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Too Fat For Justice: Convicted Killer on Death Row Says “I’m Too Obese To Be Executed”
HLN’s Nancy Grace takes a look at the case of a death row inmate who claims he is too obese to be executed. The Crime Convicted murderer Ronald Post says he is too obese to be executed, weighing in at an incredible 486 lbs. The convicted man shot and killed northern Ohio hotel clerk Helen Vantz nearly […]
Aurora Shooting Suspect Allegedly Doesn’t Know Why He’s Locked Up
James Holmes Claims Amnesia: Alleged ‘Dark Knight’ Shooter Wonders Why He’s Arrested
A Supreme Court Boost for Suicide?
When the Supreme Court ruled last month that lethal injection didn’t constitute cruel and unusual punishment, there was rejoicing from a peculiar interest group: death row inmates who have been trying to get the state to kill them quickly.
Alabama judge not guilty of sexual abuse of inmates
A former Alabama judge accused of checking male inmates out of jail and forcing them to engage in sexual activity was found not guilty Monday on charges of sexual abuse, attempted sodomy and assault, his lawyer said.
Execution problems prompt one-week reprieve for Ohio inmate
Ohio Gov.
Think California’s Prisons are a Problem? Look at Mexico’s
Over the last year, Mexico has suffered from a seemingly never-ending list of escapes, riots and murders in its prisons. In October 2008, prison inmates hurled grenades and sprayed Kalashnikov rounds at each other in a penitentiary in the Pacific state of Sinaloa
California’s Prison Crisis: Be Very Afraid
The exact cause of the 11-hour riot that broke out Aug.