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Excerpts from Russian opposition leader Navalny's memoir show he knew he would die in prison
Excerpts of a memoir written by late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny revealed he believed he would die in prison. The New Yorker magazine published the excerpts Friday in anticipation of the release of “Patriot” on Oct. 22. Navalny was President Vladimir...
Ex-US Army soldier asks for maximum 40 years in prison but gets a 14-year term for IS plot
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge rejected a former U.S. Army soldier's surprise sentencing-day request for a maximum 40-year prison term for trying to help the Islamic State group kill American troops, giving him 14 years behind bars instead. Cole Bridges, 24, of Stow, Ohio, was sentenced...
Sean 'Diddy' Combs to stay in jail while appeals court takes up bail fight
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court judge has ruled to keep Sean “Diddy” Combs locked up while he makes a third bid for bail in his sex trafficking case, which is slated to go to trial in May. In a decision filed Friday, Circuit Judge William J. Nardini denied the hip-hop...
Alabama corrections officer charged with smuggling meth into prison
ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — A correctional officer in Alabama has been arrested on suspicion of smuggling methamphetamine into the maximum-security prison where she worked. The 48-year-old officer was charged with attempting to distribute a controlled substance, promoting prison...
AP PHOTOS: A look at life inside Paraguay's overcrowded prisons
ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — Paraguay a few months ago launched an operation to address some of the many problems plaguing its prison system, including internal gang control, but one problem in particular has proven difficult to deal with: overcrowding. The South American nation has...
Sean 'Diddy' Combs' sex trafficking trial set for May
NEW YORK (AP) — A May 5 trial date was set Thursday in Sean “Diddy” Combs'sex trafficking case, and a prosecutor argued that the jailed hip-hop mogul's lawyers were trying to exclude a “damning piece of evidence” by claiming it was leaked by the government. Assistant U.S....
Teen charged in connection with a Wisconsin prison counselor's death pleads not guilty
MERRILL, Wis. (AP) — A teenage inmate charged in connection with a Wisconsin youth prison counselor's death this summer has pleaded not guilty to a pair of felony counts. Ryan Nyblom, 17, pleaded not guilty Thursday to being a party to felony murder and being a party to battery by...
Security guard gets no additional jail time in man's Detroit-area mall death
DETROIT (AP) — A judge ordered no additional jail time Thursday for a security guard for his role in the death of a man who repeatedly said, “I can’t breathe,” while pinned to the ground at a Detroit-area mall in 2014. Lucius Hamilton was one of four guards charged years...
Asylum-seeker to film star: Guinean's unusual journey highlights France's arguments over immigration
PARIS (AP) — A few months ago, Abou Sangare was an anonymous, 23-year-old Guinean immigrant lacking permanent legal status in northern France and, like thousands of others, fighting deportation. Now a lead actor in “Souleymane’s Story,” an award-winning feature film that hit...
Advocates in Georgia face barriers getting people who were formerly incarcerated to vote
ATLANTA (AP) — For the first time in over 10 years, Luci Harrell can vote in a presidential election. Around the time she graduated law school this year, Harrell completed two years of parole and became legally allowed to register. “It feels important to me...real...
