Tag: prison

Pitt Bull Sentenced to Spend The Rest Of Its Life Behind Bars

The Pit bull that mauled a four year old boy back in January, biting and holding on to the boy’s face for several minutes has been sentenced to life behind bars, a Phoenix judge has ruled. Mickey, a brown-spotted white pit bull who belonged to the boy’s babysitter at the time of the attack, will… Continue reading Pitt Bull Sentenced to Spend The Rest Of Its Life Behind Bars

Chris Brown Heading Back to Jail

TMZ reports that Brown, who has been serving a court-ordered rehab stint for several months, was kicked out of a Malibu facility this morning for violating “internal rules.” Whatever Brown did, it allegedly did not involve “violence or drugs.” And while sources also tell TMZ that Brown did have “an inappropriate relationship” with a female… Continue reading Chris Brown Heading Back to Jail

Jordan Davis’ Dad Wants to Visit Michael Dunn in Prison

Mr Davis said in an interview for Nightline: ‘I would like Michael Dunn to put me on his visitor’s list in prison. I would like to go see him and sit across the table. ‘One thing that I know that we would talk about is, “I have to try to make you understand what you’ve… Continue reading Jordan Davis’ Dad Wants to Visit Michael Dunn in Prison

Jessie Jackson Jr Starts his Prison Sentence

Jessie Jackson Jr. entered a North Carolina prison Tuesday to begin serving a 2 1/2-year term for illegally spending $750,000 in campaign money on everything from cigars to a gold watch – a day after he tried but failed to get into the federal complex. In an odd twist to Jackson’s long-running legal saga, the… Continue reading Jessie Jackson Jr Starts his Prison Sentence

Teen Cheerleader Gets Three Years in Prison for Pimping Her Mentally-Disabled Friend

Montia Parker, an 18-year old former cheerleader captain at a Minneapolis high school, has been sentenced to 3 years in prison for “pimping out” a younger team mate to generate extra income for herself. Even worse, her 16-year old victim has a learning disability. Apparently, Parker put up several online ads promoting the girl for… Continue reading Teen Cheerleader Gets Three Years in Prison for Pimping Her Mentally-Disabled Friend

Lauryn Hill Released from Prison

DANBURY, Conn. (AP) — Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill was released from federal prison Friday and will spend three months under home confinement under terms of her guilty plea to failing to pay taxes. Hill’s attorney, Nathan Hochman, said the former Fugees singer left the prison in Danbury, Conn., on Friday. She was sentenced in July to serve three months… Continue reading Lauryn Hill Released from Prison

Jesse Jackson Jr. Could Spend Up to 4 Years in Jail

Politico is reporting that the Federal prosecutors are seeking a four-year prison sentence for former Illinois Democratic Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., who has pleaded guilty to illegally diverting hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign funds to personal use. Under the Justice Department recommendations, Jackson would have to forfeit the $750,000 he stole from his campaign, and… Continue reading Jesse Jackson Jr. Could Spend Up to 4 Years in Jail

Lauryn Hill Headed To Prison For Tax Evasion

Despite paying over $900,000 in back taxes, a judge today found the entertainer guilty of tax evasion and ordered her to prison. Hill’s sentencing could be as much as three months. “I am a child of former slaves who had a system imposed on them,” Lauryn told  U.S. Magistrate Madeline Cox Arleo. “I had an… Continue reading Lauryn Hill Headed To Prison For Tax Evasion

Gang Leader Impregnates 4 Prison Guards

Four female correction officers were impregnated by the reported leader of a Maryland prison gang, which used a network of female prison guards to help launder money, run drugs and smuggle contraband into state detention facilities, according to a federal indictment. One of the guards was twice impregnated by Tavon White, identified in court papers… Continue reading Gang Leader Impregnates 4 Prison Guards

Man Receives $13 Million For Wrongly Spending 13 Years In Jail

Can you even imagine going to jail after being wrongly convicted for something you didn’t do? And then spending 13 long years locked up behind bars while life passes you by… all for something you didn’t do? Well that is the story of David Ayers of Cleveland Ohio, who in 1999 was convicted of killing… Continue reading Man Receives $13 Million For Wrongly Spending 13 Years In Jail