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NY lawmakers launch campaign to keep killer of 2 cops behind bars

Lawmakers urged officials in New York to deny the release of Herman Bell, a who was one of three men convicted of killing two NYC cops

January 30, 2018 06:44 PM

Mich. prison closing after state’s inmate population drop

The West Shoreline Correctional Facility, which employs 174 people, will close on March after the state’s prison population dropped below 40,000

January 30, 2018 04:30 PM

Capital Punishment

Lawyers say condemned killer early victim of opioid epidemic

Lawyers said Raymond Tibbetts deserves mercy because of “his addiction and unanswered requests for help”

January 28, 2018 12:31 PM

Escaped inmate caught sneaking back with booze, food

Joshua Hansen escaped from a federal prison with the intention of breaking back in laden with bottles of alcohol and home-cooked treats

January 26, 2018 11:30 AM

Ala. cop killer with dementia gets stay of execution

Justices issued a stay the day Vernon Madison was scheduled to die to consider whether to further review the case

January 26, 2018 10:29 AM

Ala. set to execute inmate in ’85 police officer killing

Alabama is preparing to execute Vernon Madison who lawyers contend can no longer remember killing a cop

January 25, 2018 11:28 AM

Probation and Parole

Ohio police fight against parole for inmate who shot cop

Inmate Christopher Monihan, who shot officer Ed Harbaugh during an arrest, is up for parole next month

January 23, 2018 06:13 PM

Arrests and Sentencing

Sniper who terrorized nation’s capital seeks lower sentence

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Tuesday in the case of Lee Boyd Malvo, who was 17 when he and an accomplice killed 10 people in 2002

January 23, 2018 01:08 PM

Female COs join public defenders in suing over sexual harassment by detainees

The COs have filed a federal lawsuit that alleges the sheriff has tolerated aggressive sexual harassment from male detainees

November 11, 2017 01:56 PM

Off Duty

Off-duty Va. CO in critical condition after being shot during robbery

Police said the CO’s girlfriend heard gunshots and found him on the ground suffering from gunshot wounds

November 10, 2017 11:55 AM