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On Jan. 17, Pakistan’s National Assembly unanimously voted to expand the country’s laws on blasphemy, which already carried the death penalty for insulting the prophet Muhammad. Now anyone in Pakistan deemed to have insulted the prophet’s companions, which could include thousands of early Muslims, can face life imprisonment.

Lamar Johnson was freed from jai after serving 28 years of a life sentence for a killing he didn't commit, after a Missouri judge overturned his conviction

Maria Pearson, now 66, stabbed her ex-partner's new girlfriend Janet Newton to death in a Hartlepool street in 1986 and reportedly could soon be released after 35 years in jail

The Bureau of Prisons is shutting down a unit at its newest penitentiary in Illinois, following an investigation by NPR and The Marshall Project that exposed it was rife with violence and abuse.

Long before he had a graying beard, Lamar Johnson wrote to the St. Louis judge who oversaw his 1995 trial, saying he had received letters from another man admitting guilt to the murder for which he had just been convicted.

If he's found guilty of the charges, he could face up to 20 years in prison.

“There are simply not enough housing options available either on campus or in the community,” a spokesperson for Cal Poly Humboldt confirmed to Fortune.

A Missouri judge has overturned the conviction of a 50-year-old man who has served nearly 28 years of a life prison sentence for a killing that he says he didn’t commit

“My past keeps haunting me,” Shkreli told Fortune of his run-in with a Queens shelter, adding that he’s “devastated” by his rejection.