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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Six days after a judge declared him a free man, Lamar Johnson told members of a Senate panel Monday that the state must compensate people who have been freed from prison for crimes they didn’t commit.

In the first of five episodes of the excellent new BBC Two series, we meet two of the prisoners looking to go straight, and quite the characters they are, too

Max has become the target of bullies in prison

Adam Fox, 29, has been sentenced to six years in prison for attacking his victim in a hotel last year

New Mexico prosecutors have downgraded felony penalties against Alec Baldwin and the armorer in the fatal “Rust” shooting, removing the threat that either could spend years in prison.

The actor's lawyers argued that he had been charged under a previous version of a New Mexico firearm law. The change would reduce his prison time if convicted in the shooting death of Halyna Hutchins.

Covid spread quickly in crowded US jails

In court, Coleen Campbell played the perfect grieving widow

“I’m innocent. F*** you all. You’re garbage. That is all, your honour,” Julissa Thaler said at the sentencing

New Mexico prosecutors have downgraded felony charges against Alec Baldwin and the armorer in the fatal “Rust” shooting, removing the threat that either could spend years in prison.

The European Union imposed asset freezes and visa bans on Iran's education and culture ministers on Monday, in a fifth round of sanctions against Tehran over its crackdown on demonstrators. The new measures targeted 32 individuals and two entities, and were largely aimed at lawmakers, judiciary officials and prison authorities…