WINDSOR, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say a headless body found in North Carolina last week belonged to a prisoner who escaped from a jail last month. News outlets report that 26-year-old Kelvin Singleton’s partially decomposed body was found April 7 ...

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Prosecutors are requesting the maximum penalty of a year in prison and a $250,000 fine for convicted ex-Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship, who ran a West Virginia coal mine that was the site of a 2010 ...

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Raynor v. Pugh (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-057-16, 18 pp.) (Motz, J.) No. 14-7746, March 17, 2016; USDC at Alexandria, Va. (Brinkema, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A plaintiff inmate who has filed a verified complaint, copies of medical reports and an ...

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If you think prison is scary, try going to a job interview where you know that no matter how professional your appearance or how articulate and pleasant your presentation, “that question” is lying in wait: Have you ever been convicted ...

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MONROE, Wash. (AP) — Eight years ago, when Noel Caldellis began serving time for killing a university student, his main objective was to make 20-plus years in prison pass as quickly as possible: work out, walk circles in the yard ...

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Oxygene v. Lynch, AG (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-036-16, 23 pp.) (Motz, J.) No. 14-2380, Feb. 22, 2016; On Petition for Review; 4th Cir. Holding: A Haitian who fled his country because of political violence and became a lawful permanent resident, ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A former guard at North Carolina’s women’s prison in Raleigh has been accused of engaging in sex acts with four inmates last summer. The News & Observer reports that 32-year-old Bishme Father Desha Allah of Durham surrendered ...

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France v. N.C. Department of Public Safety (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-003-16, 7 pp.) (Mark Davis, J.) Appealed from the Industrial Commission. N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: The essence of plaintiff’s claim is that he was deprived of due process in his ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina legislative leaders want to hear from key players in discussions over prison maintenance contracts which were renewed after a meeting Gov. Pat McCrory attended on the issue. A draft agenda has been released for the ...

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Three years ago, the little girl would hide under a table when confronted with reminders that both her parents were in prison. Now almost 10, she’s a confident, popular student, and ace recruiter for the program that helped her, says ...

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