40 h. ago R. Kelly alleges mistreatment after hospitalization, prison ’murder plot’

CHICAGO — R. Kelly collapsed in prison and was hospitalized, attorneys said in court filings this week, adding the details to the singer’s extraordinary allegations of a murder plot by prison officials that he argues requires temporary release on home detention. Government lawyers have dismissed the claims as a “fanciful conspiracy.” Kelly, 58, is serving […]

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48 h. ago R. Kelly hospitalized after prison overdose, his lawyers allege murder plot

R. Kelly's lawyers allege prison staff provided the singer with an 'overdose quantity' of medication shortly after they filed an emergency motion seeking his immediate release.

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3 d. ago Michigan couple, believing prayer would cure baby, gets at least 20 years for child’s death

A religious Michigan couple were each sentenced to at least 20 years in prison for the murder of their baby girl after they chose prayer over urgent medical care. A jury found Joshua Piland, 44, and Rachel Piland, 38, guilty of second-degree murder and first-degree child abuse following a trial in March, ending an eight-year […]

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1 week ago Edmonton man convicted of murder with scissors should be in hospital, not prison: lawyer

David Moss was found guilty of second-degree murder for stabbing a girl to death with scissors, but has appealed his conviction on the grounds he belongs in a psychiatric hospital.

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2 w. ago Man exonerated after Manitoba court quashes murder convictions

WINNIPEG — A Manitoba man who spent more than two decades in prison has had his three murder convictions quashed and the charges stayed. Former justice minister David Lametti referred the case of Robert Sanderson to the Manitoba Court of Appeal in 2023 for a new hearing, saying there was a likely a miscarriage of […]

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3 w. ago Former police chief, convicted of rape and murder, escapes Arkansas prison

Grant Hardin, the former police chief of the tiny town of Gateway near the Arkansas-Missouri border, had been held in the prison since 2017.

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