's Sis

POLANSKI ROUNDUP

Sep 30, 2009 9:56 AM CDT

It Wasn't Rape: Sharon Tate's Sis

As Roman Polanski faces months in jail, Hollywood elite rally around him

(Newser) - The sister of Roman Polanski’s murdered second wife, Sharon Tate, says his crime was not rape. "There's rape and then there's rape,” Debra Tate tells MSNBC, and what happened between Polanski and his 13-year-old victim was “a consensual matter.” More from the Polanski saga:

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Ahmadinejad Says He'll Seek Leniency for US Hikers

Sep 22, 2009 10:36 PM CDT

Ahmadinejad Says He'll Seek Leniency for US Hikers

Iranian president 'hopeful' trio's case can be resolved

(Newser) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today he will request leniency for three American hikers who apparently strayed across Iran's border. Ahmadinejad said the Americans broke the law, and "we're not happy that this happened." He added, "What I can ask is that the judiciary expedites the...

Plaxico Hit With 2 Years

Sep 22, 2009 10:32 AM CDT

Plaxico Hit With 2 Years

Former New York Giant will go to prison for 2008 illegal handgun incident

(Newser) - Former New York Giant Plaxico Burress was sentenced today to two years in prison for possessing an unlicensed gun—the gun with which he accidentally shot himself in the leg at a New York nightclub in 2008, TMZ reports. The footballer, joined by his wife, son, and father at the...