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Gordon Cordeiro, who was recently released from prison after 30 years based on new DNA evidence, enjoys a steak dinner shortly after he was set free. AP “Thanks for looking over me.
Obtaining a compassionate release for a prison inmate is a process that varies from country to country (and sometimes even within countries) but generally involves petitioning the warden or court to the effect that the subject is terminally ill and would benefit from obtaining aid outside of the prison system, or is otherwise eligible under the relevant law.
Gordon Cordeiro celebrates his release from prison with a steak dinner in Kahului, Hawaii on Feb. 21, 2025. AP Cordeiro’s first trial ended in a hung jury, with only one juror voting to convict him.
The state listed is that in which the conviction occurred, the year is that of release and the case is that which overturned the conviction. This list does not include: Posthumous pardons for individuals executed before 1950. Inmates who were given life sentences when their country, province or state abolished the death penalty.
Meeks was born in Tacoma, Washington, on February 7, 1984. [1]In 2002, Meeks was charged with robbery and corporal injury to a child, assaulting a 16-year-old boy. He was sentenced to serve two years in a California prison, during which he admitted to claiming to be a member of the North Side Gangster Crips.
Body camera footage from what officials have called "an attack" that took place inside a New York state correctional facility resulting in the death of an inmate was released by the New York State ...
Longest-serving prison inmate in the United States whose sentence ended in release. Sentenced to death for the murder of a nightwatchman during a robbery at a yacht club in July 1949, his sentence was commuted to life in prison in 1954, only two hours before his scheduled execution. [ 2 ]
WASHINGTON — Native American rights activist Leonard Peltier was released from prison on Tuesday morning, ending his nearly 50 years of incarceration after the U.S. government lied, threatened ...