Mississippi State

Mcalester, OK

Fox News

Richard Rojem Jr., the Oklahoma man convicted of the 1984 rape and murder of his former stepdaughter, was served pizza and ice cream before he was put to death Thursday morning.For his final meal, he requested two small double-cheese, double-pepperoni pizzas from Little Caesars and two cups of vanilla ice cream. He also asked for a bottle of Vernors ginger ale, according to The Oklahoman.Rojem, 66, was put to death by three-drug lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester and was declared dead at 10:16 a.m., prison officials said. He did not seek any last-minute stay.OKLAHOMA DEATH ROW INMATE...

Death row inmate served Little Caesars pizza as last meal before execution for killing former stepdaughter

Bethel Park, PA

Would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks' parents contacted law enforcement Saturday hours before he opened fire on former President Donald Trump.

Trump shooter's parents called police hours before assassination attempt

Pennsylvania State

Butler, PA

Helen Comperatore says her husband said "get down!" before he was shot and killed over the weekend at former President Trump's rally in Pennsylvania.

Last words of 'hero' firefighter who died at Trump rally shooting revealed

Louisiana State

Louisiana's prison system did not wrongly hold an inmate for more than 500 days after he was supposed to be released, a federal appeals court has ruled. Reversing a lower court, a three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals sided with Department of Corrections Secretary Jimmy LeBlanc, dismissing a lawsuit by inmate Percy Taylor.

Louisiana prison did not wrongly hold inmate past his release date, appeals court rules

Huntsville, TX

The Independent

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

Illinois State

Will County, IL

Chicago, IL

CHICAGO (CN) — Illinois inmates at the Will County Adult Detention Facility won a partial legal victory Monday, with a federal judge in Chicago ruling that several of the jail's media and mail policies violate their civil rights. U.S. District Judge LaShonda Hunt, a Joe Biden appointee, found the...

Federal court issues split decision in Illinois inmates’ quest for greater mail and media access

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Bucks County Beacon

Gov. Josh Shapiro on Tuesday said his administration won’t defend in court a state law that prohibits state Medicaid funding from being used on abortion. “Pennsylvania’s Constitution prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex — and as our State Supreme Court ruled earlier this year, the state ban on Medicaid coverage for abortion services is sex-based discrimination,” Shapiro said in a statement. “Following that ruling, today I am filing notice with Commonwealth Court stating clearly: the current ban imposes an unsustainable burden on women, and therefore violates our State Constitution. My Administration will not defend this ban in court.”

Shapiro Administration Tells Pennsylvania Court It Will Not Defend State Ban on Medicaid-Funded Abortions

Texas State

An American man was executed Wednesday in Texas for the 2001 murder of a woman. Gonzales' attorney had appealed for a stay on his execution to the US Supreme Court, but it was rejected on Wednesday. 

US death row inmate executed in Texas

Oklahoma State

Execution of Richard Rojem Jr. Richard Rojem Jr., 66, was executed on June 27 for the 1985 kidnapping, rape, and murder of his ex-stepdaughter, Layla Cummings, who was seven years old at the time. As Oklahoma’s longest-serving death row inmate, Rojem received a lethal three-drug injection at 10:16 a.m. at the state prison.

Oklahoma: Death row inmate’s final meal could give you a heart attack

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood warns of a "total breakdown of law and order" unless action is taken.

Thousands of prisoners to be released in September

A death row inmate has said he is struggling to sleep now that his execution date has been set. Emmanuel Littlejohn, 52, says it is “all you think about” as the execution date has been set. "When they're talking about killing you, it's kind of hard to sleep,” he told The Oklahoman.

Death row inmate reveals he's 'not sleeping' and protests innocence as execution date set

 Emergency plans to cut prisoner sentence lengths to ease the overcrowding crisis and avert “a total breakdown in law and order” will last until 2026 at least, the justice secretary has announced.In a furious speech at HMP Five Wells, Shabana Mahmood lambasted the decision by Rishi Sunak’s government to delay the new measures announced by Labour on Friday to release thousands of prisoners 40 per cent of the way into their sentences – as opposed to halfway through – until after the election.And it was also revealed that the emergency early release scheme brought in by the previous government...

Prisoners to serve shorter sentences until 2026 to avert ‘total breakdown of law and order’

24/7 Wall St.

The prison system in America is a human rights atrocity. With dirty, inhumane facilities, one of the largest prison populations in the world, little to no rehabilitation services after incarceration, and a culture that views criminals as a lower class of human, it should come as no surprise that America’s prison system doesn’t function as […]
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See What Each State Spends on Each Prisoner

Shafaq Khan died within weeks of being found unresponsive at HMP Hindley near Wigan.

Prison officer 'sniggered' at sick inmate warning

Prentiss County, MS

Mississippi News Group

Written with A.I. assistance. According to the Prentiss County Sheriff's Department, on June 26, 2024, deputies and narcotics agents were actively searching for an individual who had failed to appear for sentencing in Circuit Court. During their investigation, agents observed a vehicle visiting the suspect's residence and departing shortly afterward.

Traffic Stop Leads to Arrest for Possession of Methamphetamine in Prentiss County

The Conversation UK

Last week, the government made its first move to address the overcrowding crisis in UK prisons. The justice secretary, Shabana Mahmood, announced a plan to release some prisoners after they have served 40% of their custodial sentence, rather than the current 50%. The new policy will also include plans to...

Why overcrowded prisons are more dangerous than releasing prisoners early

Dublin, CA

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A federal judge granted summary judgment to a jail health contractor Friday, finding inmates failed to link what they said was substandard care to save money to any policy or practice at the company. Twelve inmates at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, California, sued Wellpath...

Inmates fall in suit over jail health care quality

New York Times photographer Doug Mills detailed the Trump assassination attempt from his perspective and how he got the iconic image of a bullet whizzing past the former president.

Photographer captures iconic image of bullet whizzing past Trump at Pennsylvania rally

Georgia State

MediaFeed

Even though America is supposed to be the land of the free, the U.S. has a reputation for having the highest number of its citizens incarcerated. The number of people incarcerated varies by state. Learn which states have the most - and the least - number of people in prison.

States With The Most & Least People in Prison

Clarke County, MS

In a tragic turn of events, 14-year-old Chquese Porter has been denied bond following his formal charging as an adult in the shooting death of 12-year-old Caleb Bender. The incident occurred around 1:00 am on June 29th, 2024, at a residence on River Rd near the intersection of Leola St in the Town of Stonewall, according to a press release from the Clarke County Sheriff.

Bond Denied for 14-Year-Old Charged with Murder in Clarke County

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Judge rules New York state prisons violate law by holding inmates in solitary confinement too long

The New York state prison system has been violating a state law that limits the time an inmate can spend in solitary confinement, a state judge...

Judge rules New York state prisons violate law by holding inmates in solitary confinement too long

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