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Woman Faces 30-Year Prison Sentence And $1M Fine For 8 Ounces Of Bong Water Found In Her Car
Tuesday, June 11, 2024 - 4:27pm | 517A woman from Fargo North Dakota was pulled over for speeding near Polk County, Minnesota is now facing a possible 30-years-in-prison sentence for felony charges for water found on the bottom of a cannabis bong. But an “obscure relic of the war on drug paraphernalia” was overlooked and...
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Sam Bankman-Fried Shifts From Trading Canned Mackerels To Offering Crypto Tips To Guards: Report
Thursday, February 29, 2024 - 9:27am | 623Incarcerated FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has reportedly provided cryptocurrency investment advice to prison guards at a Brooklyn facility, including promoting Solana. What Happened: Despite his incarceration at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, Bankman-Fried has reportedly been...
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Alexei Navalny's Final Months In Prison: Books, Letters, And Hopes For Russia
Tuesday, February 20, 2024 - 7:44am | 640Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, spent his final months in prison with remarkable resilience, ambition, and isolation. Despite harsh conditions, he remained undeterred in pursuing knowledge and political activism. What Happened: The New York Times on Monday reported that Navalny, who...
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Japanese YouTuber Faces Jail Time For Monetizing Gameplay Videos
Friday, September 8, 2023 - 5:01pm | 313A 53-year-old Japanese man named Shinobu Yoshida was sentenced to two years in prison and fined ¥1 million (around $6,785) for monetizing gameplay videos on Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ: GOOGL)(NASDAQ: GOOG) YouTube without permission from publishers. According to IGN, this marked...
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Taylor Swift's Songs Inspire Life Sentence Inmate's Path To Parole: 'I Still See Myself In Them'
Monday, September 4, 2023 - 2:02am | 464An incarcerated man credited Taylor Swift‘s music for aiding him during his prison sentence. Convicted murderer, Joe Garcia, 53, shared his experiences in a heartfelt essay published in The New Yorker. “I wonder whether I would have reacted to the words ‘I'm the problem, it's me...
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Why Deutsche Bank Prefers CoreCivic Over GEO Group
Wednesday, February 22, 2017 - 1:20pm | 534In a note released Tuesday, Deutsche Bank said it prefers Corecivic Inc (NYSE: CXW) over The GEO Group Inc (NYSE: GEO), going by the exposure each of these has to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE. Focus On Immigration To Help Analyst Kevin McVeigh and Ato Garrett believes the new...