Texas governor further shakes up panel set to investigate arson finding that led to executionOctober 9th, 2009 Texas governor further shakes up forensics panelAUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Rick Perry has further shaken up a state panel that was about to review a report concluding that a faulty arson investigation led to a Texas inmate's execution.
Nation's longest-serving inmate to be cleared by DNA evidence is pardoned by Texas governorSeptember 30th, 2009 Texas pardons longest-serving inmate freed by DNADALLAS — A Texas man who spent more time in prison than any other inmate before being exonerated by DNA evidence was pardoned by Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Wednesday, clearing the way for him to collect millions of dollars from the state.
Calif. man who spent 20 years in prison for wrongful molest conviction to get $5.5 millionSeptember 16th, 2009 $5.5M settlement for wrongly convicted Calif. manBAKERSFIELD, Calif.
Yemeni released from US prison rushed to hpsital on return him, in critical conditionAugust 12th, 2009 Yemeni freed from US prison in critical conditionSAN'A, Yemen — The son of a Yemeni tribal leader who convicted of supporting terrorism in the U.S. and then released, says his father has been rushed to the hospital.
Man, 63, sentenced to 3 years in prison after 18th conviction for driving on revoked licenseJuly 22nd, 2009 Man convicted 18 times for driving without licenseWOODSTOCK, Ill. — A judge has sentenced a 63-year-old man to three years in prison after his 18th conviction for driving on a revoked license.
San Antonio man gets 30 years for trying to trade girlfriend's daughter for car, apartmentJuly 22nd, 2009 Texas man gets 30 years for attempted sale of girlSAN ANTONIO — A judge has sentenced a Texas man to 30 years in federal prison for attempting to sell his girlfriend's 5-year-old daughter to child pornographers. Forty-year-old Sean Michael Block of San Antonio also was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years of supervised release after his prison term.
Latest round of Texas high school steroid screening returns just 8 positive tests out of 16KJuly 11th, 2009 Texas steroid tests still net few positive resultsAUSTIN, Texas — Texas' steroid-testing program for high schoolers — the nation's largest — has returned just eight positive results from the latest 16,000 tests. The University Interscholastic League said the results announced Friday bring to 19 the total cases of steroids use confirmed by 45,000 tests conducted since February 2008.
Prosecutors: Former press lord Conrad Black doesn't deserve bail pending Supreme Court appealJuly 7th, 2009 Prosecutors: Former press lord shouldn't get bailCHICAGO — Former press lord Conrad Black should not be freed on bail while appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court his conviction for defrauding shareholders in his Hollinger International media empire, prosecutors said Monday.
Federal panel won't reconsider ruling that overturned murder conviction handed down by NJ juryJuly 3rd, 2009 Ruling that overturned NJ murder conviction standsPHILADELPHIA — A federal appeals court will not reconsider its ruling that overturned a murder conviction. In a decision announced Thursday, the 3rd U.S.
Texas sees drop in state prison inmate population and increase in correctional officersJune 27th, 2009 Texas' prison guard shortage easesAUSTIN, Texas — Hundreds of state convicts in Texas are going to be moving. Texas prison officials say they plan to cancel contracts to house as many as 1,900 state convicts in county lockups because the number of convicts in state prisons has fallen.
Judge orders release of 2 men awaiting retrial in 18-year-old Texas yogurt shop murder caseJune 24th, 2009 Suspects ordered freed in Texas yogurt shop caseAUSTIN, Texas — A judge in Texas has ordered the release from jail of two suspects awaiting retrial in the 1991 murders of four teenage girls at a yogurt shop in Austin. Michael Scott and Robert Springsteen were previously convicted in the slaying of Amy Ayers, 13.
Northwestern University honors journalist freed from prison in IranJune 21st, 2009 Northwestern honors journalist freed from IranEVANSTON, Ill. — Journalist Roxana Saberi, released from prison in Iran last month, has been honored by Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.
Judge clears way for release of NJ man after his murder convictions from 1987 are overturnedJune 15th, 2009 NJ man to be freed after '87 convictions reversedNEWARK, N.J. — A federal judge in Newark, N.J., has cleared the way for a man convicted of two murders more than two decades ago to be freed from prison.
Lawyer: US journalist leaves jail in Iran after court suspends her prison sentenceMay 11th, 2009 Lawyer: US reporter leaves jail in IranTEHRAN, Iran — A lawyer for a U.S. journalist jailed in Iran says she has been freed from prison after an appeals court suspended her eight-year jail sentence.
Husband: Yukos lawyer who gave birth while in detention freed from prison clinicApril 27th, 2009 Husband: Ex-Yukos lawyer freed from prison clinicMOSCOW — A former Yukos oil company lawyer who gave birth while serving a prison sentence for embezzlement and tax evasion was released along with her child from a prison hospital on Monday, her husband said. Svetlana Bakhmina, 40, had been in custody since her arrest in December 2004.
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