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Tom Girardi to surrender to federal prison for medical evaluation, judge rules
Read More: Tom Girardi to surrender to federal prison for medical evaluation, judge rulesThe now disgraced and disbarred attorney Tom Girardi must surrender to federal authorities early next year for a medical evaluation at a federal prison in North Carolina, a judge ruled Friday. The decision by U.S. District Judge Josephine Staton amounts to a procedural interlude after the 85-year-old Girardi was convicted of wire fraud in August.…
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Girardi’s sentencing delayed; judge weighs prison or medical facility
Read More: Girardi’s sentencing delayed; judge weighs prison or medical facilityTom Girardi, the once legendary Los Angeles trial lawyer, was scheduled to be sentenced Friday after a federal jury convicted him of wire fraud. But a judge on Wednesday canceled the proceeding as defense attorneys and prosecutors argued over whether Girardi, 85, should undergo additional medical testing and be sent to a medical facility, not…
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After 29 years in prison, a teenage murderer gets a new start in life from a stranger
Read More: After 29 years in prison, a teenage murderer gets a new start in life from a strangerNancy Adams grew comfortable sharing her Compton townhome during the COVID-19 pandemic when she rented spare bedrooms to traveling nurses. Still, it was a long leap of faith to open her home to her current house guest — a paroled murderer. Adams, 72, had retired from a career in banking but still relishes her backup…
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Record $116 million settlement for woman victimized in ‘rape club’ at California prison
Read More: Record $116 million settlement for woman victimized in ‘rape club’ at California prisonIn a staggering settlement, the federal government will pay $116 million to more than 100 women who said they were sexually abused at the hands of employees at a now-shuttered federal prison in Dublin that was dubbed the “rape club.” The settlement marks the largest ever paid by the federal government for misconduct in federal…
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Ventura County man who beat daughter into coma gets life in prison
Read More: Ventura County man who beat daughter into coma gets life in prisonA Ventura County man convicted of beating his 4-year-old daughter so severely that it left her paralyzed and in a vegetative state was sentenced this week to life in prison with the possibility of parole, officials said. Tekquan Alexander, of Thousand Oaks, was convicted in November of torture, assault on a child causing a coma…
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What sleeping in prison is like: Moldy beds, bright lights, 24/7 noise
Read More: What sleeping in prison is like: Moldy beds, bright lights, 24/7 noiseSteven Backstrom was struggling to stay awake during his shift in the prison shoe factory. The machines could be dangerous if you weren’t paying attention, and he’d slept about 3½ hours. Activity at the Clements Unit, a state prison in Amarillo, Texas, was always churning. Night after night, doors slammed and people yelled. Sometimes, staff…
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Women reach settlement in suit alleging sex abuse at California prison
Read More: Women reach settlement in suit alleging sex abuse at California prisonInmates at a recently shuttered, scandal-plagued Bay Area women’s prison dubbed “the rape club” have reached a historic settlement that will increase oversight and protections for about 500 inmates transferred out of that facility and into federal prisons across the U.S. In August 2023, eight inmates formerly housed at the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin…
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Man faces life in prison for the killing of four adults in Lancaster
Read More: Man faces life in prison for the killing of four adults in LancasterProsecutors charged a 19-year-old man with the murder of four people he allegedly shot in their Lancaster home and then set fire to the residence to cover his tracks. The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office announced Tuesday that Miguel Diego Sandoval was charged with shooting Edwin Garcia, 24; Matthew Montebello, 23; and siblings Janvi…
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How the Menendez brothers have spent 34 years in prison
Read More: How the Menendez brothers have spent 34 years in prisonFor all attention focused on Erik and Lyle Menendez — the TikTok freedom campaign, the multiple documentaries and docudramas — one fact gets easily lost: While their lives and actions have been chronicled exhaustively up to their trials for violently killing their parents, much less is known about their 34 years behind bars. Now, with…
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Actor receives 90-month prison sentence for role in multimillion-dollar fraud
Read More: Actor receives 90-month prison sentence for role in multimillion-dollar fraudThe judge called her a “predator,” scolded her for her spinelessness and sentenced an actor Monday to 90 months in prison — more than twice what prosecutors had requested — for her role in a multimillion-dollar fraud against a mentally ill doctor who wound up dead. During a sentencing hearing Monday afternoon, U.S. District Judge…
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A Sacramento County father has been arrested on suspicion of beheading his 1-year-old son, sheriff’s officials said. Andrey Demskiy, 28, was arrested and booked Friday on felony charges of murder, assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury, and corporal injury on a spouse in connection with the child’s death, according to…
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