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17 min ago | USA Today

Arias holding out hope jury will spare her life

On the evening after Jodi Arias' fate went to the jury, she seemed to hold out hope against the inevitable.

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Related Topix: Maricopa County, AZ, Phoenix, AZ, Arizona State Prison Complex - Perryville, Prison

3 hrs ago | UnionLeader.com

Hampton man indicted for Poker Room assault, robbery

Bryan Lisio, 25, of Hampton is facing two counts of felony robbery and two counts of second-degree assault for the Jan.

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Related Topix: Hampton Falls, NH, Prison

5 hrs ago | KESQ-TV Palm Desert

A look at prison overcrowding in one California State Prison

Thousands of prisoners in California are being released early or sent back to county jails to deal with the state's prison overcrowding problem.

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Related Topix: Prison, Riverside County, CA, Chuckawalla Valley State Prison, Gonzales, CA

Tue May 21, 2013

WIBX-AM Whitesboro

Visitor To Marcy Correctional Facility Arrested For Possessing Pot

An Albany area woman was arrested by State Police after allegedly attempting to bring marijuana into the Marcy Correctional Facility.

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Related Topix: Prison, Marcy Correctional Facility, Menands, NY

Asheville Citizen-Times

Man sentenced in sex offense

A woman whose 7-year-old sister was molested inside a thrift store nearly two years ago told a judge Monday that the girl remains so scarred emotionally she refuses to be alone.

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Related Topix: Prison, Criminal Defense Law, Law

ABA Journal

Technology blocks smuggled cellphones, but not approved calls, at state prison

Maryland corrections officials recently adopted technology that blocks contraband cellphone use at one prison facility and plan to use the technology at other facilities soon.

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Related Topix: Cellphones

Local NEWS 8

Idaho man loses bid to clean up criminal record

Idaho Supreme Court justices rejected a man's bid to have a misdemeanor drug conviction purged from his record, something he'd sought after he was blocked from a job as a state prison guard.

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Related Topix: Prison

KESQ-TV Palm Desert

Supervisor seeks discussion about county's future course

Ironing out Riverside County's fiscal priorities for 2013-14 is among the leading items on the Board of Supervisors' agenda tomorrow, when Supervisor John Tavaglione is slated to lead a discussion about resolving the county hospital's shortfall and assessing the value of merging agencies.

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Related Topix: Riverside County, CA, Cherry Valley, CA, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Prison

Mon May 20, 2013

The Miami Herald

Star witness in Rilya Wilson case walks free from prison

Robin Lunceford, the blunt and eccentric inmate who was the star witness in the trial of a woman accused of murdering Miami foster child Rilya Wilson, is free from prison.

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Related Topix: Prison, Florida, Florida Government, Criminal Defense Law, Law

The Inquirer & Mirror

Guilty verdict in attempted-rape trial

It took more than a decade, but justice ultimately caught up with Nigel Morris. An island jury convicted Morris Wednesday in the sexual assault of a 19-year-old Irish woman on Nantucket in 2002, and the native of Jamaica was sentenced to five years in jail at the Cedar Junction state prison in Walpole, Mass.

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Related Topix: Nantucket, MA, Prison, Walpole, MA

WHIOTV

Police: Woman threatened to shoot officers

A woman facing a minor misdemeanor citation for loud music is now in the Montgomery County Jail because she allegedly threatened to shoot a police officer and then resisted arrest.

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Related Topix: Prison, Montgomery County Jail

WFLX-TV West Palm Beach

Anger Management starring Charlie Sheen coming to FOX 29

In Anger Management, Sheen stars as "Charlie," a non-traditional therapist specializing in anger management.

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Related Topix: Anger Management, Entertainment, Television, Charlie Sheen, Celebrities, Prison

Detroit News

Michigan aims to expand education for inmates

Quantrez Sawyer was a security officer in Detroit three years ago, but he wasn't earning enough to live outside his mother's house and support his three children.

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Related Topix: Michigan, Michigan Government, Prison, Macomb Correctional Facility, Family, Kids

Bloomberg

Singapore's Changi Airport Seeks Growth With Gold, Tuna

Changi Airport , Southeast Asia's largest freight airfield, plans to attract more gold bars, tuna and vaccines to Singapore as it seeks to increase handling of high-value cargo to make up for slowing trade.

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Related Topix: Prison, Maximum Security

Sun May 19, 2013

The Miami Herald

Gov. Rick Scott speeds up warrants for Death Row inmates

Gov. Rick Scott has signed three active death warrants in recent weeks, the most any governor has signed in more than two decades.

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Related Topix: Rick Scott, US Governors, Florida, Raiford, FL, Death Penalty, Prison

La Vista Sun

Hansen: Decades on death row drive death penalty fight

Curtis McCarty regains his freedom in May 2007 after more than 21 years in prison, almost all of it on Oklahoma's death row.

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Related Topix: Prison, Death Penalty, Violent Crime, Oklahoma State Penitentiary

Reno Gazette-Journal

OJ Simpson lawyers say he is closer to freedom

USA NOW vide...: Natalie DiBlasio hosts USA NOW for May 14, 2013, covering the latest on the O.J. Simpson trial and the top 5 things you need to know before he is expected to take the stand tomorrow.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Las Vegas, NV, Prison

The Honolulu Advertiser

Woman being detained at OCCC found dead in cell

A 56-year-old woman, who was a pretrial detainee at Oahu Community Correctional Center, was found dead in her cell Saturday morning.

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Related Topix: Prison, Oahu Community Correctional Center

WSOCTV

Dallas police arrest inmate following escape from state prison

Dallas police arrested inmate Jacob Hilton on Saturday at 4:45 p.m. following his escape from the Gaston Correctional Center early Saturday morning.

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Related Topix: Prison, Gaston Correctional Center

Examiner.com

Man accused of setting house on fire with man, his 3-year-old daughter inside

A Cartersville man remained hospitalized for severe burns Saturday after he allegedly set fire to his neighbor's house while knowing the man and his 3-year-old daughter were inside.

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Related Topix: Fire, Cartersville, GA, Prison, Autry State Prison