MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) 鈥� A Tennessee inmate was fatally stabbed at a courthouse while waiting to appear before a judge and another inmate has been charged with murder, authorities said.Deion Byrd, 25, was stabbed Thursday morning in a holding area of a Shelby County Criminal Court and ...
MACON, Ga. (AP) 鈥� One of four men who <a href="https://apnews.com/article/georgia-jail-escape-bibb-county-85cbf7fad8ea03ebccdb5ee4b3b59e76">escaped from a central Georgia jail</a> last week was caught Thursday, authorities said.The U.S. Marshals Southeast Regional ...
HOUSTON (AP) 鈥� Texas' top criminal appeals court has stopped Thursday evening's scheduled execution of a Texas inmate who had been condemned for killing another prisoner more than 26 years ago.William Speer, 49, had been set to receive a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in ...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) 鈥� The Taliban have freed an Afghan activist who campaigned for the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-taliban-high-school-ban-girls-7046b3dbb76ca76d40343db6ba547556">education of girls</a>, a local nonprofit organization said ...
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Tens of thousands of <a href="https://apnews.com/hub/books-and-literature">books</a> are being banned or restricted by U.S. prisons, according to a new report from PEN America. The list includes everything from self-help books to an Elmore Leonard ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) 鈥� The head of a Mexican megachurch who is serving more than 16 years in a California prison for sexually abusing young followers was charged Wednesday with two federal crimes involving a 16-year-old girl, prosecutors said.A federal grand jury in Los Angeles indicted Naas贸n ...
