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Cuban man, Texas prison gang leader, executed Tuesday night for Houston robbery-slaying

Cuban man executed for Houston slaying

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A Cuban-born man identified as a leader in a Hispanic prison gang was executed Tuesday evening for the robbery-slaying of a Houston drug dealer more than 10 years ago.

Freed Equatorial Guinea coup-plotter says others should face justice in case, returns home

Equatorial Guinea coup-plotter returns home to UK

British coup-plotter freed from prison in Equatorial Guinea says he regrets role in affair

Freed British coup-plotter says he regrets role

DC Sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad asks US Supreme Court to stop next week’s execution

DC sniper asks Supreme Court to block execution

British coup-plotter Simon Mann, 4 South Africans, freed in Equatorial Guinea after pardon

British coup-plotter freed in Equatorial Guinea

Judge: British coup-plotter Simon Mann, 4 South Africans, pardoned in Equatorial Guinea

Coup-plotter Simon Mann pardoned in Eq. Guinea

Cheney’s FBI interview featured 72 times in which he said he could not recall

Cheney FBI interview: 72 times of can’t recall

Cheney’s FBI interview featured 72 instances in which he said he could not recall

Cheney FBI interview: 72 instances of can’t recall

SC officials posthumously pardon 2 great-uncles of talk show host who were executed in 1915

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina pardoned syndicated radio host Tom Joyner’s great-uncles Wednesday, nearly a century after they were sent to the electric chair for the 1913 murder of a Confederate Army veteran.

Judge orders FBI to release much of its interview with Cheney during CIA leak investigation

WASHINGTON — A federal judge ruled Thursday that the FBI must publicly reveal much of its notes from an interview with former Vice President Dick Cheney during the investigation into who leaked the identity of a CIA operative.

Correction: Greece-Obit-Makarezos

ATHENS, Greece — In an Aug. 5 obituary of Nikolaos Makarezos, a senior figure in the 1967-74 Greek dictatorship, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Makarezos was sentenced to death for treason after the fall of the military regime — a sentence later commuted to life imprisonment.

Pardons board delays clemency decision on Pa. inmates after ruling that could relax standards

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Two Pennsylvania inmates who have won plaudits for their decades-long efforts to reduce prison violence and counsel troubled youths will have to wait a little longer to hear whether their life sentences will be commuted.

Pa. life inmates seek clemency after US judge’s decision that could relax rule for thousands

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Tyrone Werts earned a college degree, counseled at-risk teenagers, organized an anti-crime summit, sold Girl Scout cookies, and once prevented the rape of a teacher — all while serving a life sentence for second-degree murder and robbery.

German authorities say former leftist terrorist linked to 1977 prosecutor’s murder arrested

BERLIN — Using new DNA evidence, police have arrested a former German leftist terrorist on suspicion of involvement in the 1977 slaying of West Germany’s federal prosecutor and two other people, authorities said Friday.

Key dates in life of former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung

Jan. 6, 1924 — Born in South Jeolla province in southwestern Korea during era of Japanese colonial rule. Some sources say he was born in 1925.

Murderous former members of Charles Manson Family grow old in prison

Seven former members of Charles Manson’s communal “family” remain in prison 40 years after the Tate-La Bianca killings made the cult notorious; two others have been released. They are:

China’s Supreme Court says death penalty will be used more sparingly

BEIJING — The highest court in China, which executes more people than any other country, has called for the death penalty to be used less often and for only the most serious criminal cases, state media reported Wednesday.

Grand jury transcripts show FBI agents were targeted for ambush during 1962 Jimmy Hoffa trial

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Associates of the late Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa plotted to ambush a group of FBI agents during his 1962 trial in Nashville, newly released transcripts of federal grand jury testimony indicate.

After 24 years, children of former Vancouver police officer recant stories of sexual abuse

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Former Vancouver police officer Clyde Ray Spencer spent nearly 20 years in prison after he was convicted of sexually molesting his son and daughter. Now, the children say it never happened.

INSIDE WASHINGTON: With many items missing, is National Archives good record-keeping steward?

WASHINGTON — National Archives visitors know they’ll find the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights in the main building’s magnificent rotunda in Washington. But they won’t find the patent file for the Wright Brothers’ Flying Machine or the maps for the first atomic bomb missions anywhere in the Archives inventory.

Is US National Archive compromising on your important and confidential information?

WASHINGTON — National Archives visitors know they’ll find the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights in the main building’s magnificent rotunda in Washington. But they won’t find the patent file for the Wright Brothers’ Flying Machine or the maps for the first atomic bomb missions anywhere in the Archives inventory.

Ailing US lawyer imprisoned in Belarus on widely denounced charges walks free after pardon

MINSK, Belarus — An ailing American lawyer who was imprisoned in Belarus last year on charges of using fake documents and attempted industrial espionage walked free Tuesday night after a presidential pardon.

Schwarzenegger looks to deport thousands of immigrant inmates to save the state money

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — With California slipping into a financial sinkhole, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is proposing to save more than $180 million by cutting short the sentences of thousands of immigrants in the state’s prisons and turning them over to federal authorities for deportation.