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Angola (United States) (AFP) - At the sprawling Louisiana prison known as "Angola," inmates clad in black and white stripes go toe-to-toe with horses and bulls at a unique rodeo event now in its 57th year. The rodeo, described on its website as the "wildest show in the south," features about a dozen events in which prisoners and professional cowboys compete under the watchful eyes of prison guards and the viewing public. Like a typical fair, children in attendance can take a ride on a merry-go-round or trot around on a horse, but this outdoor area is surrounded by barb-wired fence and watchtow...
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Washington (AFP) - A guard with a spotless record and a convict accused of murder -- this unlikely pair has vexed US law enforcement for days as they investigate an Alabama prison break seemingly planned down to the last detail. The guard, Vicky White, had never before caused trouble at the jail in Florence, a small town in the southern US state. The prisoner, Casey White -- the two are not related -- has had numerous run-ins with the law, and has been sentenced to 75 years imprisonment for kidnapping, burglary and attempted murder, among other crimes. Their story began in 2020, when Casey Whi...
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Washington (AFP) - An "extremely dangerous" murder suspect and the female corrections officer who US authorities say helped him escape from jail were carrying on a "special relationship," officials said Tuesday. Inmate Casey White and officer Vicky White -- who are not related -- both left the Alabama jail where he was being held to face murder charges on Friday. The corrections officer, 56, told colleagues they were headed to court for a psychological evaluation of the 38-year-old prisoner -- however, they never arrived, and suspicion rapidly grew. "Investigators received information from inm...
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Huntsville (United States) (AFP) - Texas executed its oldest death row inmate on Thursday, a 78-year-old man convicted of killing a policeman more than 30 years ago during a routine traffic stop. Lawyers for Carl Buntion had filed a final appeal to the US Supreme Court seeking a stay, but it was rejected. He was executed by lethal injection and pronounced dead at 6:39 pm local time (2339 GMT), according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. A second US state, Tennessee, had also planned to execute another inmate, Oscar Franklin Smith, 72, by lethal injection Thursday for killing his est...
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Washington (AFP) - Detained for more than a month in Russia, US basketball star Brittney Griner has become an unlikely victim of the war in Ukraine -- and the best way to free her remains a crucial question. Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and WNBA champion, was detained in Moscow airport on February 17 on charges of carrying vape cartridges that contained cannabis oil in her luggage. She was immediately placed in a detention center, and on Thursday a Russian court extended her arrest until May 19. The 31-year-old -- one of few women who can "dunk" a ball and considered one of the bes...
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