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Minnesota inmates find creative outlet, therapeutic benefit in writing programs
The nonprofit FreeWriters offers writing workshops in jails, encouraging expression and reflection as a means of addressing mental health struggles.
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Prison living costs rule scrapped for wrongly convicted
Andy Malkinson, who cleared his name after 17 years in jail, tells the BBC more still needs to be done.
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Trials have become an endangered species. A new effort is trying to change that
Advocates say defendants who go to trial face much longer prison sentences — a so-called trial penalty. It can even lead innocent people to strike plea deals.
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50 Cent Agrees To Settlement In Penis Enlargement Lawsuit
50 Cent has agreed to a settlement to end his lawsuit against a Miami medical spa that he believes implied he had undergone penis enhancement surgery.
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Judge asks ChatGPT to decide bail in murder trial
Chat-torney at law: A judge asked ChatGPT to help him reach a decision regarding a defendant’s bail.
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'Rick and Morty' Co-Creator Justin Roiland's Domestic Violence Case Dismissed
The case that put "Rick and Morty" co-creator Justin Roiland out of a job has just been dismissed.
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Wrongfully convicted man, now free after 28 years: ‘I was finally heard’
As he languished in a Missouri prison for nearly three decades, Lamar Johnson never stopped fighting to prove his innocence.
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Letters from Inside Hong Kong
By Eunsong Kim
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DA drops gun enhancement charge against Alec Baldwin in 'Rust' shooting
The Santa Fe District Attorney's Office announced Monday it is dropping the gun enhancement charge -- a crime that would have carried a five-year sentence if convicted -- against Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of "Rust" in October 2021.
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Young Thug's Co-Defendant Hands Him Drugs in Court, Both Busted Immediately
Young Thug and one of his YSL co-defendants are accused of pulling off a hand-to-hand drug deal while in court, during jury selection for Thug's RICO trial ... and it's all on camera.
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OWI vs DUI in Indiana | Ziemer Law, LLC
The difference between OWI & DUI in Indiana is only in the acronym. Make sure you have proper legal representation - call Ziemer Law for an OWI lawyer today.
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Why Hasn’t Sam Bankman-Fried Been Arrested Yet?
Bernie Madoff was arrested in a matter of days after his fraud came to light, but SBF is still a free man. What gives?
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Gaetz friend gets 11 years for sex crime, other counts
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A former Florida tax collector whose arrest led to a federal probe into U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for sex trafficking of a minor and other offenses.
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ID.me made “baseless” pandemic fraud claims to win contracts, Congress says
Online verification through ID.me was supposed to help the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) prevent widespread fraud while rushing unemployment benefits to those who needed it most during the pandemic. Instead, wait times to get verified for some stretched up to 10 hours, and in one case in California, actually took three days.
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Prosecutors push 15-year sentence for Theranos' CEO Holmes
Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to sentence disgraced Theranos CE0 Elizabeth Holmes to 15 years in prison, arguing she deserves a lengthy prison term because her massive scheme duped investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars by falsely convincing them her company had developed a revolutionary blood testing device.
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Axon evidence-storing system full of flaws, lawyer says, as police consider expansion
A defence lawyer says police's private American-provided evidence storing system is derailing criminal trials and letting in the wrong people.
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DOJ Blasts Trump's Declassification Theories and Executive Privilege Claims at Supreme Court, Asks Justices to Turn Down Mar-a-Lago Case
The U.S. Department of Justice has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stand down as it ponders criminal charges connected to alleged secret and classified documents recovered in August from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home and resort. While so doing, the DOJ slammed Trump’s multiple public claims that he declassified some of the material in question.
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Harvey Weinstein faces his next criminal trial in Los Angeles this week
Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein's second criminal trial over the alleged sexual assaults of women, at least one occurring 18 years ago, is set to take place in Los Angeles this week. Jury selection begins Monday.
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Closing arguments set for R. Kelly trial on fixing charges
Closing arguments are scheduled Monday for R. Kelly and two co-defendants in the R&B singer’s trial on federal charges of trial-fixing, child pornography and enticing minors for sex, with jury deliberations to follow.
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The Final Days of the Trump White House: Chaos and Scattered Papers
Government documents that President Donald J. Trump had accumulated were with him in roughly two dozen boxes in the White House residence. They were to go to the National Archives, but at least some ended up in Florida.
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