Texas death row inmate’s lawyer says ‘there was no crime’ as she makes last-ditch effort to save his life
Exclusive: A Texas death row inmate is scheduled to be executed next week after being found guilty of murdering his 2-year-old daughter in 2002, but his lawyer insists not only is his client innocent, but also who is responsible for the girl's death. He claims that there is no such thing. Robert Roberson is scheduled […]
Gov. Kemp suspends Georgia mayor arrested for leaving alcohol in ditch for inmates
The mayor of a small Georgia town has been suspended by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp after he was accused of hiding gin bottles in a ditch accessible to state prison workers. Thompson Mayor Benjamin “Benji” Carey Cranford, 52, was indicted in August and later arrested by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation on felony charges of […]
Nine inmates charged in Brooklyn detention center stabbing deaths
Federal authorities have announced charges against nine inmates in a series of brutal assaults that left two men dead and others seriously injured at a Brooklyn jail. Each suspect was already being held at the Sunset Park Metropolitan Detention Center on separate charges. But they made the situation worse by chasing their fellow inmates, according […]
California mafia member on death row fatally beaten by other inmates in prison
A death row inmate was bludgeoned to death by three other inmates at a Southern California prison, officials said. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced Thursday that Alberto Martinez was killed at Calipatria State Prison in Imperial County. His death is being investigated as a homicide. Another inmate, Tyler A. Rua, was seen […]
2 Massachusetts corrections officers stabbed by inmates as union says they are ‘literally running the asylum’
Following an attack at a Massachusetts prison in which two corrections officers were stabbed and three others injured by an inmate, a labor union has declared that “the inmates are literally running the prison.” The Massachusetts Department of Corrections said Thursday that the attack at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley, a town north of […]
California inmate’s wife wins $5.6 million in strip search settlement
A California woman who was sexually assaulted during a physical exam while trying to visit her incarcerated husband has been awarded $5.6 million in a settlement with the Department of Corrections and the hospital that oversaw the exam, her lawyer announced Monday. Cristina Cardenas, 45, He told the New York Times She was “traumatized” when […]
Colin Gray, dad of accused Georgia school shooter Colt Gray, files to be separated from other inmates
The jailed father of Georgia high school shooting suspect Colt Gray has asked that he be held separately from other inmates, fearing a backlash over the shooting that left two students and two teachers dead. According to the complaint reviewed by The Washington Post, Collin Gray, 54, has received “countless threats” since his 14-year-old son […]
Georgia school shooting suspect’s father asks for separation from other inmates, cites ‘personal safety’
Lawyers representing the father of Apalachee High School shooting suspect Colt Gray are currently asking the court to keep him separated from other inmates for his safety. Attorneys for Collin Gray, who is charged with four counts of manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder and eight counts of second-degree child abuse in connection with the […]
Kamala Harris told ACLU she’d fund trans surgeries for migrant inmates, decriminalize drugs and end ICE detainers during 2020 campaign
Remember, her values haven't changed. Vice President Kamala Harris, in a left-leaning survey, supported using taxpayer money to provide gender reassignment surgery for prison inmates, decriminalize drugs, and end U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention of illegal immigrants suspected of crimes. American Civil Liberties Union During the ill-fated 2020 presidential campaign. investigation Resurfaced by […]
Lawsuit: Inmates illegally jailed in Prince George’s County | FOX 5 DC
Prince George’s County inmates have teamed up with an expert team of attorneys to file a lawsuit in federal court saying hundreds … source