Tag Archives: freed
Exonerated man wins $13.2M for 13 years in prison
David Ayers, 56, was freed in 2011 after a federal appeals court reversed his conviction. Continue reading
Bulger Mother: ‘Venables Still A Danger’
Killer Jon Venables is a “ticking timebomb” who should not be freed from jail, the mother of James Bulger tells Sky News. Continue reading
Richard Engel, NBC crew freed after firefight in Syria
Syrian group releases video showing the team in captivity before they were freed Continue reading
Russia slams Hague court for freeing Croatian generals
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Russia sharply criticized the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia on Wednesday over recent decisions to free two Croatian generals and a Kosovo Albanian former guerilla commander, describing the court as careless and ineffective. Last month, the most senior Croatian military officer convicted of war crimes during the Balkan wars of the 1990s, General Ante Gotovina, was freed on appeal in a decision that is straining already fraught relations between Croatia and its old enemy, Serbia. Continue reading
Nobel winner Mo urges China dissident’s freedom
China’s newly named Nobel laureate for literature says he hopes an imprisoned dissident will be freed. Continue reading
Moscow court frees 1 of 3 Pussy Riot members
A Moscow appeals court on Wednesday unexpectedly freed one jailed member of punk band Pussy Riot, but upheld the two-year prison sentences for the two other women jailed for an irreverent protest against President Vladimir Putin. Continue reading
Woman fights to start over after conviction overturned
N.C. woman is freed from prison after her gun possession conviction is overturned, Continue reading
