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...came as he was held for trial in the Purgatory Jail in St. George, Utah; law enforcement reported he developed physical weakness from fasting, had ulcers on his knees from prolonged praying and even attempted suicide. In the phone conversation with Bishop William E. Jessop (and taped by prison authorities), Jeffs said that the Lord "has shown me I have not held the priesthood since I was 20 years old, having been immoral with a sister and a daughter." Jeffs' lawyers and his brother, Nephi, declared the renunciations were not true and reflected a mental breakdown. Jeffs has declined...
...favored, third-generation sons of prominent Washington families, accustomed to power and influence. Both were poor students and merry pranksters, and both had reputations as drinkers as young men. But the Vietnam War marked a critical divergence: McCain entered Annapolis and wound up spending five years in a Hanoi prison camp, and Bush avoided the war by landing a coveted spot in the Texas Air National Guard. McCain was launched into politics by his heroism, Bush by his gold-star political name. Partly because of their age difference (Bush is a decade younger), and partly because Bush got a late...
...With no new images of Knox, media reports have focused in recent months on her travails inside Capanne jail. Corriere della Sera published excerpts last month of a leaked prison diary that the University of Washington student has reportedly been keeping. Knox remarks on her male admirers, laments life behind bars and sends off letters to her mother and the boyfriend she'd left behind in the U.S. Corriere also reported that she told police that she'd had sex with seven men since arriving in Italy earlier in 2007. Last week Knox was visited by her mother to celebrate...
...Variety reported this week that Hollywood has already come knocking, eager to film the real-life drama. But for the person who wants to know what Betancourt and her fellow hostages went through in real time, this small book, written in the "green prison of this jungle," offers a moving first stop...
...Last March, Mosley invited five women to a posh Chelsea apartment to engage in what he readily admits was a sadomasochistic orgy, replete with canes, prison uniforms and old-fashioned spanking (a true Englishman, Mosley served the women tea after their session). To his ultimate distress, though, hidden cameras were rolling. The tabloid posted the footage online, accompanied by an article that described the event as "a depraved Nazi-style orgy in a torture dungeon." Mosley's wife of 48 years learned of her husband's sexual predilections for the first time, Formula One racers and sponsors called...