North Carolina officials announced on Tuesday that the city of Concord will pay a man $22 million after he spent 44 years in prison for a rape he did not commit. Ronnie Long, 68, was sentenced to 80 years after being convicted of rape in 1976. Duke Law School Wrongful Convictions Clinic, which represented Long, …
Two cousins who spent 42 years in an Illinois prison for murders they didn’t commit were formally exonerated on Thursday. James Soto, 62, and David Ayala, 60, were sentenced to life for the 1981 drive-by shooting deaths of Julie Limas, 16, and U.S. Marine Hector Valeriano, 18, who were killed during a softball game in …
The body of a man who died in an Alabama prison in April was reportedly released to his family decomposing and without a heart. According to the Moulton Advertiser, Brandon Dotson was considered for parole release the same day he died at Ventress Correctional Facility in Barbour County on November 16. A federal lawsuit alleged …
The former Minneapolis police officer who murdered George Floyd has been attacked in prison, the Associated Press reports. Derek Chauvin, 47, was stabbed Friday at a federal correctional facility in Arizona. The Bureau of Prisons issued a press release stating that an inmate was assaulted at approximately 12:30 p.m. Friday at the medium-security Federal Correctional …
Dimitri Fricano, 35, weighed 260 pounds in 2019 when he was sentenced to 30 years for the 2017 stabbing death of his girlfriend, 25-year-old Erika Preti, in Italy when the couple argued over bread crumbs in bed.
Smith, eligible for parole next year after 30 years behind bars, says she’s changed.
The disbarred attorney has also lost his phone privileges in prison for violating Department of Corrections policies.
Convicted child killer Letecia Stauch has been transferred to a Kansas prison, following her conviction earlier this year for the death of her 11-year-old stepson, Gannon Stauch. The Colorado Department of Corrections confirmed Monday morning that Stauch was transferred from the Denver Women’s Correctional Facility in Colorado to a Kansas prison. Although it’s unclear why …
A California mom accused of throwing drunken sex parties for teens at her multi-million dollar house was jumped by five inmates in a jail dorm room last fall. Shannon O’Connor, who is awaiting trial on 39 counts, including child endangerment and child molestation, was taken to a hospital for treatment for injuries to her face …
A British woman convicted of stabbing her newborn to death was found dead in a Chesire prison on Monday. According to BBC, 32-year-old Rachel Tunstill was found deceased at the HM Prison Styal, a spokesperson for the facility confirmed, adding that her death was not “self inflicted.” “HMP Styal prisoner Rachel Tunstill died in custody …
At the Pocatello Women’s Correctional Center, convicted killer Lori Vallow Daybell isn’t an inmate. She’s a resident, just like all the rest of the facility’s 350+ residents, who range from low risk offenders to Robin Row, Idaho’s only woman on death row. Vallow Daybell was sentenced this week to life in prison without parole for …
Convicted double murderer Alex Murdaugh is seen in a series of “selfies” from his cell in South Carolina, all apparently taken from his prison-issued tablet. Murdaugh didn’t actually take the photos himself — the YouTube channel Phone Calls From Prison, which obtained the snaps through a Freedom of Information Act request, says the tablet automatically …
