inmate – STAR 94.3

Inmate firefighters: Over 1,000 prisoners deployed to battle Los Angeles fires

Tuesday, January 14 by ABC News

(LOS ANGELES, Calif.) -- As brush fires continue to spread across Los Angeles County, more than 1,000 prisoners, working as "incarcerated firefighters," are among the emergency responders fighting the blazes, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation confirmed to ABC News.The prisoners,...

Shocking footage shows handcuffed inmate who died after prison guards beat him

Friday, December 27 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Excerpts of body-worn camera footage from four corrections officers were released Friday by the New York Attorney General’s Office showing the in-custody beating of 43-year-old inmate Robert Brooks, who the AG's office says was brutalized by prison guards while handcuffed at...

Maryland prison inmate killed in his own cell by another prisoner

Thursday, November 28 by ABC News

(CUMBERLAND, Md.) -- A 28-year-old prison inmate has been killed in his own cell by another prisoner who was serving time in the same facility, police said.The inmate, identified as Robert Warren -- a state prison inmate serving time at the North Branch Correctional...

Exclusive: Death row inmate Melissa Lucio speaks out after judge finds her innocent in daughters death

Wednesday, November 20 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Melissa Lucio, the death row inmate who was convicted of capital murder in the death of her 2-year-old daughter, is speaking out in an exclusive statement and audio recording to ABC News for the first time since a judge...

Death row inmate Melissa Lucio innocent in daughters death, judge finds

Monday, November 18 by ABC News

(GATESVILLE, Tx.) -- The family of Melissa Lucio, a death row inmate whose execution was delayed in 2022, expressed hope that the Texas woman would be freed after a judge concluded last month that Lucio is “actually innocent” after she was convicted of capital...

Death row inmate Robert Roberson wont yet testify before Texas House

Tuesday, October 22 by ABC News

(HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS) -- Robert Roberson -- whose murder conviction in the death of his 2-year-old daughter has come under scrutiny -- did not testify Monday before the Texas House committee as previously planned.Committee members decided against having Roberson address the hearing via video call....

Shaken baby death row inmate Robert Roberson turns to Supreme Court to halt his execution

Wednesday, October 16 by ABC News

(TEXAS) -- Robert Roberson, the first person

Court holds evidentiary hearing for Missouri death row inmate claiming innocence before execution date

Thursday, August 29 by ABC News

(ST. LOUIS) -- A county prosecutor in St. Louis, Missouri, presented DNA evidence Wednesday alleging that a death row inmate convicted of first-degree murder is innocent in a case that has drawn opposition from the state attorney general.Marcellus Williams, 55, who has maintained his...

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