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Michael Sullivan spent more than 27 years in a Massachusetts prison for a murder he insisted for years he didn’t do. He was released in 2013 after a new trial and new DNA technology proved his innocence. Earlier this month, Sullivan was awarded $13m (£10m) from the state, though Massachusetts regulations cap rewards for wrongful […]
A U.S. soldier serving a prison sentence in Russia’s Far East appeared on state television Tuesday, saying he hoped to be exchanged at some point in the future. Gordon Black spoke to state broadcaster Rossiya from prison, looking pale and wearing the same clothes he had on at the time of his arrest earlier this […]
A Hollywood actor best known for roles in Anchorman and Mr. Show has been sentenced over his role in the January 6 US Capitol riots. Jay Johnston, who also had supporting roles in Arrested Development and Bob’s Burgers, was sentenced to 12 months and a day in federal prison on Monday. The 56-year-old from Chicago […]
A fired sheriff’s deputy is behind bars months after the shooting death of Roger Fortson, a Black U.S. Air Force airman who heard someone incessantly pounding on his apartment door in the Florida Panhandle in May when he answered it holding a gun that was pointed downward — only to get hit with a barrage […]
A fired sheriff’s deputy is behind bars months after the shooting death of Roger Fortson, a Black U.S. Air Force airman who heard someone incessantly pounding on his apartment door in the Florida Panhandle in May when he answered it holding a gun that was pointed downward — only to get hit with a barrage […]
A fired sheriff’s deputy is behind bars months after the shooting death of Roger Fortson, a Black U.S. Air Force airman who heard someone incessantly pounding on his apartment door in the Florida Panhandle in May when he answered it holding a gun that was pointed downward — only to get hit with a barrage […]
Item 1 of 5 Gordon Black, a U.S. Army staff sergeant, who was detained in Russia on May 2 on suspicion of stealing from a woman he was in a relationship with, is escorted in a court in Vladivostok, Russia, June 19, 2024. REUTERS/Tatiana Meel [1/5]Gordon Black, a U.S. Army staff sergeant, who was detained […]
16 hours ago By Matt Murphy, Robert Greenall, BBC News Reuters Evan Gershkovich was arrested in March 2023 during a reporting trip to Yekaterinburg US journalist Evan Gershkovich has been found guilty of espionage by a Russian court and sentenced to 16 years in a high-security penal colony, after a secretive trial decried as a “sham” by his […]
A US soldier was sentenced on Wednesday to nearly four years in a Russian penal colony after being found guilty by a Russian court of stealing US$113 from his girlfriend and making threats to kill her, a Reuters witness reported from the courtroom. The judgment brings an end to a tempestuous love story that brought […]
A Russian court on Wednesday sentenced a United States Army soldier Staff Sgt. Gordon Black to three years and nine months in a penal colony on charges of theft and threatening murder, Russia’s state news agency RIA Novosti reported. An Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran, Black was posted at Camp Humphreys outside Seoul. He was […]