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Appeals Court Decides Texas Prison Should Allow Beard and Skullcap for Muslim Inmates

A New Orleans court has ruled to upheld the decision that Muslim inmates in Texas prison should be a...

May 06, 2016 01:16 AM EDT

Creators of Banking Trojan SpyEye Sentenced to 24 Years

Two of the main creators of banking trojan SpyEye have been sentenced to a combined of 24 years in f...

Apr 25, 2016 05:11 AM EDT

Court of Appeals sides with Botswana’s gay rights’ group

Court of Appeals upheld a 2014 High Court decision to allow LGBT individuals to register LEGABIBO. T...

Mar 18, 2016 04:32 AM EDT

Former hedge fund manager avoids prison, gets credit for helping prosecutors in probe

The founder of Barai Capital Management avoided prison when a federal judge credited his help with t...

Mar 03, 2016 11:26 PM EST

Australian drug smugglers being taken to Indonesian island for execution: media

Two convicted Australian drug smugglers were removed from a prison in Bali on Wednesday to be taken ...

Mar 03, 2015 06:26 PM EST

Prison break frees 200 inmates in central Nigeria

Gunmen broke into a prison in the central Nigerian city of Minna, freeing around 200 inmates, a poli...

Dec 08, 2014 09:16 AM EST

Six Guantanamo prisoners fly to Uruguay for resettlement

Six men held for more than a decade at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were flown ...

Dec 07, 2014 06:33 PM EST

Jail term of over four years sought for German Islamic State suspect

A state prosecutor on Friday demanded a prison term of over four years for a 20-year-old German man ...

Nov 30, 2014 12:54 AM EST

Scandal-plagued former Washington mayor Marion Barry dies

Marion Barry, the scandal-plagued former mayor of Washington, D.C., who was jailed for smoking crack...

Nov 24, 2014 02:32 AM EST

Vikings star Peterson to plead not guilty in court appearance

Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson is expected to enter a plea of not guilty, if asked, ...

Oct 08, 2014 07:32 AM EDT

New Mexico sheriff guilty of violating motorist's civil rights

A New Mexico sheriff was found guilty by a federal jury on Friday of violating a motorist's civil ri...

Sep 26, 2014 11:38 PM EDT

Obama critic D'Souza spared prison for violating election law

Conservative author and filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza avoided prison on Tuesday when a U.S. judge sentenc...

Sep 23, 2014 09:09 PM EDT

Accused White House intruder is decorated Iraq war veteran

The Texas man accused of breaking into the White House while armed with a knife is a U.S. military v...

Sep 22, 2014 01:55 AM EDT

Man charged in attempted fire bombing of Missouri congressman's office

A Kansas City man was charged on Wednesday with trying to fire-bomb the local office of Missouri U.S...

Sep 18, 2014 02:57 AM EDT

Teenage murder convict recaptured yards from Ohio prison: police

A teenager serving a life sentence for shooting dead three Cleveland-area high school students in 20...

Sep 12, 2014 07:50 AM EDT

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