A prisoner in Connecticut died Wednesday after hanging himself with a coronavirus mask given to inmates to limit the spread of the virus, according to a report.Daniel Ocasio, 32, of Windsor, was found by a staff member sitting on a bunk in his Corrigan-Radgowski Correctional Center cell at 5:07 a.m., with a ligature made from the cloth mask tied around…
A Missouri inmate, sentenced to death for slaying an elderly woman nearly three decades ago, is set to become the first person executed since the coronavirus pandemic was announced and several other states halted proceedings due to social distancing issues.Walter Barton, 64, will die by lethal injection for the slaying of Gladys Kuehler, 81, in…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A Harris County Jail inmate who tested positive for coronavirus has died, officials announced Wednesday.Doctors say the man was between the ages of 50 and 60, with serious underlying health issues.The sheriff's office added the man had been in the hospital for several weeks before his death. He was booked into…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption A person on a ventilator in a US hospital A US federal prison inmate who gave birth while she was on a ventilator has died of Covid-19.Andrea Circle Bear, 30, died on 28 April while serving a 26-month sentence for a drug charge in South Dakota. There have now…
A pregnant Native American woman incarcerated in a federal prison in Texas was diagnosed with coronavirus and died in federal custody on Tuesday, officials said. Andrea Circle Bear, 30, had been sentenced to more than two years in prison on a drug charge thi…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…