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Joseph Edwards Williams

Tampa low level offender freed from jail over coronavirus commits murder next day

Joseph Edwards Williams, Tampa, Florida, low level offender freed early from prison over coronavirus fears arrested after committing murder a day after release.  A Tampa, Florida man released from jail last month over fears of prisoners contracting coronavirus is...
Ashly Menser cancer patient

Right decision? Advanced cancer patient gets 10 months jail for shoplifting $109.63 in groceries

Ashley Menser cancer patient sentenced to 10 months minimum jail for stealing $110 worth of groceries despite her being in advanced stage of her illness and needing urgent care.  America's judicial system at crises? Disconcert has come to the fore...
Alvin Kennard Bessemer Alabama

‘I’m sorry’ Alabama man who served 36 years jail for stealing $50.75 to be released

Alvin Kennard Bessemer, Alabama man to be freed after serving 36 years jail after stealing $50.75 from a bakery.  Defining crime and punishment. An Alabama man who spent 36 years behind bars for stealing $50.75 from a bakery will soon...
Robert Spellman

$600: Repeat offender gets 20 years for stealing 10 cigarette packs

Right decision? Robert Spellman a Florida career criminal is sentenced to 20 years jail for stealing 10 cartons of cigarettes worth $600.  A Florida man has been sentenced to 20 years jail after stealing $600 worth of cigarettes from a...
Jamie Lyn Basinger

Right decision? Morganton mom spared prison after 3 year old son freezes to death while high on meth

Jamie Lyn Basinger a Morganton, North Carolina mother is spared prison after her three year old son froze to death after being locked out while she was high on drugs. Jamie Lyn Basinger a 24 year old North Carolina mother has...
Christine Braswell

Overboard? Christine Braswell runs over man after stealing her purse at Walmart parking lot

Did Christine Braswell go overboard when she plowed down a fleeing thief with her vehicle after the man stole items from her car at a North Carolina Walmart parking lot? ‘It’s not fair’- these are the words, 5 month pregnant...
Min Kin Spanaway convenience store owner sentenced

Justice? Min Kin Spanaway convenience store owner sentenced eight years fatally shooting shoplifter

Min Kin Spanaway convenience store owner sentenced: Was justice served with one man receiving 8 years jail in the shooting death of Jakeel Rashon Mason?  Min Kim a 31 year old Spanaway, Washington convenience store owner was on Friday sentenced to eight...
Steven Dishman

Steven Dishman Arkansas prison inmate recaptured after 32 years on the run

Steven Dishman an Arkansas prison inmate is recaptured after 32 years on the run. Prosecutors will decide the man's fate after taken into state custody. Steven Dishman an Arkansas prison escapee whose been on the run for 32 years has...
Officer Jeronimo Yanez

Right verdict? Officer Jeronimo Yanez not guilty in Philando Castile shooting death

Officer Jeronimo Yanez found not guilty in the shooting death of Philando Castile. How color of one's skin can serve as a ready made murder weapon.  A jury of 10 white persons and two black have found Minnesota Police Officer...
Richard Anthony Jones

Wrong guy: Richard Anthony Jones released from jail after spending 17 years for failed purse snatching crime

Richard Anthony Jones is released from jail after serving 17 years after coming across his doppelganger who may have actually committed the crime instead.  Richard Anthony Jones a Kansas City, Kansas man has been freed from jail after having served 17...

Why? Demarlon Thomas ex gang member who had sentence commuted executed in halfway house

Demarlon Thomas a former Saginaw Sunny Side Gang member is murdered execution style at a halfway house after his sentence was recently commuted. But why? Demarlon Thomas an ex Michigan gang member whose prison sentenced was commuted by President Barack...
Chase Tuseth

Excessive force? Chase Tuseth shot dead by Police Officer Gary Schnorenberg

Chase Tuseth police shooting death: Did responding Mankato police officer Gary Schnorenberg use excessive force while arresting an unarmed man? Disconcert has come to the fore with the shooting death of unarmed Twin Cities, Minnesota man, Chase Tuseth, 33 at the hands...
Farad Polk

How? Farad Polk wins $600K in lawsuit after accidentally locked up in jail for 32 hours

How did Farad Polk a father visiting his son at Chicago's County Cook jail end up being locked in a jail cell for 32 hours? Settles for $600K. Farad Polk a black man who was accidentally locked up in a...
Anthony David McKeough

$5 haul: Anthony David McKeough Adelaide robber faces life sentence

How Anthony David McKeough an Adelaide, Australia bank robber who only made out with $5 now faces the prospect of life behind bars when sentenced. Anthony David McKeough a 31 year old Adelaide, Australian bank robber faces the possibility of...
Camille Brennan

‘Be happy’ Camille Brennan teacher pleads guilty to serving students marijuana brownies

Camille Brennan pleads guilty: A former Louisiana teacher is sentenced to ten years jail, seven years suspended after giving two students marijuana brownies Camille Brennan a former Louisiana high school teacher has pleaded guilty to having giving two of her...