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Experts Call for Action to Prevent Deaths at US Police Academies, Citing AP Investigation
A panel of experts is calling for changes to prevent deaths linked to heat and exertion at the nation’s police academies ...
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3 Nebraska inmates died while 'double bunking' in prison. Could a new law save lives?
Overcrowded Nebraska prisons force some inmates to share cells that were designed for just one person. Experts say this can ...
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Judge blocks administration from enforcing anti-diversity and anti-transgender executive orders
A federal judge in California has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing anti-diversity and anti-transgender ...
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Police tear gas activists protesting the death in police custody of a Kenyan blogger
Kenyan police have tear gassed activists twice as they marched to the main police station in the capital Nairobi during a ...
Oklahoma Man Who Was Given 3 Last Meals Will Stand Trial Again but Won't Face the Death Penalty
Oklahoma prosecutors say they will retry longtime death row inmate Richard Glossip a third time for his role in the 1997 ...
How Did Richard Ramirez Die? Here’s Why the Night Stalker's Demise Didn't Happen on Death Row 12 Years Ago
Serial killer Richard Ramirez died 12 years ago13. Here's everything to know about how Richard Ramirez, a.k.a. the so-called ...
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As California aims to modernize San Quentin, many of its residents may be forced to leave
HUNDREDS OF INCARCERATED PEOPLE at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center are bracing themselves for unexpected transfers to other ...
Tropical cyclones led to rise in infant deaths in these countries, new research shows
Families across dozens of countries are preparing this week as another hurricane season begins. However, a new study reveals ...
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VIEW FROM THE HAWKES NEST: Mike the Cat, legend of Missouri State Penitentiary
About the same time William Travis, Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett were defending the Alamo in San Antonio in 1836, a prison ...
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British man sentenced to 10 months in Bali for drug offenses after death penalty charge dropped
A court on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali has sentenced a British man to 10 months in jail for drug offenses after a charge that could carry the death penalty was dropped. Thomas Parker, ...
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Life after California’s death row: What happens when condemned inmates get a second chance
“Death row was voted [on] by the people of the state of California. And one individual ... so he was housed in a single cell. He said he now gets a hot breakfast every day and enjoys much ...