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23 Jun 2009 22:37

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Biz, U.S.: Bernie Madoff’s trying to get his sentence reduced – drastically

  • 150 number of years the master of the fraud game, Bernard Madoff, could go to prison source
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18 Jun 2009 20:35

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Sports: Donte Stallworth: Persona non grata in the NFL right now

  • What he did Stallworth pleaded guilty to DUI involuntary manslaughter after hitting a pedestrian while drunk and was sentenced to a relatively light and highly-criticized 30 days in jail. The Miami, Florida court also took away his drivers’ license for life and also sentenced him to two years of house arrest and eight years of probation. source
  • What he did Stallworth pleaded guilty to DUI involuntary manslaughter after hitting a pedestrian while drunk and was sentenced to a relatively light and highly-criticized 30 days in jail. The Miami, Florida court also took away his drivers’ license for life and also sentenced him to two years of house arrest and eight years of probation.
  • What the NFL did Following the league’s standard of harsh penalties, Commissioner Roger Goodell indefinitely suspended Stallworth without pay. “There is no reasonable dispute that your continued eligibility for participation at this time would undermine the integrity of and public confidence in our league,” he said. Ouch. source
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13 Jun 2009 20:45

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Sports: Oakland Raiders fans: Blame this guy for your Super Bowl XXXVII loss

  • I felt that if I had played that game, we had a lot better chance to win. I felt we would have
    been able to win that game. It was an extremely exhausting event and put me down as far as I probably ever had to go at that point in my life.
  • Former Raiders center Barret Robbins • Who is in a halfway house after a stay in jail. Robbins disappeared two days before the 2003 Super Bowl and blames himself for the team’s loss. that wasn’t his only problem – he was booted from the league in 2004 after testing positive for steroids and in 2005 got into a fight with police where he got shot. Robbins just left jail after violating his probation after being caught using drugs. Dude, stay clean. • source
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08 Jun 2009 22:15

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U.S., World: Hilary Clinton: Don’t read into the North Korea jailed journo case

  • We hope that the North Koreans will grant clemency and deport them. There are other concerns that we and the international community have with North Korea, but those are separate and apart from what’s happening to the two women.
  • Secretary of State Hilary Clinton • Discussing the fates of jailed Current TV journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling while being very careful not to tie their situation to that of the current nuclear crisis complicating diplomacy between North Korea and the rest of the world. Nice job separating the two, but we have to imagine people have already made up their minds on this one. • source
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05 Jun 2009 16:54

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Biz: Fake male enhancement drug shill “Smiling Bob” is gonna be sad :(

  • 25 years for the guy behind Enzyte, which doesn’t really work source
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29 May 2009 14:41

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Culture: The only wall of sound Phil Spector will hear is inside a jail cell

  • 19 years to life for the producer, who’s 69; he plans to appeal source
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18 May 2009 09:32

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World: Myanmar political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi goes to trial

No, this isn’t the lady who went to jail because some crazy guy showed up at her doorstep. This is a protester who looks like her. source
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27 Mar 2009 11:40

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Music: T.I. can’t give you whatever you like; he’s going to jail

  • 366 days in jail for the rap superstar, due to weapons charges source
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24 Mar 2009 22:14

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U.S.: Keeping people in prison is really expensive, guys

  • 7.3 million people are currently in prison in the U.S.; no word on whether they’re wearing orange jumpsuits or striped black-and-white getups source
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19 Mar 2009 10:56

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Culture, U.S.: Here’s what Charles Manson looks like nowadays

The infamous mass murderer still looks pretty menacing even though he’s really old. He’s been in prison most of his life now. source
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