Judge Michael Pastor threw the book at Dr. Conrad Murray today, sentencing him to the maximum of 4 years in prison related to his manslaughter conviction in the death of Michael Jackson. Murray, though, won’t spend any time in prison thanks to a new California law. Instead, he’ll serve his time in Los Angeles County [...]

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What if you could end up spending fifteen years behind bars just for “liking” a page on Facebook?  Sound unbelievable?  Unfortunately, it’s all too common in Thailand, where freedom of expression does not exist, not even in social networks. According to Anudith Nakornthap, Minister of Communications and Technology for Thailand, “liking” or “sharing” Facebook pages [...]

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Brandon McInerney has agreed to spend the next 21 years of his life in prison for fatally shooting gay middle-school classmate Lawrence King three years ago. McInerney’s attorneys argued during the trial that school officials could have done more to prevent the violence from taking place in the first place. McInerney, who was 14 years [...]

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Here are your top stories for this Saturday, November 19, 2011: – Sheriff says Robert Wagner not a suspect in reopened Natalie Wood case – OSU grieves death of coaches in plane crash – Self-help guru gets 2 years in sweat lodge deaths – Nationals catcher fine after abduction

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Check out the hella’ mic skills from this Eagles fan and former prison guard. He was filmed rapping up a storm while tailgating at this week’s Monday Night Football game. He’s actually pretty good!  Let’s get this guy a contract. Watch more Viral Videos here   Incoming search terms:eagles raptailgate rapper

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Wow, that should really teach her a lesson. Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan spent a little less than five hours at the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, California this weekend before finally being released early Monday morning. There was no official reason given for her early release, but some believe that overcrowding was the issue. [...]

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A Los Angeles judge has just ordered Lindsay Lohan to return to jail for 30 days due to the fact that the troubled actress violated her probation on a theft charge earlier this year and a 2007 drunken driving charge. Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner imposed the complicated new sentence this afternoon, telling LiLo she [...]

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An Ohio high school gym teacher has been sentenced to four years in prison after a judge rejected her insanity plea and convicted her on 16 counts of sexual battery for sleeping with several of her former mail students. Stacy Schuler had sex with five former students, some of whom were football players. During her trial, [...]

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With his wife Ruth Madoff scheduled to speak to CBS‘ 60 Minutes on Sunday and NBC‘s TODAY on Monday, ABC News presented an exclusive interview with Bernie Madoff on Good Morning America this morning, kind of. Barbara Walters had to recount what Madoff said to her, as the North Carolina prison doesn’t allow TV cameras [...]

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Here’s a surprising statistic…it costs the state of New Jersey more money to hold a prisoner for one year than it does to fund one Princeton student’s tuition. Here’s an overview of the disturbing trend of prioritizing prison over higher education in the U.S. This infographic highlights the misallocation of government investments on students vs [...]

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Could Justin Bieber really be facing five years in prison?  That’s what one group claims in response to a bill being considered by the U.S. House of Representatives that would punish the unauthorized online streaming of copyrighted content. The proposed bill, titled the Commercial Felony Streaming Act, or S.978, is the latest step in the ongoing [...]

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Raj Rajaratnam, former manager of the now-defunct hedge fund Galleon Group, was sentenced to 11 years in prison today and fined $10 million for insider trading. In May, Rajaratnam was found guilty on 14 counts of conspiracy and fraud, after netting $64 million on a long-running insider trading scheme.  He was sentenced in federal court [...]

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