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The brothers were sentenced in 1996 to life in prison without the possibility of parole for fatally shooting their parents.

Messiah Nantwi's death came several months after Robert Brooks was fatally beaten at the Marcy Correctional Facility, across the street from the Mid-State prison.

The unnamed man, who was rescued in February, says he recently celebrated his first-ever birthday party as he turned 32.

Prosecutors argued that the 19-year-old's sentencing should act as a "deterrent message."

Colorado funeral home owner Miles Harford has pleaded guilty to corpse abuse and theft.

Prosecutors and defense lawyers say Mike Jeffries, the former longtime CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch, is suffering from dementia and isn't competent to stand trial on federal sex trafficking charges in New York.

A lawsuit that accuses Alabama prisons of illegally harvesting the organs of people who died while incarcerated will be allowed to proceed.

The victim, one of four women suing the influencer and self-styled misogynist, said he whipped her with a belt and once stuck a gun in her face, court documents said.

Jillian Lauren, a true crime writer and memoirist, was injured by Los Angeles police and arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

Sonya McKnight was taken away in handcuffs after the trial judge rejected a defense request that she be released.