Ex-police officer convicted in George Floyd’s killing stabbed in prison

[ad_1] Derek Chauvin is currently serving a simultaneous 21-year federal sentence for violating Floyd’s civil rights as well as a 22 and a half year-long state sentence for second-degree murder. ADVERTISEMENT Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, has been stabbed by another inmate and seriously injured at a federal prison in the US state of Arizona. The attack happened at the Federal Correctional Institution, Tucson, a medium-security prison that…

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South Korean arrested for opening plane emergency exit door, faces up to 10 years in prison

[ad_1] SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A man who opened an emergency exit door during a flight in South Korea was formally arrested Sunday and faces up to 10 years in prison on a charge of violating the aviation security law, officials said. During a preliminary questioning, the 33-year-old told investigators that he felt suffocated and tried to get off the plane quickly, according to police. Twelve people were slightly injured on Friday after he…

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Fyre Fest’s Billy McFarlane Apologizes In First TV Interview Since Prison Release

[ad_1] McFarland explains why he didn’t call off the festival and what led him down “a terrible path of bad decisions.” Billy McFarland gave his first television interview since being released from prison on “Good Morning America,” where he expressed regret over the complete disaster that was the Fyre Festival. McFarland spent nearly four years behind bars after pleading guilty to two counts of wire fraud to dupe investors into sinking millions of dollars into…

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Blasts kill at least 8 at Myanmar’s Insein Prison

[ad_1] BANGKOK — A bombing on Wednesday near the front gate of Myanmar’s main prison for political detainees killed at least eight people, including visitors and prison personnel, local media and the government said. Five people who were delivering parcels to prisoners and three prison staff were killed when two bombs exploded around 9:40 a.m., News of Myanmar, an online news service sympathetic to the country’s military government, reported on the Telegram social media platform.…

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A faulty forensic test sends mothers to prison for killing their newborns

[ad_1] UMÁN, Mexico —  Shortly after being found at a high school on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, the body of a newborn arrived at the medical examiner’s office. The autopsy team placed the boy on a scale — which indicated 5 pounds, 4 ounces — and searched for clues to how he died. Opening his chest, they removed a tiny pair of reddish lungs and set them in a container of water. It was a key moment…

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