Metro

Why California Gov. Newsom announces new vision for San Quentin State Prison: Saying ‘We have failed for too long’

California's oldest state prison will get overhauled into a "one-of-a-kind" correctional institution that borrows rehabilitation practices from places such as Norway, Gov. Gavin Newsom's office said. Under the proposed $20 million plan, San Quentin State Prison will be transformed from a maximum-security prison into one focused on rehabilitation and education...
Crimes

Man Serving life Sentence Admits to 1990 Missouri Slaying

prisoner who has been behind bars for decades for a St. Louis-area killing has pleaded guilty to one of four other deaths he has been linked to by prosecutors. Gary Muehlberg, 73, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison Monday in the 1990 death of...
Crimes

Texas Execute Man For Killing His Wife And Daughter Because Of Hard Drugs

Texas has executed an inmate convicted of the drug-related killings of four people more than 30 years ago, including a woman who was 9-months pregnant. Arthur Brown Jr., 52, insisted he was innocent before receiving a lethal injection Thursday evening at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. He was condemned for...
Crimes

4-Year-Old Screams Out “Daddy, Daddy…Please,” But Dad Doesn’t Care

A Decatur, Illinois, father is accused of brutally beating his 4-year-old daughter to death.Darrell A. Reynolds, 29, faces two counts of first-degree murder for the Aug. 31 death of his daughter, Amarrah C. Reynolds, the Herald & Review reports.“I just killed my daughter,” Darrell confessed to a police detective after...
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