Slaying suspect walks out of jail
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A slaying suspect escaped from a county jail by assuming the identity of another inmate and was on the loose for more than six hours before authorities realized he was gone, officials said. He was still at large Monday morning.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A convicted murderer who escaped from a work release program 33 years ago was captured in Alabama, where he had been working construction jobs using his real name, U.S. Marshals announced Saturday.
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A suspected murderer who is thought to have killed again remained on bail despite breaching a condition.
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A condemned prisoner planned to tell a joke Tuesday as part of his final statement before being executed for the abduction and killing of a couple who lived next door to him.
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A landscaper charged with kidnapping the wife of his former boss escaped from a state psychiatric hospital early Monday by breaking through a window, officials said.
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Governor commutes sentence of man who was scheduled to die via lethal injection this evening.
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A man whose convictions in two 1985 slayings were overturned has been released from prison after prosecutors decided against retrying him.
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A man facing criminal charges for a freakish accident that decapitated his friend has been released from jail after the victim's relatives pleaded on his behalf.
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A husband who killed his terminally ill wife as part of a suicide pact walked free from a London court Friday with the judge saying he acted as a "loving husband."
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A Minnesota cornerback, accused of raping a woman that investigators say had consumed so much alcohol she was physically helpless, was released from jail Tuesday just hours after a court appearance.
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A man who has spent 19 years behind bars for rape and murder was cleared by new DNA testing and will be released from prison, his lawyer said Tuesday.
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Prosecutors moved Friday to drop the murder case against a man freed after nearly a decade in prison, but stopped short of saying he was exonerated by the DNA evidence that led a judge to overturn his conviction.
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A convicted murderer escapes from the custody of Reliance guards while being treated at hospital.
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An American was released from an Afghan prison and flown out of the country Saturday after serving more than two years for running a private prison as part of a freelance hunt for terrorists, officials said.
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Former Guantanamo Bay inmate David Hicks walked free from an Australian jail after completing a sentence for supporting terrorism Saturday, vowing not to let down those who got him home.
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By SCOTT SONNER  RENO, Nev. - A man charged with killing his wife, the former state controller, has won bail and will be released from jail next week, his lawyer said Wednesday.
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A British man who came close to being executed by the state of Ohio for killing a 2-year-old girl was set free under a plea deal on Monday, with plans to return to his home in Scotland, authorities said.