Escaped Convict Captured After 33 Years
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A convicted murderer who escaped from a work release program 33 years ago was captured in Alabama, where he had been working construction jobs using his real name, U.S. Marshals announced Saturday.
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DILI, East Timor  - About 40 prisoners escaped from a jail in East Timor on Saturday, officials said, adding to security concerns in the tiny nation as it prepares for elections following political turmoil and violence last year.
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South Africa most-wanted criminal, who pulled off a Houdini-style escape from the country's maximum security prison last month, has been shot and captured.
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A convicted killer who made a bold prison break by helicopter had done the same just six years ago, and the prison guards' union said the man should never have been held in an ordinary lockup.A European arrest warrant was issued Monday for Pascal Payet, who was serving a 30-year sentence for a holdup on an armored truck that left a guard dead when he escaped from the Grasse prison in southern France on Saturday.Four hooded and heavily armed men sneaked up on a helicopter pilot at the Cannes-Mandelieu airfield outside the Mediterranean port city of Cannes, regional officials said. The men forced the pilot to fly to the prison some 20 minutes away and land on the roof, said Jacques Billant, of the Alpes-Maritimes prefecture. Read more
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Hostage escaped but was recaptured and killed HOSTAGE Ken Bigley was murdered after escaping his captors for almost 30 minutes. Locals saw the terrified Briton fleeing through farmland near the lawless Iraqi town of Latifiya.
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A man charged with a string of home invasion robberies in 2005, including the holdup of "Lost" star Josh Holloway, has reached a plea agreement that will put him behind bars for 30 years.
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One of two inmates wanted in a daring jailbreak last month that echoed the plot of "The Shawshank Redemption" was captured in an apartment just six blocks from the jail, authorities said.
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Police are searching for a prisoner who overpowered a guard, took his weapon and escaped from a hospital in suburban Washington, a state police spokesman said. Police identified the escaped prisoner as Kelvin Polk who was serving life plus 40 years for kidnapping, carjacking and robbery.
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A convicted murderer escapes from the custody of Reliance guards while being treated at hospital.
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Two inmates, including one who was once accused of plotting to kidnap David Letterman's son, escaped Friday in a truck while working at a state prison ranch.
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Police hunt for a man serving a four-year prison sentence who absconded from a hospital facility.
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LONDON - A veteran criminal received the longest prison sentence of his career Monday, after being caught because of the dandruff he had left behind at the scene of an armed robbery.
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An Australian who became the first person convicted at an American war crimes trial since World War II was freed from prison on Saturday, after completing his U.S. imposed sentence.
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RAIPUR, India  - At least 300 prisoners, including dozens of Maoist insurgents, escaped from a central Indian jail after overpowering guards on Sunday, police said.
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A man who was freed after serving 22 years for a rape he didn't commit walked out of jail with a few possessions in a plastic bag, and nothing else.
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Nearly 300 communist prisoners escape in an armed jailbreak in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, police say.
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A Belgian inmate made a dramatic escape from jail for the fourth time on Sunday evening after his armed accomplices landed in the prison grounds in a hijacked helicopter, prosecutors said on Monday.