Corrections
The Corrections topic covers the duties performed by sheriff’s departments and other police agencies that straddle the line between patrolling the streets and guarding inmates in correctional facilities, county lock-ups, prisons, jails, and courthouses.
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Suspect faces the death penalty if convicted in the 2009 rampage at Fort Hood that killed 13
All but 30 days was suspended of a year’s jail sentence for the former officer
He’s been denied bail by three judges while awaiting next year’s trial
Suspect faces up to 10 years in prison for his acknowledged role as a straw buyer
Firefighters had to break wall down, and the inmate suffered a fractured rib
Prosecutors have asked the judge to sentence Shaker Masri on Tuesday to more than nine years in prison
Attorneys are trying to block his execution, arguing in federal appeals that he is mentally ill
The 5 attacks just over a year ago were an attempt to shame straying members
The suspect claims his mental health should exempt him from the death penalty
Inmate will serve life sentence for the incident that ended in a high speed police chase and the death of a guard
The U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that Col. Gregory Gross didn’t appear impartial while presiding over the case
Clarence Koblitz fired four shots from his 30/30 rifle balanced precariously on the running board of a speeding squad, holding onto the window frame, while firing one handed at the two occupants of the cab
The employees were fired because of the manner in which the suspect was supervised
Suspect pretended to be a cop and held up employees at gunpoint before swiping $6,230 from safe
He robbed a bank 55 minutes after he was released
He is seeking to be released from a metal institution for the fifth time since his convistion
While investigators are looking at about 34,000 cases overall, 195 individuals have been released, 79 in Boston
He said that the officer would “pay the price” after “messing with him too many times”
The suspect is accused of driving more than two miles with a dying man on her hood
Suspects were among ‘straw buyers’ who illegally purchased weapons for traffickers and Mexican drug cartels
Judge said suspect is prohibited from challenging his execution by injection because he raised similar claims in 1997
Two women were found in trunks Dec 19; the other two Dec. 25 of last year
Woman guilty of chopping up husband and boyfriend and hiding them in cement
The Vatican itself has been accused of shortcomings in its detention practices
The judge ruled that the men should be sentenced as terrorists, making them subject to harsher prison terms
The inmate has requested additional hair-removal treatments psychologist deemed ‘unnecessary’
Authorities arrested the 28-year-old officer last month based on a tip from his estranged wife
Prosecutors using old case to keep suspect in jail now that sentence is over
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He applied last year to become the first inmate freed under a medical parole law that aims to reduce prison costs
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