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The government has announced emergency measures to deal with prison overcrowding in England and Wales. These include early release for some prisoners when they have served 40% of their sentence. The first people are likely to be released under the scheme in September. Which prisoners will be released?. Prisoners who...

Which prisoners will be released from jail early?

California State

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(CNN) — A convicted murderer who has been on California’s death row for 33 years must either be released or retried after a federal judge on Thursday approved the state attorney general’s request to do so because of prosecutorial misconduct in jury selection decades ago.

California inmate on death row for 33 years must either be released or retried due to prosecutorial misconduct

Virginia State

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Cheryl E Preston

Bryshere Gray's name has been added to a growing list. Some Virginians have been keeping up with the ever-increasing tales of celebrities and their alleged connections to the saga of Sean Diddy Combs. There are now rumors that Empire actor Bryshere Gray is suing Diddy and Will Smith.

Empire actor Bryshere Gray is allegedly suing Will Smith and Sean Combs

New Jersey State

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Florida State

Meteorologist Joe Cioffi

This is going to be a busy weather weekend. We have Tropical Depression 4 which is about to move off the coast of Western Cuba. Once it does so tonight, it will strengthen to Tropical Storm Debbie and head north northwestward offshore of the West Coast of Florida. Tropical Storm Warnings and Hurricane Watches have been posted from Flamingo Key to Appalachacola Florida and over time, additional watches and warnings will be going up for inland areas of North Florida as well as Coastal Georgia and the Carolinas.

Florida & Carolinas about to get hit by a tropical storm or hurricane, Severe weather Georgia to NY

The Independent

Thousands of prisoners are to be released earlier than planned as the Government attempts to avert the “collapse” of the prisons system.Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood warned on Friday that without immediate action to address overcrowding, prisons would run out of space within weeks – leading to “a total breakdown of law and order”.In a speech at HMP Five Wells, in Northamptonshire, she said prisons were “on the point of collapse”, with barely 700 places left in the adult male estate and jails operating at 99% capacity since the start of 2023.Echoing language used about supporters of appeasement in the 1930s,...

Offenders to be released early as prison system faces ‘collapse’, says minister

Huntsville, TX

Minutes before a death row inmate in Texas was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection, the Supreme Court handed him a lifeline and halted the execution to consider his claim of innocence.Ruben Gutierrez, 47, has been on death row in Huntsville since 1999 after he was convicted of capital murder for the killing of Escolastica Harrison, an 85-year-old woman who Gutierrez and two others intended to rob after discovering she kept $600,000 in cash inside her mobile home. For the last 13 years, Gutierrez has asked state and federal courts to allow him access to the physical evidence obtained...

Supreme Court grants death row inmate last minute stay of execution

An investigation has begun after the death of a prisoner at a women's jail. Sarah Boyle, 35, died on 20 July after being taken from HMP Styal in Cheshire to Wythenshawe Hospital. HM Prison Service confirmed her death would be looked into by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO). Ombudsman...

Investigation after prisoner dies at women's jail

The government will announce plans on Friday to release prisoners early to stop jails becoming full in England and Wales, the BBC has confirmed. Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood is expected to set out a suite of emergency measures to free up space in prisons. The main measure will be automatically...

Prisoners to be released early to ease overcrowding

South Carolina State

The Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina can execute death row inmates by firing squad, lethal injection or the electric chair, the state’s high court ruled Wednesday, opening the door to restart executions after more than a decade. All five justices agreed with at least part of the ruling....

South Carolina Supreme Court rules state death penalty including firing squad is legal

Georgia State

Douglas, GA

Daily Coffee Press

Last week, a 32-year-old was arrested on trafficking charges after allegedly fleeing from a traffic stop and abandoning the vehicle with a child in the passenger seat. The chase resulted in the discovery of 230 grams of methamphetamine, which the suspect allegedly threw out while fleeing on foot. According to local detectives, the vehicle the suspect was driving was registered to NFL football player Tyreek Hill.

Man Driving Vehicle Registered to Tyreek Hill Arrested on Drug Trafficking Charges in Douglas

Missouri State

Law & Crime

A St. Louis, Missouri, judge vacated Christopher Dunn’s murder conviction on Monday and ordered that the man, who has spent 34 years behind bars, should be released from custody “immediately.” However, despite the finding that Dunn was wrongfully convicted, he is still incarcerated — making him the second inmate in two weeks to have been […]
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Missouri prison refuses to release exonerated inmate as attorney general fights against judge who ruled the man innocent

Kentucky State

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Northern Kentucky Tribune

Kentucky’s Community Actions Partnerships have announced the starts date for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Summer Subsidy, aimed at helping Kentucky households offset summer cooling costs.

LIHEAP Summer Subsidy program to help with summer cooling costs to begin enrollment July 16

Long-term prisoners could be released after serving two-thirds of their sentence in a bid to ease pressure on Scotland's overcrowded jails. The government plans would see the prisoners freed to spend the rest of their sentence under community supervision. A scheme to release up to 550 inmates with less than...

Long-term prisoners may be released after two-thirds of sentence

Orange County, CA

Corcoran, CA

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CORCORAN – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are investigating the July 28, 2024, death of an incarcerated person at California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility as a homicide.

Pimp arrested in Orange County killed by an inmate at a state prison

Jacksonville Today

Republican Donald Trump has a 7-point lead over Democrat Kamala Harris among Florida voters, 49% to 42%, according to a new poll from the University of North Florida. Four percent are backing another candidate, and 6% are undecided or didn’t answer.

New Florida poll: Trump leads; support strong for abortion and recreational weed

Florence, KY

Four people were killed and three others injured in a mass shooting in Northern Kentucky where the suspected shooter led police on chase before turning the gun on himself. Police responded to a call just before 3 a.m. on Saturday morning for an active shooting situation at a home in Florence.

Four dead, three injured in birthday party shooting; suspected shooter dead after chase

The Kentucky Secretary of State on Friday announced 14,502 Kentuckians registered to vote in July. “Kentuckians are signing up to vote in big numbers, because they trust the integrity of our elections,” said Secretary of State Michael Adams.

Kentucky voter registrations increased by more than 14,500 in July, the most since 2022

A prison has ignored a court order to release an inmate whose conviction was overturned – for the second time.Christopher Dunn’s conviction for a 1990 killing was thrown out on Monday but he remains locked up.Dunn, 52, has spent 33 years behind bars, and he remained on Tuesday at the state prison in Licking. “The State of Missouri shall immediately discharge Christopher Dunn from its custody,” Sengheiser's ruling states.Dunn wasn't released after his conviction was overturned because Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey appealed the judge's ruling, “and we're awaiting the outcome of that legal action,” Missouri Department of Corrections spokeswoman...

A man’s murder conviction was overturned after 33 years. The prison refused to release him

Kansas State

Wichita, KS

102.5 The Bone

A Kansas man was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Friday after he stole a Jackie Robinson statue from a youth baseball field earlier this year, . to several charges after he cut down and stole a statue of the baseball icon from a Wichita, Kansas, baseball field in January. The 45-year-old was charged with aggravated criminal damage to property, theft of property or services valued at $25,000 to $100,000, making false information and identity theft. He was facing up to 19 years in prison.

Kansas man sentenced to 15 years in prison for stealing Jackie Robinson statue from youth baseball field

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Attorneys Say People Housed at Stateville Prison Should Be Transferred Over ‘Dire Injury’ Risks at Aging Facility

A Chicago civil rights law firm on Wednesday filed a motion for a preliminary injunction seeking to immediately transfer the incarcerated people housed at Stateville Correctional...

Attorneys Say People Housed at Stateville Prison Should Be Transferred Over ‘Dire Injury’ Risks at Aging Facility

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