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Alabama profits off prisoners who work at McDonald’s but deems them too dangerous for parole

Dec. 20, 2024 17:10 PM EST

DADEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A storm was looming when the inmate serving 20 years for armed robbery was assigned to transport fellow prisoners to their jobs at private manufacturers supplying goods to companies like Home Depot and Wayfair. It didn’t matter that Jake Jones once had escaped or that he...

Ex-Abercrombie CEO asks court to determine if he's competent to face sex trafficking charges

Dec. 10, 2024 16:59 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — The former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch has requested a court hearing to determine whether he’s mentally fit to stand trial as he faces federal sex trafficking charges in New York. A lawyer for Michael Jeffries made a motion for a competency hearing during a...

Former Abercrombie CEO's partner pleads not guilty to sex trafficking charges, is freed on bond

Dec. 03, 2024 16:28 PM EST

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — Matthew Smith, the partner of former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries, was released on $10 million bond Tuesday in their sex trafficking case with conditions including home detention and GPS monitoring. Smith, 61, pleaded not guilty to sex...