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By Mansfield Frazier, on May 19th, 2013 Unlike the ‘Real Housewives,’ prisoners aren’t really exercising free will when they sign up to exploited on TV.
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By By ADAM NAGOURNEY, on May 15th, 2013 O.J. Simpson testified in Las Vegas on Thursday, trying to overturn the kidnapping and robbery conviction that sent him to prison.
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By Justin Green, on May 15th, 2013 Read Newsweek's Daniel Klaidman on President Obama's Gitmo problem:
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By By CHARLIE SAVAGE, on May 14th, 2013 The possibility that the detainee, a Sudanese man, may not be released from the Guantánamo Bay prison threatens to undermine the ability of prosecutors to persuade other detainees to plead guilty.
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By , on May 13th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, the Venezuelan better known to the world as Carlos the Jackal, returns to court on Monday to appeal his conviction for a series of deadly bombings in France 30 years ago. The 63-year-old, who has been imprisoned in France since being captured in Sudan in 1994, was found guilty in 2011 of masterminding the 1982 and 1983 attacks on two French passenger trains, a train station in Marseille and a Libyan magazine office in Paris. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By ELISABETH MALKIN, on May 11th, 2013 The judge who sentenced former dictator Gen. Efraín Ríos Montt to 80 years in prison said the court was “convinced of the intent to destroy the Ixil ethnic group.”
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By By JACK HEALY, on May 5th, 2013 Across much of the country, sealing or clearing a criminal record after a wrongful conviction is a tangled and expensive process, advocates and former prisoners say.
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By By GREG BISHOP, on May 5th, 2013 Floyd Mayweather, who has had a rocky year that included time in prison, had little problem holding off Robert Guerrero to improve to 44-0.
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By , on May 2nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A former policeman on trial for murder in the Philippines escaped from jail on Thursday, then embarrassed authorities further by speaking to media outlets over the phone. Ex-police superintendent Cezar Mancao, charged with murder over the 2000 killings of a well-known publicist and his driver, casually walked out of a detention centre in Manila with the help of prison wardens, authorities said. “His escape is a big slap to the bureau’s face,” National Bureau of Investigation director Nonnatus Rojas told reporters after confirming the escape. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 30th, 2013 
Male prisoners in England and Wales will have to work harder from November to “actively earn privileges” such as TVs in cells, the Ministry of Justice says.
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By Ilana Glazer, on April 29th, 2013 A British woman has been issued a five year prison sentence for forcing her 14-year old daughter to get pregnant through artificial insemination.
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By , on April 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt was granted more time to work before going to prison for a 1993 weapons conviction linked to a deadly terror attack, though he likely won’t be able to finish his four pending films. The Supreme Court’s order on Wednesday gives him four more weeks beyond the original deadline, which was Thursday. Dutt had appealed to the court that he needed six months to complete his pending film commitments, which film industry experts have said are worth at least US$20 million (HK$155 million). <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By Andrew Crump, on April 15th, 2013 
The lack of promotional material for Oldboy, the long-gestating remake of South Korean maestro Park Chan-wook’s revenge opus, has allowed director Spike Lee to keep the film well under-wraps leading into its fall 2013 release. But as October draws closer, the need for FilmDistrict to release some details about Lee’s vision of Park’s stunning, violent, tragic, deranged masterpiece grows greater and greater. Good news, though: Oldboy‘s first teaser poster has been unveiled for fan appreciation. Additionally, a report from an early test screening has a lot to say about Lee’s direction, the performances of the film’s talented cast, the overall cringe-worthiness of the material, and octopi. Taken on its own merits and with no context provided, the poster is an evocative, suggestive image that should make more sense upon a reading of the synopsis; …Click to continue reading Teaser Poster & Early Reactions for Spike Lee’s ‘Oldboy’ Remake
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By , on April 14th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Officials at the US-run prison met resistance from some inmates as they moved before dawn to relocate inmates from communal housing into individual cells. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By CHARLIE SAVAGE, on April 13th, 2013 A military press release said that the commander of the prison task force ordered the raid “to ensure the health and safety” of detainees.
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By , on April 12th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The brother-in-law of jailed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, who has been arrested on fraud charges, could be sentenced to as long as 14 years in prison if convicted, his lawyer said yesterday. Lawyer Shang Baojun said Liu Hui, 43, is due to stand trial on April 23 at the Huairou district People’s Court on the outskirts of Beijing. He said the Huairou prosecutor’s office recommended the court hand down a jail term of between 12 and 14 years. Phone calls to the Huairou prosecutor’s office were not answered yesterday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By Emily L. Hauser, on April 10th, 2013 Emily L. Hauser always thought Israeli-American spy Jonathan Pollard was exactly where he belonged: in prison. But she’s had a change of heart.
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By David Freedlander, on April 9th, 2013 Jana Winter, who got a James Holmes scoop, could face six months in prison. By David Freedlander.
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By , on April 7th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> What is a military number plate? In China, it is much more than a set of numbers to identify a specific vehicle. It is a blatant sign of power, privilege, money and corruption. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By NORIMITSU ONISHI, on April 6th, 2013 A judge ruled on Friday that court oversight of the mental health care in California prisons remained necessary.
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Carlos the Jackal back in court to appeal French bombing conviction
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, the Venezuelan better known to the world as Carlos the Jackal, returns to court on Monday to appeal his conviction for a series of deadly bombings in France 30 years ago. The 63-year-old, who has been imprisoned in France since being captured in Sudan in 1994, was found guilty in 2011 of masterminding the 1982 and 1983 attacks on two French passenger trains, a train station in Marseille and a Libyan magazine office in Paris. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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