Louisiana State

Sebastian County, AR

Alabama State

The office of Alabama’s attorney general has settled a federal lawsuit filed by death row inmate Alan Miller over the state’s plan for him to become the second known person in the nation to be executed using nitrogen gas.

Alabama settles lawsuit with death row inmate set to become second executed by nitrogen gas

Florida State

Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office has urged the Florida Supreme Court to reject efforts to prevent the scheduled Aug. 29 execution of Death Row inmate Loran Cole, disputing arguments related to abuse Cole suffered as a teen and his symptoms from Parkinson’s disease. Lawyers in Moody’s office Thursday...

State urges Florida Supreme Court justices to reject an appeal of a Dozier School for Boys victim

Detroit, MI

Canton, MI

New York Post

A father of two young girls was allegedly shot dead by a neighbor who angrily confronted him after his daughter “touched the mulch” in his yard while the family was on a walk in their suburban Michigan neighborhood.

Nathan Morris, 35, was on a walk with his wife and daughters, ages 2 and 5, near their home in Canton just before noon Saturday when police say their neighbor Deveraux Christopher Johnson, 47, confronted him and the two got into an argument, Fox 2 Detroit reported. 

Johnson was reportedly upset that Morris’ daughter “touched the mulch” on his property, the Michigan GOP...

Beloved dad shot dead by neighbor after daughter ‘touched the mulch’ while on family walk: report

New Jersey State

California State

HuffPost

The former president's latest attempt at an insult quickly backfired.

OOPS! Trump Accidentally Hands Kamala Harris And Gavin Newsom A Major Compliment

You may be planning to receive Social Security benefits when you reach your retirement age or become eligible, but you may not know that you can lose some of all of your benefits for a variety of reasons -- some of which could be out of your control. Benefits through...

Four Ways You Can Lose Your Social Security Benefits

Inmate on death row for 33 years must either be released or retried over prosecutorial misconduct

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

iHeartRadio

Scott Peterson admitted to making a 'terrible mistake' while breaking his 20-year silence since being convicted in his wife Laci's death.

Convicted Scott Peterson Breaks 20-Year Silence, Admits 'Terrible Mistake'

Nevada State

LAS VEGAS — A sick and old former gang boss from the Los Angeles area is going to ask a Nevada judge on Tuesday to change her mind and let him out of jail on house arrest before his trial for killing Tupac Shakur in 1996. Carl Arnold, Duane...

The Person Charged With Killing Tupac Shakur Asks the Judge to Put Him Under House Arrest Instead of Jail Time Before His Trial

Ely, NV

CBS News

Three inmates have died and nine others were transported for medical treatment as a result of an "altercation" on Tuesday at a maximum-security prison in a rural mining city in eastern Nevada, the state's Department of Corrections said.No officers were injured and the department gave no additional details about how the deaths and injuries occurred in Ely, Nevada. The department did not release the names of any of the inmates that died or the conditions of those injured.CBS affiliate KLAS-TV has learned the altercation appeared to stem from a feud between two rival gangs and there are concerns about possible...

3 inmates killed, 9 injured in "altercation" at maximum-security prison

Arkansas State

El Dorado, AR

Arkansas police are investigating a horrifying double homicide after a man and woman were rammed off a motorbike and shot dead in El Dorado on Tuesday. Officers from the El Dorado Police Department rushed to the scene of a car crash and shooting at a gas station on Hillsboro Street at around 8pm after receiving several 911 calls. There they found 27-year-old Jaylen Robinson and Kinley Hansen, 21, lying motionless in the street.

Arkansas couple rammed off motorbike by car and shot dead in the street in chilling execution

Georgia State

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Atlanta, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A 40-year-old man has been sentenced to over 28 years in prison for distributing significant amounts of fentanyl and other controlled substances to dealers in the Middle Georgia region. Authorities revealed that investigators uncovered evidence linking the drugs provided by the defendant, 40-year-old Lagary Williams, also known as "Frog," from Atlanta, to a fatal overdose.

Atlanta Man Sentenced to 28 Years for Supplying Deadly Fentanyl Linked to Fatal Overdose

Mississippi State

Port Gibson, MS

ABC News

Two men escaped from a Mississippi jail in early July. ABC News has since learned that the escape was not recorded and that the jail was experiencing camera issues.

Mississippi jail where murder suspects escaped had surveillance camera issues

Indiana State

Hamburg, IA

The Mirror US

Deputies found the four-year-old in "a mixture of both human and animal feces," inside a residence in Hamburg after the child escaped from a makeshift cage

Boy, 4, escapes homemade cage covered in feces to find help as grandparents face child neglect charges

Parchman, MS

NBC News

Inside the sole unit without air conditioning at Mississippi’s largest prison, inmates hang wet sheets from their cell ceilings to dampen the air and lay drenched towels strategically across their bodies. A temporary reprieve comes from scoops of ice handed out twice a day. As punishing heat spreads across...

Inmates battle heat, mold and mice inside Mississippi's largest prison

Jared James Dicus has been sentenced for decapitating his wife. Back in January 2023, Anggy Diaz was decapitated and parts of her body were scattered across a home owned by her in-laws. According to 'PEOPLE,' one year after the crime, Dicus, plead guilty to murder. The two, who were living...

Man Decapitates His Wife After 3 Months Of Marriage, Parts Of Her Body Scattered Across In-Laws' Home

Decatur, GA

The Associated Press

DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — The Georgia sun scorched the slab of concrete beneath Juan Carlos Ramirez Bibiano’s body when nurses found him in a puddle of his own excrement, vomiting, according to a complaint. Officers left Ramirez in an outdoor cell at Telfair State Prison on July 20,...

Man dies at 27 from heat exposure at a Georgia prison, lawsuit says

Business Insider

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell must pay the attorney fees of a man who won his "Prove Mike Wrong" competition, a judge ordered.

Judge orders MyPillow mogul Mike Lindell to pay attorney fees to winner of 'Prove Mike Wrong' contest

Illinois State

Sangamon County, IL

The Independent

 Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker called Wednesday for the resignation of the sheriff whose deputy fatally wounded Sonya Massey in her home last month after the Black woman called 911 for help. Pritzker, a Democrat, said Republican Jack Campbell should step down because “the sheriff has failed.”Sean Grayson, 30, faces three counts of first-degree murder, aggravated battery with a firearm and official misconduct in the July 6 shooting death of Massey, 36. Campbell, who hired Grayson for the Sangamon County Sheriff's Department in May 2023, reiterated his intent Wednesday to stay in the job. “He has failed to explain how...

Illinois governor calls for resignation of sheriff whose deputy fatally shot Black woman in her home

Meridian, MS

Emily Lawhead, a spokesperson for Management and Training Corporation, which manages the facility, said Clarence Gillie, 59, was found unresponsive in his cell on Thursday

Mystery deepens as third inmate found dead in cell this month at Mississippi prison

Flagler County, FL

Fox News

A deputy in Flagler County, Florida, has resigned after witnesses say he fell asleep while guarding an inmate, allowing the inmate to escape custody.

Florida deputy was 'likely sleeping' when inmate escaped hospital: sheriff

NewsBreak

Multi-million dollar jail death settlement may be heard by Sebastian County Quorum Court

Sebastian County Quorum Court members are expected on Tuesday (Aug. 20) to hear about a proposed settlement in the August 2021 death of Larry Price Jr....

Multi-million dollar jail death settlement may be heard by Sebastian County Quorum Court

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