Word: prison
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...second-degree murder in the death of eight-month-old Matthew Eappen last February, Judge Hiller Zobel turned the verdict on its head. In a rare and controversial act of judicial veto, he reduced her conviction to involuntary manslaughter and deemed that the 279 days she had served in prison would suffice as a sentence. Woodward was free. The decision elated her supporters--among them the entire village of Elton, England, her hometown--and devastated Matthew's parents, Deborah and Sunil Eappen. On Friday, Deborah Eappen emerged from seclusion to speak to TIME's Terry McCarthy...
What led to Louis' and Gerard's change of heart? Mounting pressure. Last month federal agents raided Gerard's home and seized weapons and small amounts of cocaine and marijuana. If charged, he faces 10 years in prison. For his part, Louis has signed an agreement pleading guilty to harassing an unidentified witness in the Fahey case...
Capano last week was charged with state murder one, which permits authorities to seek the death penalty. Looking disheveled and disoriented after his arrest, he was held without bail in a 7-ft. by 10-ft. cell set apart from the other inmates at Gander Hill prison, awaiting a preliminary hearing. "You can bet every dollar in your pocket and every hair on your head that he's going to plead not guilty," said his lawyer, Joseph Hurley Jr., adding, "Gerard Capano is trying to get out of 10 years...
...Fifteen Seconds of Fame Released from a Chinese prison, Wei Jingsheng finds his time in the spotlight stolen by seven bundles of joy in Iowa...
...Prison should be a hard punishment every day of the week," Thompson said...