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Kansas man gets 30 years for trying to detonate a car bomb at a military base

by Brian Seay

A 22-year-old Topeka man will spend 30 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to trying to carry out a suicide car bomb attack at Fort Riley.

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Alabama man sentenced on fourth illegal gun charge

by Christen Smith

An Alabama man will spend nearly two years behind bars for illegally possessing a firearm — a charge he’s received three times before.

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Inmates killed 4 fellow prisoners in attempt to land on death row (VIDEO)

by Jennifer Cruz

Both men were serving life sentences and, after a failed suicide, saw the chance to land on death row as a means to essentially shorten those sentences.

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Former NY mobster released from prison at 100 years old

by Jennifer Cruz

John “Sonny” Franzese, once a mob boss with the Columbo crime family, served 35 years of a 50-year sentence when he was released from federal prison Friday.

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Illinois governor signs bill to crack down on criminals who are repeat gun offenders

by Chris Eger

A bipartisan measure designed in part to lengthen prison sentences for repeat gun offenders in Illinois was signed on Friday.

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Homeowner who helped capture escaped inmates never pulled gun (VIDEO)

by Jennifer Cruz

Despite media reports, the homeowner, Patrick Hale, confirmed that he was armed, but never pulled his gun. He thinks the escaped inmates were responding to his car, which looks like a police cruiser.

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Jurors shown body camera footage of fatal shooting in Milwaukee (VIDEO)

by Brian Seay

Jurors on Thursday saw body camera footage showing former Milwaukee police officer Dominique Heaggan-Brown shoot Sylville Smith two times last August.

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Escaped Georgia inmates captured thanks to the aid of armed citizens

by Jennifer Cruz

The two had been on the run for more than two days after they shot and killed two corrections officers during a prison transport in Putnam County.

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Woman granted clemency by Obama back behind bars

by Jennifer Cruz

“This defendant was literally given a second chance to become a productive member of society and has wasted it,” said Assistant U.S. Attorney Ted Imperato.

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Georgia inmates on the run after killing prison guards during transport

by Jennifer Cruz

Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills, noting the officers’ blood was still on his shoes, adamantly said the inmates needed to surrender before they’re caught.

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Man exonerated for 1992 Michigan murder: ‘They switched the bullets on me’

by Brian Seay

Desmond Ricks’ exoneration earlier this month set off an internal affairs investigation at the Detroit Police Department.

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This man didn’t commit a 1999 robbery, but he looks just like the man who did (VIDEO)

by Jennifer Cruz

After serving 17 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, Richard Anthony Jones was released on account of authorities locating his doppelgänger.

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