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Incarceration, rehabilitation, recidivism: The reality of prison life and what it's like to be an inmate locked up behind bars.
Two Georgia Men Set Free This December After Serving 25 years Following Wrongful Conviction.
After more than two decades in jail, two Georgia men were released from prison after a true crime podcast disclosed new evidence that exonerated them and established their innocence.
By Rare Stories3 years ago in Criminal
Mexican cartels have turned to fentanyl
Mexican cartels have turned to fentanyl A white pillared mansion in the hills of the opulent Lomas neighborhood of Mexico City, close to an embassy and UN facilities, was the scene of the largest drug cash bust in history. Federal officials from Mexico found a pile of $205 million in bills, along with pesos, Euros, and Hong Kong dollars, after they burst through the property's decorative gates in 2007. But it wasn't the property of one of the scarred and vicious drug lords from the mountains of Mexico; rather, it belonged to the well-dressed Chinese-born businessman Zhenli Ye Gon.
By Paul Smith3 years ago in Criminal
Former NYPD Officer Froze His Autistic Son To Death
In January 2020, former NYPD officer Michael Valva called 911 and reported that his son, Thomas, had fallen and hit his head. But after Thomas died, the horrifying truth came out. The 8-year-old had not fallen but had died after being forced to spend the night in a freezing garage at Valva’s Suffolk County, Long Island, home.
By Rare Stories3 years ago in Criminal
The 34 Best True Crime Documentaries and Series of 2022 (So Far)
The 34 Best True Crime Documentaries and Series of 2022 (So Far) All fans of true crime, take note: A fresh slate of compelling new documentaries and scripted true-crime shows to watch arrives with the start of a new year. We can already see trends developing for the real crime themes that will come as new projects are launched. The Summer of Scam(opens in new tab), anyone?) and other crimes that captured our attention in the past are developed into a series in 2022 that will detail everything we now know about what happened. These 2022 true-crime documentaries and series are for those itching to learn the entire tale of their favorite con artists.
By Paul Smith3 years ago in Criminal
Jason Vukovich- He Attacked Sex Offenders.
Jason Vukovich, who was born to a single mother in Anchorage, Alaska, on June 25, 1975, was later adopted by his mother's second husband, Larry Lee Fulton. But Fulton took on the role of Vukovich's abuser rather than his protector.
By Rare Stories3 years ago in Criminal
Vickie Dawn- A Nurse Who Killed Her Patients Out OF Anger
The early life of Jackson, who was born Vickie Dawn Carson on February 13, 1966, in Montague County, Texas, is not well known. She has been a certified vocational nurse since 1989 and has worked in a number of hospitals and nursing homes in North Texas before finding work at Nocona General Hospital in late 2000.
By Rare Stories3 years ago in Criminal
Dorothea Puente rented her apartment to elderly people then killed them
Dorothea Helen Gray was born on January 9, 1929, in Redlands, California. Dorothea Puente was a convicted serial killer who operated a boarding house in Sacramento, California in the 1980s. She cashed the Social Security checks of the elderly and disabled boarders living in her house after she murdered them. Many of them were found dead and buried in the compound of the boarding house.
By Rare Stories3 years ago in Criminal
10 Lesser-Known Americans Currently Detained in Non-U.S. Prisons
10 Lesser-Known Americans Currently Detained in Non-U.S. Prisons Some people applauded and others denounced Brittney Griner's recent release from a Russian jail colony on the morning of December 8, 2022. On the same day, Sarah Krivanek, an American citizen who had been ordered deported from Russia owing to a domestic dispute, also left the country. Krivanek, in contrast to Griner, did not take part in the prisoner swap that saw Griner traded for Viktor Bout, the subject of the Nicholas Cage movie Lord of War from 2005. Paul Whelan, a former Marine and corporate executive who was found guilty of espionage and is currently serving a 16-year term, is a third prisoner who is well-known. What many people don't realize is that there are many more prisoners being held in jails outside of the United States than just these three. There are many more of these people; this article only names ten.
By Paul Smith3 years ago in Criminal
Permanent Daylight Saving Time will hurt our health, experts say
CNN The end of Daylight Saving Time is upon us again, an autumn tradition when the United States, Europe, most of Canada and a number of other countries move their clocks backwards an hour in a sort of Groundhog Day trust fall. We’ll move them forward (again) next spring when governments put daylight saving back in place.
By Weight Lose Coach - Anna Popova3 years ago in Criminal
