By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Defendants in one of the largest dog fighting busts in U.S. history received some of the stiffest prison sentences ever issued for a dog-fighting ring, the Washington Times reports. The Alabama dog fighting ring involved more than 350 dogs. “These dogs lived in deplorable conditions that constituted extraordinary cruelty,” said George…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Alleged misconduct by an FBI agent has forced authorities to release at least a dozen convicts from prison, the Washington Post reports. Others awaiting trial on drug charges also have been freed as investigators examine the agent’s role in the case. It’s not yet clear what the agent is suspected of…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com For the first time in several decades, the federal inmate population has decreased, the Associated Press reports. The Justice Department revealed that roughly 4,800 fewer inmates were incarcerated last year than the year before. Attorney General Eric Holder said he anticipates the inmate population to be about 250,000 next week, which…
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Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former FBI employee and his wife were convicted in a mortgage fraud scheme and now face up to 30 years in prison, the Mercury News reports. The husband, Charles Espinel, 61, also admitted he lied to the agency about his new properties to prevent suspicion. Espinel and his wife, Jeanette 58,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Another ex-big city mayor is headed to federal prison. On Wednesday, C. Ray Nagin, the ex-mayor New Orleans was sentenced to 10 years in prison on corruption charges. He was convicted in February. Nagin was found guilty in February on 20 counts that included kickbacks from contractors seeking city work,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Even a convicted terrorist has a right to communicate with friends and relatives. So ruled U.S. District Judge Marcia Krieger in the case of Khalfan Khamis Mohammed, who sued the FBI because he was barred from communicating with a list of 32 friends and relatives, the Associated Press reports. Mohammed, who is…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com If prison is designed to prevent repeat offenses, it’s failing miserably. Business Insider reports that more than a third of state prisoners were arrested within six months of being released, and that number jumped to 56.7% within the first year, 67.8% within three years and 76.6 % within five years. Those numbers…
