Iran moves to execute porn stars (News) 11 discussions Iran's parliament on Wednesday voted in favor of a bill that could lead to the death penalty for persons convicted of working in the production of pornographic movies. Tags: Iran Organized Crime Capital Punishment Islam Armenia Great Britain Punishment Crime Business Industry
	Teens charged in 'Mortal Kombat' killing (News) 9 discussions Two teens have been charged with killing the 7-year-old sister of one of them by beating her with imitations of moves from the "Mortal Kombat" video game, prosecutors said. Tags: Games, Margie Martinez, Culture Lifestyle, Criminal Sentencing Punishment, Heather Trujillo, Hobbies Pastimes, Lamar Roberts, Video Games, Robert D. Miller, Zoe Garcia, Crime, Weld County, Child Abuse
	Wilson released after two years behind bars for teen sex conviction (News) 8 discussions Genarlow Wilson was released from prison Friday, after spending more than two years behind bars for a teen sex conviction. Tags: Al Sharpton, Crime, Sexual Offenses, Monroe County Superior Court, Criminal Sentencing Punishment, B.J. Bernstein, Law, Constitutional Law, George Carley, Civil Rights, U.S. Department Justice, Genarlow Wilson, Child Abuse, Prisons, Thurbert Baker, U.
	Vick sentenced to 23 months for dogfighting (News) 8 discussions Michael Vick, once one of the highest paid players in the National Football League, was sentenced to 23 months in prison for financing a dogfighting ring and helping to kill pit bulls that did not fig.. Tags: Quanis Phillips, Henry Hudson, Football, Atlanta Falcons, Animal Cruelty, Hank Aaron, Georgia, Sports, Michael Vick, Professional Football, Bad Newz Kennels, Tony Taylor, Criminal Trials, Criminal Sentencing Punishment, Trials, NFC South Division, Natio
	Report: 1 percent of U.S. adults behind bars (News) 7 discussions For the first time in history, more than one in every 100 American adults is in jail or prison, according to a new report. Tags: Texas, Prisons, Criminal Sentencing Punishment, Center State, Russia, Steve Beshear, United States, Kentucky, Susan Urahn, Kansas, David Muhlhausen, Heritage Foundation, Adam Gelb, Pew Center States, China
	Prosecutor: Mom bought weapons for boy (News) 6 discussions A woman bought guns and bomb-making material to indulge her socially outcast 14-year-old son, a prosecutor said Friday. Tags: Trials, Greenbrier County, Juvenile Justice, Michele Cossey, West Virginia, Plymouth Meeting, Criminal Sentencing Punishment, John Curry, Philadelphia, Law Enforcement, Military Weapons, Criminal Trials, Criminal Law, Frank Cossey, Bruce Castor, Marion
	New Jersey lawmakers vote to abolish death penalty (News) 6 discussions New Jersey lawmakers have voted to abolish the death penalty in the state, sending the governor a bill he has already said he will sign. The measure will make New Jersey the first state in more than 4.. Tags: Iowa, Criminal Sentencing Punishment, Social Issues, New Jersey, Crime, West Virginia, Death Penalty Information Center, Jon Corzine, U.S. Government, U.S. State Government, Jim Gardner, Capital Punishment, Jesse Timmendequas, Megan Kanka, Texas, Richar
	Saudi court ups punishment for gang-rape victim (News) 5 discussions A court in Saudi Arabia increased the punishment for a gang-rape victim after her lawyer won an appeal of the sentence for the rapists, the lawyer told CNN. Tags: Saad al-Muhanna, Abdulrahman al-Lahim, King Abdullah, Saudi Arabia, Special Interest Groups, Women\s Issues, Criminal Sentencing Punishment
	Rape a child, pay with your life, Louisiana argues (News) 5 discussions He is not a killer, but the state of Louisiana is determined to execute Patrick Kennedy for his crime. Tags: Billy Sothern, Murder Homicide, U.S. Courts, New Orleans, Crime, Social Issues, Kate Bartholomew, Jefferson Parish, Criminal Sentencing Punishment, Prisons, Sexual Offenses, Child Abuse, Patrick O. Kennedy, Angola, Judiciary, Capital Punishment, Trial
	Woman's plea from death row: I'm innocent (News) 4 discussions Sitting on Iraq's death row is a 25-year-old woman convicted in the slayings of three relatives. She says her husband carried out the killings and fled. She confessed to being an accomplice, she says,.. Tags: Iraq Amnesty International Capital Punishment Crime, Law Justice Cable News Network (CNN) Justice Rights Judiciary (system justice) Trials Saddam Hussein Baghdad Punishment
	Ohio lethal injection takes 2 hours, 10 tries (News) 4 discussions Death penalty opponents called on the state to halt executions after prison staff struggled to find suitable veins on a condemned man's arm to deliver the lethal chemicals. Tags: Ohio Justice Rights Capital Punishment Civil Rights Ted Strickland Jeb Bush Christopher Newton American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Florida
	Rapper T.I. arrested on machine gun charges, misses BET show (News) 4 discussions Rapper T.I. was arrested on federal gun charges just hours before he was scheduled to perform at the BET Hip Hop Awards, according to federal authorities. Tags: Movie Stars, Criminal Sentencing Punishment, Dwight Thomas, Kanye West, United States, Tip "T.I." Harris, Music, Probation House Arrest, Concerts Tour Dates, Cobb County, College Park (Georgia), Illegal Drugs, Denzel Washington, Entertainment, Georg
	Actress from 'Gilligan's Island' serving probation under plea (News) 4 discussions Dawn Wells, who played Mary Ann on "Gilligan's Island," is serving six months' unsupervised probation after allegedly being caught with marijuana in her car. Tags: Joseph Gutierrez, Gilligan\s Island, Ron Swafford, Criminal Sentencing Punishment, Teton County, Dawn Wells, Probation House Arrest, Television Institute, Marijuana, Illegal Drugs
	Man gets 25 years for microwaving baby (News) 4 discussions Minutes after a jury sentenced him to 25 years in prison for severely burning his daughter in a microwave, a teary-eyed Joshua Mauldin listened one more time to details about the pain he had caused hi.. Tags: Galveston County, Mental Health, Family, Criminal Sentencing Punishment, Medicine, Galveston, Xochitl Vandiver, Parole, Eva Mauldin, Joanie Mauldin, Burns, Foster Care, Arkansas, Joshua Mauldin, Culture Lifestyle, Heather Croxton, Injuries Traumas,
	Killer orders pizza for homeless as last meal (News) 3 discussions Just hours before his execution by injection, a Tennessee death row prisoner who was convicted of killing a police officer ordered his final meal -- pizza for a homeless person. Tags: Tennessee Cable News Network (CNN) Memphis (Tennesse) Taxation Capital Punishment Trials Financial Business Services Supreme Court Phil Bredesen Wendys International Incorporated Nashville (Tennesse) Ronald Oliver Libraries Mus
	Co-defendants say Vick helped execute dogs (News) 3 discussions Two co-defendants of Michael Vick say the NFL star helped execute dogs that didn't fight well, according to federal court documents. Tags: Animal Cruelty, Prisons, Criminal Trials, National Football League, Sports, Professional Football, Trials, Michael Vick, Criminal Sentencing Punishment, Atlanta Falcons, Purnell Peace, Football, NFC South Division, Quanis Phillips, National Football Con
	Child killer sentenced to death (News) 3 discussions John Evander Couey was sentenced Friday to death for abducting, raping and killing a 9-year-old Florida girl by burying her alive in 2005. Tags: Mark Lunsford, St. Petersburg Times, Jeffrey Dawsy, Jessica Lunsford, Citrus County, Kidnapping, Sexual Offenses, Criminal Sentencing Punishment, Miami, Murder Homicide, Tampa, Capital Punishment, Florida, Crime, Ric Howard, John Couey
	Census: More blacks, Latinos live in cells than in dorms (News) 3 discussions More than three times as many black people live in prison cells as in college dorms, the government said in a report to be released Thursday. Tags: New Orleans, Politics, Gary Orfield, Colleges Universities, Human Rights Policy, College Life, Hispanic Latino Issues, Social Issues, Criminal Sentencing Punishment, Law, Special Interest Groups, Marc Morial, African-American Issues, Civil Rights, H
	Innocent man shares his 20-year struggle behind bars (News) 3 discussions Willie "Pete" Williams had no idea when he was pulled over by police that the criminal justice system was about to steal away half his life. Tags: Eric Ferrero, Kenneth Wicker, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, New Jersey, Charlie Brown, Kidnapping, Illinois, California, Minnesota, Law, Louis Dekmar, Pete Williams, Prisons, Criminal Law, Crime, Criminal Sentencing Punishment, Georgia, Law Enforcemen
	Army pays $725 to WWII vet for unfair trial, imprisonment (News) 3 discussions Samuel Snow thought when he got a check from the Pentagon that the Army was finally ready to give him the apology and the compensation he'd been denied for 63 years. He was wrong. Tags: World History, Jack Hamann, Florida, World War II, Dan Baggio, Crime, Culture Lifestyle, History, Samuel Snow, Pentagon, Manslaughter, Army Board for Corrections, Seattle, Criminal Trials, Trials, Criminal Sentencing Punishment, Guglielmo Olivotto,
	Court tosses punitive damages against Big Tobacco (News) 2 discussions Splitting 5-4, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out a nearly $80 million punitive damages ruling against Philip Morris. Tags: Lawsuits Supreme Court Tobacco Cancer Altria Group Supreme Court Oregon Jessie Williams Marketing Government Health Care John Roberts Punishment Diseases
	Woman guilty of chainsaw murder, faces death (News) 2 discussions A woman accused of killing and dismembering her former lover's friend was convicted Thursday of premeditated murder and could become the state's first female defendant to face the death penalty. Tags: Capital Punishment Trials South Dakota Murders Minnesota Kidnapping Punishment Crime, Law Justice Lawsuits
	Duke's business school punishes 34 graduate students for cheating (News) 2 discussions The largest cheating scandal ever at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business involved more than a take-home exam, a business school official said Tuesday. Tags: University Rutgers University Duke University Schools Punishment Higher Education
	Convicted killer fears his last moments (News) 2 discussions Philip Workman has prepared to die three times before. Tags: Tennessee Cable News Network (CNN) Florida Wendys International Incorporated North Carolina California Capital Punishment Medical Research Fire Animal Science Science Technology Applied Sciences Oklahoma University Miami An
	Court upholds death sentence for child rape (News) 2 discussions Louisiana's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a man may be executed for raping an 8-year-old girl, and lawyers say his case may become the test for whether the nation's highest court upholds the death .. Tags: Supreme Court Louisiana New Orleans (Louisiana) Sex Crimes Capital Punishment Justice Rights Health United States Washington Oklahoma Montana Georgia Texas South Carolina Florida Punishment Rape Crime, Law Justice

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