A coroner makes a series of suggested changes after inquests into two deaths at the Isle of Man Prison.

Call for more checks on inmates after sentencing

California State

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

Florida State

Bartow, FL

A Florida death row inmate, convicted of a 1997 mass killing at a manufacturing facility, died on Thursday before an execution date could be set. Nelson Serrano, who had been diagnosed with a terminal condition, spent his final days confined to a wheelchair and suffering from severe health issues. Conviction...

Florida death row inmate dies before execution amid terminal illness

Booneville, MS

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Mississippi News Group

Written with artificial intelligence assistance. According to the Prentiss County Sheriff’s Department, a Booneville man has been charged with multiple counts of molestation following an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse of a child.

Man Charged with Child Molestation; Woman Accused of Contributing to Delinquency

Georgia State

Spalding County, GA

Atlanta, GA

A jury took less than 15 minutes to convict a man who will now spend the rest of his life in prison for robbing a Dollar General store in Georgia. Jerico Bernard Williams, 24, was convicted on one count of armed robbery, two counts of aggravated assault, one count of false imprisonment, and two counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony in relation to the robbery.

Man gets life in prison for ‘stupid’ Dollar General robbery after jury takes just 15 minutes to convict

Sag Harbor, NY

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NewsNinja

Justin Timberlake had a pricey wristwatch, a vape pen, and over $300 in cash on him when he was arrested on DWI charges on eastern Long Island in June. Law enforcement officers discovered the singer, 43, holding a vape device, a Rolex watch, a gold band, and a wallet containing $306 in bills when he was arrested in Sag Harbor on June 18, as reported by the Daily Mail.

Justin Timberlake had a vape pen, Rolex, and $306 cash at the time of his DWI arrest: police report

Cleveland, OH

The Independent

 An Ohio mom and her boyfriend have been arrested after her 6-year-old son was attacked by a pit bull while being restrained with handcuffs as a form of “corporal punishment,” police said. Angelina Williams, 27, of Cleveland and her boyfriend, Taylor Marvin-Brown, have been arrested on separate charges of endangering children and obstructing justice, after police responded to a 911 call in the early evening of August 17 that a pit bull had “bitten a 6-year-old child on the neck and ear.” Upon arrival, officials found the child in “serious condition,” and he was quickly flown to the hospital....

Mom, boyfriend handcuffed 6-year-old boy as ‘corporal punishment’ before he was attacked by pit bull, cops say

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

Death row inmate Loran Cole said two cold words when asked if he had a final statement to make before he was executed in Florida on Thursday. The 57-year-old, who was convicted of killing a college freshman and raping the murder victim's older sister while the siblings camped in a national forest 30 years ago, received a lethal injection and was pronounced dead at 6.15pm at Florida State Prison. When asked if he had some final words before being put to death, he said: "No sir."

Chilling final two words of death row inmate Loran Cole put to death for rape and murder of students

Saint Louis, MO

ABC News

A Missouri death row inmate set to be executed for a 1998 murder had an evidentiary hearing on Wednesday ordered by the State Supreme Court.

St. Louis prosecutor presents DNA evidence he says exonerates death row inmate

Los Angeles County, CA

Herbie J Pilato

Actor Van Johnson, who died in 2007, was one of Hollywood's ideal films idols. In the 1940s, the charming screen icon was box office gold, and remained a popular presence on TV in shows like Murder, She Wrote (which starred his good friend Angela Lansbury).

The Secret Gay Life & Horrific Car Accident of Actor Van Johnson: 16 Years After His Tragic Death

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

Maine State

Sagadahoc County, ME

Lewiston, ME

The Maine Monitor

Editor’s note: This story contains references to suicide. When a bill to strengthen Maine’s yellow flag law went into effect earlier this month, Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel Merry said he felt a sense of relief.

Law enforcement officers can now get a warrant to take someone into protective custody

Mississippi State

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

Quitman, MS

Clarke County, MS

Written with artificial intelligence assistance. Memory Smith, a former bookkeeper for Quitman High School, has been charged with embezzlement following an investigation by the State Auditor’s office.

Former High School Bookkeeper Charged with Embezzlement in Clarke County

The US Sun

A CONVICTED killer has been executed for the 1994 murder of a college freshman, uttering, “No, sir,” when asked to give a final message from the death chamber. Loran Cole, 57, was put to death by lethal injection just after 6 pm on Thursday at the Florida State Prison as crowds protested outside the facility. […]

Death row inmate Loran Cole uttered ‘No sir’ in final words & shared last meal of pizza & M&Ms with son before execution

Crisp County, GA

Daily Coffee Press

On Wednesday, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced the arrest of 24 individuals following Operation Shyne Down. The GBI and other agencies served a total of 120 warrants on the suspects involved in the investigation, which targeted the criminal street gang G-Shyne Bloods and their involvement in criminal activities in Crisp County, Georgia.

Operation Results in More than 20 Charged with Gang Offenses, RICO, and more

New Jersey State

Detroit, MI

A Detroit judge has been temporarily removed from the bench after he ordered a 15-year-old girl visiting his courtroom on a field trip to be handcuffed and put into jail clothes after he saw her sleeping. District Court Judge Kenneth King became angry with the teenage girl when he spotted...

Student kept falling asleep in courtroom on a field trip. Judge ordered her to be put in handcuffs and prison garb

The prisons ombudsman has called for inmates to have free phone calls to stem rising rates of suicide in prisons.Adrian Usher, who was appointed as Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) last April, has demanded an overhaul of the prison telephone system after an inmate took their life every three and a half days in England and Wales last year.In an article published on the PPO website, he said standard practice currently sees inmates pay for calls by the minute, using money earned working in prison. They are among the worst-paid workers in the country, with inmates earning between £15 and...

Call for prison inmates to have free phone contracts to reduce suicides

Los Angeles, CA

Adam Rich was born on October 12, 1968, lived a troubled life, and died on January 7, 2023, at only 54 years old. This is his story. He lived in the Granada Hills area of Los Angeles with his parents and younger brother. The Rich family resided for a time in Florida where Adam studied acting at the local gym.

A Look Back at the Tragic Life and Death of Former Child Star Adam Rich (TV's 'Eight is Enough')

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Adams County Justice Center now houses inmates

HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) - Adams County Justice Center is officially housing inmates. They started on Tuesday, Aug. 13, with moving 25 inmates from the old jail,...

Adams County Justice Center now houses inmates

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