Prisons

Myanmar frees group of dissidents ahead of summit with U.S.

2013-05-17 13:08:00

NEW DELHI --� Some 20 political prisoners were released in Myanmar on Friday, just days before a a historic summit between the country's leader and President Obama in Washington, officials and prisoner rights groups said. President Thein Sein will be the...

Hunger strike, Yemeni dilemma could spur Guantanamo closure plans

2013-05-17 05:00:00

A 100-day-old hunger strike at the Guantanamo Bay prison for suspected terrorists has agitated international human rights advocates anew, prompting fresh calls worldwide for closure of the detention center that President Obama vowed to shutter more than...

'Lone wolf' faces prison time for alleged bombs, drugs and gun

2013-05-17 06:10:00

A West Los Angeles man faces up to nine years in prison after police say they found him with drugs, a gun and a pipe bomb in his car. Robert Cold Wilson was charged Thursday with seven criminal counts: possession of a destructive device on a public...

Enron's Jeff Skilling doesn't deserve a break

2013-05-17 19:20:00

As if you didn't know this already, we're coddling criminals in America. By that I don't mean the petty drug dealers, three-strikes necklace-snatchers and other mooks filling up our state prisons; many of them are doing hard time. I'm talking about...

Daughter of Cleveland suspect Ariel Castro: He preyed on my friends

2013-05-17 09:33:00

One of the daughters of the man accused of holding three women prisoner for about a decade in Cleveland says her father preyed on her friends. Two of the women held prisoner went to school with two daughters of Ariel Castro, the former school bus driver...

Myanmar frees dissidents before leader's U.S. visit

2013-05-17 18:05:00

NEW DELHI — Myanmar President Thein Sein released some 20 political prisoners Friday, days before a historic summit with President Obama in Washington early next week, according to officials and prisoner rights groups. The ex-general's...

Jorge Rafael Videla dies at 87; Argentine dictator

2013-05-17 11:46:00

BUENOS AIRES — Former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, who presided over that country's so-called dirty war in which up to 30,000 dissidents were murdered or disappeared, died Friday while serving a 50-year prison sentence. He was 87. He...

San Diego teacher pleads guilty to possessing child pornography

2013-05-16 17:06:00

SAN DIEGO -- A San Diego teacher pleaded guilty Thursday to five counts of possessing child pornography, which could bring a prison sentence between 35 years and life. Timothy James Hensley, 39, a science teacher at Bell Middle School, pleaded guilty to...

Soldier gets life without parole in Iraq killings

2013-05-16 21:43:00

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — An Army sergeant was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without parole for the 2009 killings of five fellow service members at a combat stress clinic in Iraq. �A military judge, Army Col. David Conn, had found...

Jodi Arias' lawyers tried to quit after conviction but judge said no

2013-05-16 10:53:00

PHOENIX — Attorneys for Jodi Arias asked to step down from the case after their client was convicted of first-degree murder, but a judge denied the request, according to court minutes obtained Thursday. Details about the motion were sealed, but...

Father and son sentenced to prison for rhino horn trafficking

2013-05-15 20:00:00

Behind an unassuming storefront in Orange County's Little Saigon, prosecutors say, was the driving force behind an illicit international trade in rhinoceros horns. Vinh Chuong "Jimmy" Kha and Felix Kha may never have journeyed to the savannas of Africa,...

California Gov. Jerry Brown promises prison legislation

2013-05-16 11:01:00

California Gov. Jerry Brown's prison policy is forcing a split personality with federal courts. Brown on Tuesday repeated his insistence he will take no move to further reduce prison crowding unless ordered (again) to do so, and he included no money for...

Myanmar political prisoners who were released from Insein prison stand outside the gate of the facility Friday, May 17, 2013 in Yangon, Myanmar.

2013-05-18 01:46:00

Munawar Toha, 66, was sentenced Friday, May 17, 2013, to 30 years in prison for hiring a hit man to kill four witnesses at his upcoming murder trial. The hit man turned out to be an undercover cop.

2013-05-17 00:00:00

Officials demand more information about proposed immigration detention center

2013-05-16 00:00:00