http://www.newsvine.com/inmateNewsvine - inmateen-usCopyright 2013Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:25:50 +0000Fri, 24 May 2013 10:12:14 +0000http://www.newsvine.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17780284-judge-grants-1st-wyoming-retrial-based-on-dna-testhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17780284-judge-grants-1st-wyoming-retrial-based-on-dna-testuswyominginmatednaus-newsTue, 16 Apr 2013 16:25:11 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17763828-inmate-84-accused-of-trying-to-kill-prosecutorhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17763828-inmate-84-accused-of-trying-to-kill-prosecutorustexasplotelderlyinmateus-newsMon, 15 Apr 2013 17:50:33 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>This booking photo provided by the Montgomery County, Texas, District Attorney, shows Dorothy Canfield, 84. Montgomery County District Attorney Brett Ligon on Monday April 15, 2013, said Canfield of Willis, Texas, sought to have him attacked and Assistant District Attorney Rob Fryer slain. (AP Photo/Montgomery County District Attorney)</p><p>Montgomery County District Attorney Brett Ligon addresses the alleged threat against him from the Montgomery County Jail and Law Enforcement Center in Conroe, Texas, Monday April 15, 2013. An 84-year-old woman jailed on a theft charge allegedly tried to hire a hit man to kill the prosecutor handling her case and to maim Ligon. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Johnny Hanson)</p><p>Major Freeman Martin, with the Texas Rangers Company A, speaks to the media at the Montgomery County Jail and Law Enforcement Center in Conroe, Texas, Monday April 15, 2013. An 84-year-old woman jailed on a theft charge allegedly tried to hire a hit man to kill the prosecutor handling her case and to maim Ligon. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Johnny Hanson)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17690148-3-convicted-in-ohio-prison-riot-plan-hunger-strikehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17690148-3-convicted-in-ohio-prison-riot-plan-hunger-strikeusohioinmateriotus-newsprison-riotthree-ohioWed, 10 Apr 2013 17:13:46 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - This Tuesday, Jan. 16, 1996 file photo shows Carlos Sanders, with cap, under heavy guard as he is led to court in Cincinnati, where jury selection began on his aggravated murder, kidnapping, and assault trial. Sanders is the alleged ringleader in the 1993 Lucasville prison riot. In the 20 years since the nation's longest deadly prison riot broke out in Lucasville, no interviews have been granted with the five men sentenced to death in the killing of a guard. Yet time has brought new evidence and insights that will dominate events marking the 20th anniversary of the 11-day siege of April 1993. (AP Photo/Al Behrman, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17568694-appeals-court-hears-mass-inmates-sex-change-casehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17568694-appeals-court-hears-mass-inmates-sex-change-caseusinmatechangeus-newssex-changeTue, 2 Apr 2013 00:56:56 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Jan. 15, 1993 file photo, Robert J. Kosilek, now known as Michelle, sits in Bristol County Superior Court in New Bedford, Mass., where Kosilek was on trial for the May 1990 murder of his wife. Kosilek was convicted and lives as a woman in a Massachusetts prison serving a life sentence for murder. On Tuesday, April 2, 2013, a lawyer for prison officials asked a federal appeals court to overturn a 2012 ruling that would have granted a taxpayer-funded sex change for Kosilek. (AP Photo/Lisa Bul, file)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/26/17475152-iowa-governor-asked-to-reduce-killers-sentencehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/26/17475152-iowa-governor-asked-to-reduce-killers-sentenceusiowainmateus-newscommutationterry-branstadiowa-inmateTue, 26 Mar 2013 18:39:27 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/22/17416743-ny-guard-gives-birth-accused-of-sex-with-inmatehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/22/17416743-ny-guard-gives-birth-accused-of-sex-with-inmateusguardaccusedinmatenew-york-cityus-newsaffairFri, 22 Mar 2013 16:00:23 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/20/17032846-ky-inmate-charged-in-obama-family-threatshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/20/17032846-ky-inmate-charged-in-obama-family-threatsusthreatinmateus-newsobama-threatWed, 20 Feb 2013 19:32:39 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/05/16855696-feds-killer-of-2-nyc-officers-impregnated-guardhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/05/16855696-feds-killer-of-2-nyc-officers-impregnated-guardusnew-yorkguardaccusedinmatenew-york-cityus-newsaffairTue, 5 Feb 2013 19:11:55 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office shows Ronell Wilson who was convicted in the cold-blooded killing of two New York City police officers. According to court papers file on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, a federal prison guard had an illegal affair with Wilson at the Metropolitan Detention Center in New York, and is pregnant with his child. (AP Photo/U.S. Attorney's Office, File)</p><p>FILE- In this July 30, 2003 photo, Ronell Wilson, 21, of the Staten Island borough of New York, right, is escorted past a heavily armed corrections officer, after appearing in court to face charges of the March shooting death of two undercover police officers during a buy-and-bust operation. According to court papers file on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, a federal prison guard had an illegal affair with Wilson at the Metropolitan Detention Center in New York, and is pregnant with his child. (AP Photo/Ed Betz, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/28/16741227-texas-womans-execution-halted-da-wont-appealhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/28/16741227-texas-womans-execution-halted-da-wont-appealustexasexecutionfemaleinmateunited-statesus-newsfemale-inmateMon, 28 Jan 2013 20:39:51 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>File - This undated file photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Kimberly McCarthy. She is scheduled to be executed Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013 for the July 1997 killing of retired college professor Dorothy Booth during a robbery. McCarthy's execution would be the first of a woman in Texas in more than eight years and the fourth overall in the state, where the 492 prisoners put to death since capital punishment resumed in Texas 30 years ago make it the nation's most active death penalty state. (AP Photo/Texas Department of Criminal Justice, File)</p><p>FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Kimberly McCarthy, who is on death row in Texas for the 1997 killing of a neighbor during a robbery. A state judge halted McCarthy's execution Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, less than five hours before she could have been put to death, on the grounds that the jury that convicted her of murder was improperly selected on the basis of race. Dallas County Assistant District Attorney Shelly Yeatts says McCarthy's execution date now is April 3. (AP Photo/Texas Department of Criminal Justice, File)</p><p>FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Kimberly McCarthy, who is on death row in Texas for the 1997 killing of a neighbor during a robbery. A state judge halted McCarthy's execution Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, less than five hours before she could have been put to death, on the grounds that the jury that convicted her of murder was improperly selected on the basis of race. Dallas County Assistant District Attorney Shelly Yeatts says McCarthy's execution date now is April 3. (AP Photo/Texas Department of Criminal Justice, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/17/16568464-tax-fraud-a-popular-pastime-among-prison-inmateshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/17/16568464-tax-fraud-a-popular-pastime-among-prison-inmatesustaxpoliticsinmateinternal-revenue-servicecheatsThu, 17 Jan 2013 19:00:17 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/14/16505985-court-wont-get-involved-in-ri-inmate-tug-of-warhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/14/16505985-court-wont-get-involved-in-ri-inmate-tug-of-warusofcourtpoliticswarrhode-islandinmatesupreme-courtus-newstugMon, 14 Jan 2013 14:46:30 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - This undated inmate file photo provided by the Rhode Island Department of Corrections shows Jason Pleau, charged in the fatal shooting of a man outside a bank in Woonsocket, R.I., in September 2010. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, refused to hear an appeal from Pleau and the state, and won't stop the federal government from claiming Pleau, who will face the possibility of the death penalty if convicted of murder. Pleau initially had been in state custody. After federal prosecutors charged him, Gov. Lincoln Chafee refused to turn over Pleau, citing the state's rejection of the death penalty. (AP Photo/Rhode Island Department of Corrections, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/08/16416331-iowa-officials-warned-of-inmate-before-releasehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/08/16416331-iowa-officials-warned-of-inmate-before-releaseusiowaslayingreleasedinmateus-newsTue, 8 Jan 2013 19:59:26 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>This photo provided by the Sac County (Iowa) Sheriff's Office shows Kirk Riley Levin. Levin was arrested on Jan. 3, 2013 and charged with allegedly murdering his mother and kidnapping another woman hours after getting out of prison last week. He was released from prison on Tuesday after serving more than two years for a burglary charge. (AP Photo/Sac County Sheriff's Office)</p><p>Magistrate Warren Bush sets Kirk Levin's bond at $1 million after Sac County officials charged him with first-degree murder during a hearing on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, in Sac City, Iowa. Levin is charged with killing his mother, Marilyn Schmitt, and abducting a woman days after being released from prison last week. (AP Photo/Carroll Daily Times Herald, Jared Strong)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/19/16027452-judge-mass-sex-change-inmates-lawyers-get-700khttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/19/16027452-judge-mass-sex-change-inmates-lawyers-get-700kusinmateus-newssex-changeThu, 20 Dec 2012 01:46:32 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/14/15908366-no-mention-of-weight-as-ohio-governor-grants-mercyhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/14/15908366-no-mention-of-weight-as-ohio-governor-grants-mercyusdeathdeath-penaltypenaltyinmateobeseus-newsohio-parole-boardjohn-kasichFri, 14 Dec 2012 16:22:48 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections shows death row inmate Ronald Post. Ohio Gov. John Kasich's decision to grant clemency to Post, on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, mirrored the recommendation of mercy by the state parole board, which said it didn't doubt Post's guilt but said there were too many problems with how he was represented 30 years ago. (AP Photo/Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/05/15706181-condemned-obese-ohio-killer-asks-board-for-mercyhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/05/15706181-condemned-obese-ohio-killer-asks-board-for-mercyusdeathdeath-penaltypenaltyinmateobeseus-newsparole-boardronald-postWed, 5 Dec 2012 22:20:49 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>This undated photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections shows 540 pounds of weights placed on the execution table at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio to test the table's load bearing. Ohio death row inmate Ronald Post, scheduled for execution Jan. 16, 2013, is arguing that, at 450 pounds, can not be humanely executed under both the state's usual method and the untested backup procedure. (AP Photo/Ohio Dept. of Rehabilitation and Corrections)</p><p>FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Ohio Dept. of Rehabilitation and Corrections shows death row inmate Ronald Post. Post, 53, is scheduled to be executed Jan. 16, 2013, for the 1983 shooting death of a hotel desk clerk. Post is trying to stave off execution, arguing that because of his obesity, an attempt to put him to death would amount to cruel and unusual punishment. (AP Photo/Ohio Dept. of Rehabilitation and Corrections, File)</p><p>FILE - In this Nov. 2005 file photo, public information director Larry Greene is shown in the death chamber at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio. Warden Donald Morgan says the state's execution table can easily hold Ronald Post, scheduled to be executed in January 2013, who has argued arguing that because of his obesity, an attempt to put him to death would amount to cruel and unusual punishment. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)</p><p>Left to right, William Vantz, the son of murder victim Helen Vantz; Mary Cheriki, Helen Vantz' niece; and Michael Vantz, another son of Helen Vantz, listen to arguments at a clemency hearing for Ronald Post, Helen Vantz' killer, on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, at the Ohio Parole Board in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/26/15458097-ohio-obese-death-row-inmate-claiming-innocencehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/26/15458097-ohio-obese-death-row-inmate-claiming-innocenceusdeathpenaltyinmateobeseus-newsohio-parole-boardMon, 26 Nov 2012 17:41:05 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>This undated photo provided by the Ohio Dept. of Rehabilitation and Corrections shows death row inmate Ronald Post. Post, 53, scheduled to executed Jan. 16, 2013, for the 1983 shooting death of a hotel desk clerk. A federal judge has rejected his request that his upcoming execution be delayed. At 480 pounds, Post said he is too heavy for the state's lethal injection process. (AP Photo/Ohio Dept. of Rehabilitation and Corrections)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/19/15284660-no-electrolysis-for-mass-transgender-prisonerhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/19/15284660-no-electrolysis-for-mass-transgender-prisonerusinmatechangeus-newssex-changemassachusetts-departmentMon, 19 Nov 2012 20:10:05 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Jan. 15, 1993 file photo, Robert Kosilek, aka Michelle Kosilek, sits in Bristol County Superior Court, in New Bedford, Mass. Kosilek, a convicted murderer who won a court ruling ordering Massachusetts prison officials to allow her to have a sex-change operation, is now fighting for electrolysis treatments. (AP Photo/Lisa Bul, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/13/15141487-texas-inmate-who-admitted-rapes-seeks-compensationhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/13/15141487-texas-inmate-who-admitted-rapes-seeks-compensationusinmateus-newscompensationrapistwhen-michael-blairTue, 13 Nov 2012 18:48:27 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In a Wednesday, Aug. 17, 1994 file photo, capital murder suspect Michael Blair watches as potential juriors enter a Midland, Texas, courtroom. When Blair was sent to death row for the infamous murder of 7-year-old Ashley Estell, he insisted he never killed anyone. More than a decade later, genetic testing showed he was telling the truth. But during those long years behind bars, Blair confessed to raping two other children, a crime for which he's serving multiple life sentences. Blair has made an unlikely demand, asking the state for nearly $1 million as compensation for being wrongfully convicted. His request has gone all the way to the Texas Supreme Court and is forcing a re-examination of laws designed to offer exonerated inmates a new start. (AP Photo/Plano Star Courier, Ian Halpern, File) NO SALES</p><p>This handout photo provided by the Texas Department of Public Safety shows Michael Blair. When Blair was sent to death row for the infamous murder of 7-year-old Ashley Estell, he insisted he never killed anyone. More than a decade later, genetic testing showed he was telling the truth. But during those long years behind bars, Blair confessed to raping two other children, a crime for which he's serving multiple life sentences. Blair has made an unlikely demand, asking the state for nearly $1 million as compensation for being wrongfully convicted. His request has gone all the way to the Texas Supreme Court and is forcing a re-examination of laws designed to offer exonerated inmates a new start. (AP Photo/ Texas Department of Public Safety)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/11/15094878-man-who-escaped-from-ariz-jail-back-in-custodyhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/11/15094878-man-who-escaped-from-ariz-jail-back-in-custodyusapescapeinmatephoenixus-newsMon, 12 Nov 2012 01:48:58 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/11/15093375-story-removed-bc-us-phoenix-inmate-missinghttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/11/15093375-story-removed-bc-us-phoenix-inmate-missingusmissinginmateassociated-pressphoenixus-newsSun, 11 Nov 2012 23:54:38 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/11/15093211-man-who-escaped-from-ariz-jail-back-in-custodyhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/11/15093211-man-who-escaped-from-ariz-jail-back-in-custodyusescapeinmatephoenixus-newsmaricopa-county-sheriff-joe-arpaioSun, 11 Nov 2012 23:36:38 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/08/15031230-doctor-veins-of-obese-ohio-inmate-inaccessiblehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/08/15031230-doctor-veins-of-obese-ohio-inmate-inaccessibleusdeathpenaltyinmateobeseus-newsFri, 9 Nov 2012 00:27:40 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14651393-arizona-sheriff-others-sued-over-inmates-deathhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14651393-arizona-sheriff-others-sued-over-inmates-deathusarizonadeathinmateus-newsmaricopa-county-sheriff-joe-arpaioTue, 23 Oct 2012 22:40:11 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14647621-report-nm-inmate-steals-money-walking-out-of-jailhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14647621-report-nm-inmate-steals-money-walking-out-of-jailusmoneyoddinmatenew-mexicous-newsfreedstealsTue, 23 Oct 2012 18:09:47 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14644696-ohio-execution-table-can-support-obese-inmatehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14644696-ohio-execution-table-can-support-obese-inmateusdeathpenaltyinmateobeseus-newsTue, 23 Oct 2012 15:22:14 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections shows death row inmate Ronald Post. Post, 53, scheduled to die Jan. 16, 2013 for the 1983 shooting death of a hotel desk clerk, wants his upcoming execution delayed because of his weight, but warden Donald Morgan of the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility says the execution table can hold Morgan's 480 pounds. (AP Photo/Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections, File)</p><p>In this Nov. 2005 file photo, public information director Larry Greene is shown in the death chamber at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio. Warden Donald Morgan says the state's execution table can easily hold Ronald Post, scheduled to be executed in Jan. 2013, who has argued he's so big the table might collapse. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)</p>