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Former producer and Snoop Dogg collaborator Weldon Angelos received a pardon from President Donald Trump after being sentenced to 55-years in prison. Angelos was initially arrested for selling $350 worth of weed to an undercover officer with a concealed firearm and was sentenced to 55 years in prison without parole in 2004. He was among the 15 people […]
As many expected, Donald Trump has begun issuing a series of pardons ahead of the end of his presidential term. On Tuesday, the lame duck announced pardons for several Trump loyalists, war criminals, and other questionable characters. According to CNN, Trump is pardoning his former campaign aide George Papadopoulos and Dutch lawyer Alex Van der […]
Despite being behind bars “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli just can’t stop making headlines. Apparently one New York journalist did get a bit lost in Martin’s sauce, as a new Elle feature reveals how former Bloomberg News reporter Christie Smythe fell in love with the notorious grifter while covering his various legal battles and controversies. Smythe would […]
Rowdy Rebel immediately hit the studio following his release from prison on Dec. 15. According to OnSmash, after debuting a new track with Funkmaster Flex, the GS9 crew member also laid down a “First Day Out” freestyle, which Flex has since previewed. The new track also features an intro from Bobby Shmurda. Other clips of […]
One in five prisoners in the U.S. has had COVID-19. That rate among state and federal prisoners, per an Associated Press and Marshall Project report published Friday, is more than four times higher than the rate of the general population. Current data shows that at least 275,000 prisoners in the U.S. have been infected during the […]
A 53-year-old man who was sentenced to life in prison on a $20 marijuana charge is finally free. Fate Winslow walked out of Angola state prison in Louisiana on Wednesday, more than 12 years after he was convicted of selling a two dime bags to an undercover cop in Shreveport. As reported by CBS News, Winslow reunited with his family upon his release and expressed […]
Rowdy Rebel‘s release from prison on Tuesday was met with serious fanfare. His first day out was documented on social media by himself and his loved ones, and while he had to make a lot of stops on his way home, Rowdy still made time to check in with one of the people who matters the most. This included […]
An Ohio man has been sentenced to two years in prison for pretending to be a long-missing child from Illinois. According to ABC, U.S. District Judge Michael Barrett handed the sentence to 25-year-old Brian Michael Rini on Tuesday. He also received one year of probation. “I wish that I could just take it back,” Rini said […]
Brandon Bernard was executed in the federal death chamber Thursday night, shortly after the Supreme Court denied his request for a delay. Associated Press reporter Mike Balsamo confirmed the 40-year-old was pronounced dead at around 9:30 p.m. Bernard, who died by lethal injection, is the ninth inmate to be executed by the federal government in 2020; the first was carried out […]
After over 150 years, America is finally trying to correct the language in the 13th Amendment which sparked the racist prison-industrial system. The Associated Press reported on Wednesday that lawmakers created a joint resolution to remove portions of the document that allow involuntary servitude. The 13th Amendment might have ended chattel slavery, but it explicitly states that […]
