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Man exonerated in 1996 Brooklyn killing after 14 years in prison

Stephen Ruffin, who served 14 years in prison for a mass shooting in the 1990s, was wrongly convicted and acquitted this week. Ruffin's conviction is one of more than 30 denied by Brooklyn prosecutors over the past decade. The shooting was a case of mistaken identity, and Ruffin confessed under suspicious circumstances, but later recanted. […]

Angel Cabrera one step from playing the Masters on heels of prison sentence

Angel Cabrera will be released from prison in August 2023. A few months later, the PGA Tour reinstated Cabrera, with the former Masters champion looking to return to the field at Augusta National. There's only one thing standing in his way to return to his land: a visa.Augusta National Golf Club Chairman Fred Ridley explained […]

Des Moines school shooter gets 65 years in prison

A judge on Thursday sentenced an Iowa man to 65 years in prison for killing two students and seriously injuring the program's founder at a Des Moines alternative school. Polk County District Judge Larry McClellan sentenced Preston Walls, 19, to consecutive prison terms after being found guilty in September of second-degree murder, manslaughter and assault […]

Dean Kapsalis gets life in prison for racist road rage killing

A Massachusetts man convicted of yelling the “n-word” and mowing down a Black man to death during a 2021 street attack was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison. Dean Kapsalis, 56, of Hudson, was found by a jury last year on charges of second-degree murder, violation of constitutional rights and other charges in the racially […]

Missouri man sues for wrongful conviction after nearly 28 years in prison

Lamar Johnson, 50, is facing an unspecified lawsuit against the city of St. Louis and eight police officers who he claims “detained, arrested, and framed him for a murder he did not commit.” is seeking compensation for damages. Mr. Johnson was imprisoned for nearly 28 years for shooting and killing Marcus Boyd in 1994, which […]

Sex trafficking convict dead after suspected Indiana prison fight

An inmate has died after a fight with another inmate at a federal prison in western Indiana, officials said. The Federal Bureau of Prisons said inmate Mario Waters, 35, was found unresponsive at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute around 12:20 a.m. Monday after “an apparent altercation” with another inmate. Child pornography convict found dead […]