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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has pardoned a sex trafficking victim who as a teenager was sentenced to life in prison after she killed her abuser and pimp. CBS News reports Sara Kruzan, 44, was granted clemency on Friday by Newsom. Back in 1994, a 16-year-old Kruzan fatally shot George Gilbert Howard, 36, who had sexually abused her and […]
Brittney Griner sent a handwritten letter to the White House, pleading that President Joe Biden not forget about her as she nears almost five months behind bars in Russia. “As I sit here in a Russian prison, alone with my thoughts and without the protection of my wife, family, friends, Olympic jersey, or any accomplishments, I’m terrified I […]
Convicted sexual predator R. Kelly has reportedly been placed on suicide watch. The singer’s lawyer made the claim Friday, just days after he was sentenced to 30 years in prison on federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges. Attorney Jennifer Bonjean told CNN that her client had no intentions to harm himself, and placing him under suicide watch was a violation […]
A 101-year-old German man has been sentenced to prison for serving at the Nazis’ Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II. The Washington Post reports the man, identified as Josef S. by German media, was sentenced on Monday to five years in prison after being convicted on over 3,500 counts of accessory to murder. The man, […]
Nipsey Hussle’s alleged murderer was unable to attend his trial on Tuesday, reportedly due to injuries he suffered from being physically assaulted in jail. Rolling Stone writes that Eric Holder, 32, a Rollin’ 60s gang member accused of fatally shooting Nipsey outside a South Los Angeles shopping center on March 31, 2019, was attacked sometime after leaving a […]
Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino’s tax problems aren’t quite in the rearview just yet. According to HotNewHipHop, the Jersey Shore star still owes the IRS $2.3 million in back taxes. Sorrentino was sent a tax lien this April for taxes owed between the years of 2010 and 2016—this does not include 2014. Regarding The Situation, his publicist, Robyn […]
A former El Paso police officer has been sentenced to two years in prison for conspiring with her stepfather to distribute cocaine. According to a news release from United States Attorney’s Office Western District of Texas, Monica Garcia, 24, helped Fred Saenz, her stepfather and co-defendant, stash and sell cocaine while she was on the job. […]
Nicki Minaj’s husband Kenneth Petty could face 15 months in prison for failing to register as a sex offender in the state of California. TMZ reports federal prosecutors are refusing to allow Petty to serve his sentence under home confinement, as they argue that the couple’s Calabasas mansion doesn’t equate to a formidable punishment for Petty. Petty, who […]
The family of Damia Mitchell is demanding a new trial, after she received a 140-year prison sentence for the 2021 killing of Faith Burns. 11Alive reports the deadly incident took place last Valentine’s Day in Gwinnett County, Georgia, when a then 17-year-old Mitchell got into an altercation at her ex-girlfriend’s home. Prosecutors say Mitchell had gone to the residence […]
A Georgia woman has been sentenced to a year in jail in connection with the drowning deaths of two men in 2021. WRDW reports Shontover Kirkland, 32, pleaded guilty this week to reckless conduct and involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of Eynn Wilson and Edward Kirk Jr. that occurred on Clarks Hill Lake in Lincoln County. According […]
