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Peniska Sentenced to 110 Years in Prison for Rape, Child Abuse
Society & Culture  (tags: GoodNews, interesting, prison, crime, free soap )

Lone
- 7 days ago - rapidcityjournal.com
A once well-known advocate for Native American children has been sentenced to 110 years in prison. Kevin Peniska pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree rape and one count of aggravated child abuse in August, but he claimed he was mentally ill.
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Charles Manson Follower Susan Atkins Dies
Society & Culture  (tags: society, Susan Atkins, prison, murder, crime, violence, abuse, death )

Dee
- 59 days ago - news.yahoo.com
LOS ANGELES - Susan Atkins, a follower of cult leader Charles Manson whose remorseless witness stand confession to killing pregnant actress Sharon Tate in 1969 shocked the world, has died. She was 61 and had been suffering from brain cancer.
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Inmates Fire Up Sales of Jail-Produced Hot Sauce
Society & Culture  (tags: interesting, GoodNews, inmates, prison, hot sauce )

Lone
- 70 days ago - cnn.com
TAMPA, Florida (CNN) -- Some Florida minimum-security inmates want to know: Can you handle the heat? Inmates work with peppers at the Hillsborough County Jail in Tampa, Florida. 1 of 2 Hot sauce heat, that is -- Jail House Fire Hot Sauce,
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Probe Into Ill. Fundraiser's Death Looks at Drugs
Society & Culture  (tags: drug overdose, suicide, prison )

Lone
- 71 days ago - abc3340.com
CHICAGO - The investigation into the death of the former chief fundraiser for ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich intensified on Sunday as medical examiners completed an autopsy and detectives looked into whether drugs found in the trusted aide's
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Designer Faces Life Sentence in Sex Assault Case
Society & Culture  (tags: rape, sexual assault, women, crime, sicko, prison )

Lone
- 85 days ago - bellinghamherald.com
LOS ANGELES Fashion designer Anand Jon Alexander will learn what his sentence will be for sexually assaulting aspiring models he lured to Los Angeles, only to be turned around and sent to New York where he faces similar charges
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Nevada Cop Who Busted Sicko Kidnapper Garrido Questions How He Got Free
Society & Culture  (tags: released, prison, 50 to life, 1977, usa, justice, not, paid )

Lone
- 85 days ago - nydailynews.com
The Nevada cop who rescued a woman raped by sicko Phillip Garrido 33 years ago lambasted authorities on Saturday for allowing the sex fiend to go free.
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NY Considers Law to Ban Shackling Pregnant Inmates
Society & Culture  (tags: pregnant woman, prison, shackled, child birth, cruel )

Lone
- 91 days ago - sacbee.com
NEW YORK -- For nearly four hours before she gave birth, Venita Pinckney had a chain wrapped around her swollen abdomen. Her ankles and hands were shackled.
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Neighbor Who Stole From Cancer Patient Gets 4 Years, 9 Months in Prison
Society & Culture  (tags: crime, women, cancer, stealing, news, prison )

Lone
- 93 days ago - star-telegram.com
FORT WORTH -- Debilitated by breast cancer, Jody Short of Mansfield was grateful two years ago when a neighbor offered to help care for her after she came home from the hospital.
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Manson Follower 'Squeaky' Fromme Out of Prison
Society & Culture  (tags: release, prison, women, years, crime, politics )

Lone
- 102 days ago - news.yahoo.com
FORT WORTH, Texas - The Charles Manson follower convicted of trying to assassinate President Gerald Ford was released Friday from a Texas prison hospital after more than three decades behind bars, a prison official said.
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Mother Gets 55 Years for Son's Death
Society & Culture  (tags: Native American, women, prison, killing, son, violence, sadness, death, family )

Lone
- 102 days ago - greatfallstribune.com
Summer Many White Horses will spend up to 55 years in prison for failing to get help as her 2-year-old son was dying and hiding his body in the trunk of her car
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Judge Surprises Madoff Deputy By Denying Bail
Society & Culture  (tags: sheriff, crime, prison, dishonesty, society, law )

Lone
- 102 days ago - washingtonpost.com
When Frank DiPascali Jr. walked into a federal courthouse Tuesday afternoon, he expected to be able to stroll right back out. Instead, DiPascali, a key witness in the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme, was led away in handcuffs after a federal judge took the
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Man Faces 30 Counts in Child-Pornography Case
Society & Culture  (tags: children, porn, crime, sick man, prison, fbi )

Lone
- 103 days ago - zanesvilletimesrecorder.com
ZANESVILLE -- With a lead from the Colorado FBI, Zanesville police arrested and charged Virgil R. Montgomery II with 30 counts of obscenity involving a minor
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One-Woman Argument For Drug Treatment
Society & Culture  (tags: women, prison, drugs, treatment programs, drug rehabilitation )

Lone
- 103 days ago - washingtonpost.com
After being hooked on drugs for nearly half her life, Rozetta Boggan, 56, has been drug-free for seven years. No more crack cocaine. No alcohol. No heroin
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Utah Mother Sentenced to 15 Years to Life for Killing Toddler Son
Society & Culture  (tags: child abuse, death, mother, prison, violence, sadness )

Lone
- 108 days ago - ksl.com
SALT LAKE CITY -- A young mother was sentenced Friday for the death of her 23-month-old son. Adrianna Lucero will serve the maximum penalty for murder and child abuse
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Detainees Could Be Boon for Mich. Town
Society & Culture  (tags: jobs, prison, crime, society, children, paychecks )

Lone
- 110 days ago - washingtonpost.com
Prison employees and residents of this northern Michigan town are proud of the facility and want to keep it open at all costs, even if that means becoming the new home of Guantanamo Bay detainees
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