The notorious “Happy Face Killer,” Keith Jesperson, says that his time behind bars has transformed him, and he now vows to never engage in criminal activities again. “Freedom feels so special to me,” Jesperson told NewsNation’s Ashleigh Banfield. “Most (inmates) are angry and want some kind of payback.” Jesperson said that his time in prison …
Newly released body camera footage shows “cult mom” Lori Vallow Daybell surrendering a laptop and other material related to her case to Maricopa County deputies when she was extradited to Arizona last fall. Vallow Daybell was convicted and sentenced to life in an Idaho prison in July 2023 for the deaths of two of her …
Convicted and deceased child predator Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend — disgraced British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving her own prison sentence for helping him procure girls — is writing a tell-all book not to tell all but to “clear her name,” a source close to her tells UK tabloid The Daily Mail.
“She really thinks she hasn’t done anything wrong and that her charges will be dropped when people read it,” the source said.
North Carolina officials announced on Tuesday that the city of Concord will pay a man $22 million after he spent 44 years in prison for a rape he did not commit. Ronnie Long, 68, was sentenced to 80 years after being convicted of rape in 1976. Duke Law School Wrongful Convictions Clinic, which represented Long, …
Two cousins who spent 42 years in an Illinois prison for murders they didn’t commit were formally exonerated on Thursday. James Soto, 62, and David Ayala, 60, were sentenced to life for the 1981 drive-by shooting deaths of Julie Limas, 16, and U.S. Marine Hector Valeriano, 18, who were killed during a softball game in …
The body of a man who died in an Alabama prison in April was reportedly released to his family decomposing and without a heart. According to the Moulton Advertiser, Brandon Dotson was considered for parole release the same day he died at Ventress Correctional Facility in Barbour County on November 16. A federal lawsuit alleged …
The former Minneapolis police officer who murdered George Floyd has been attacked in prison, the Associated Press reports. Derek Chauvin, 47, was stabbed Friday at a federal correctional facility in Arizona. The Bureau of Prisons issued a press release stating that an inmate was assaulted at approximately 12:30 p.m. Friday at the medium-security Federal Correctional …
Dimitri Fricano, 35, weighed 260 pounds in 2019 when he was sentenced to 30 years for the 2017 stabbing death of his girlfriend, 25-year-old Erika Preti, in Italy when the couple argued over bread crumbs in bed.
Smith, eligible for parole next year after 30 years behind bars, says she’s changed.
The disbarred attorney has also lost his phone privileges in prison for violating Department of Corrections policies.
Convicted child killer Letecia Stauch has been transferred to a Kansas prison, following her conviction earlier this year for the death of her 11-year-old stepson, Gannon Stauch. The Colorado Department of Corrections confirmed Monday morning that Stauch was transferred from the Denver Women’s Correctional Facility in Colorado to a Kansas prison. Although it’s unclear why …
