Hundreds of life sentences: why the US gives prison sentences that cannot be served

Surely, you have often seen in the news how any criminal in the United States is sentenced to several life sentences or tens of thousands of years in prison. Naturally, he will not be able to physically serve such a term, because he simply will not live, writes BigPicture. But why then ...

Thousands of prisoners started to be released in the USA because of coronavirus

Several state authorities have begun releasing convicts for minor crimes out of fear of the spread of coronavirus in overcrowded prisons. In particular, the elderly and prisoners in poor health are being released. RBC writes about this. State governments of California, New York, Ohio and Texas ...

In the USA, a Russian citizen sentenced to jail for a purchase on e-Bay was sentenced

A court in Utah sentenced a Russian game developer Oleg Tishchenko to one year in prison. However, pending a decision on his case, the Russian has already served this term in Georgian and American prisons, so now he is subject to deportation, RIA Novosti writes. ...

Russian Butina recorded a video message from an American prison

Russian woman Maria Butina, who is serving a sentence in the United States on charges of working as a foreign agent, recorded a video message. The entry was posted on Instagram by the head of the "Anti-globalization movement of Russia" Alexander Ionov, writes RBC. Butina said she was in transit at Oklahoma airport. “It feels like ...

How to visit a prisoner in an American prison

The peculiarities of a visit to a prison is a rather specific topic, but one of its important properties is that it can affect everyone, and this happens to offensively suddenly. A person is not only suddenly mortal, much more often he is suddenly arrested. AND…

How do people live in America who are serving a life sentence

Criminals serving life sentences spend tens of years in prison. They age and die behind bars. And, like many elderly people, they suffer from age-related diseases. This creates enormous problems for correctional institutions, which are completely unprepared to care for the elderly. Walter…

Maria Butina’s father spoke about her conditions in an American prison

Valery Butin, the father of a Russian woman, Maria Butina, who was arrested in the United States, spoke in an interview with Izvestia about the conditions of keeping his daughter in an American prison. According to the man, the family learned about the arrest of the Russian woman from the news on the Internet and was shocked by this information. “About the arrest ...

Russian woman arrested in the US for kidnapping her own child, brought new charges

Russian woman Bogdana Osipova, who was arrested in the United States on charges of kidnapping, was brought forward with new charges, according to which she could face up to 80 years in prison. This was told to RBC by her lawyer Alexei Tarasov. “Yesterday there was a meeting on the case of Bogdana Osipova. To her…

Russian woman accused in the US of kidnapping her own child, transferred from hospital to prison

Russian citizen Bogdana Osipova, accused in the United States of abducting her own child, was transferred from a medical prison center at a military base in Fort Worth (Texas) to a regular prison in Kansas. Her lawyer Alexey Tarasov told RIA Novosti about this. “Bogdana Osipova was transferred to Kansas today (August 2),”...

As a native of the USSR received in the US 20 years in prison

Sergei received the maximum sentence for a car accident that he committed in Montana. I cannot yet reveal the last name of my hero - at his new place of work they do not know that he was convicted and, moreover, spent several years in prison.…

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