Weird History
What It Was Like to Be a Civil War Prisoner - Camp Sumter
Camp Sumter, also known as Andersonville prison, housed 45,000 captured Union soldiers during the Civil War. Conditions at Andersonville were so horrific that 13,000 soldiers perished, many from overcrowding, starvation, and exposure....
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The Stanford Prison Experiment - Zimbardo (1972)
This video outlines Zimbardo's most famous experiment - the Stanford Prison Experiment - which has to be called off within a week because it proved to be too dangerous to continue.
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Can the Police Use Evidence They Got Illegally? Mapp v. Ohio
The police break into a home of a citizen and later charge her with having sexually explicit material.
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Judge to rule on new evidence in Menendez brothers convictions
Convicted murderers Erik and Lyle Menendez are set to appear virtually for a court hearing Monday as a decision on whether to grant the brothers clemency remains uncertain. (Scripps News)
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Home Office ‘wasted’ £15m of taxpayers’ cash on Northeye migrant camp
The Home Office spent £15 million buying a derelict prison contaminated with asbestos amid political pressure to stop housing migrants in hotels, according to Whitehall’s spending watchdog.
The Government department cut corners and paid...
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Trump ally Steve Bannon released after serving 4 months in prison for contempt of Congress
Bannon served time for defying a subpoena in the congressional investigation into the U.S. Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021. (Scripps News)
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Speech of the Lord Chancellor Shabana Mahmood at the Dinner to His Majesty's Judges at Mansion House
Speech of the Lord Chancellor Shabana Mahmood at the Dinner to His Majesty's Judges at Mansion House.
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Punishment outside of prison must be expanded, says Justice Secretary
The Justice Secretary has said a review into sentencing will look at handing out more punishments to offenders outside of prison.
Shabana Mahmood is launching the review on Tuesday, the same day that around 1,100 inmates are due to be...
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Prisoners released from HMP Manchester
The Justice Secretary has said a review into sentencing will look at handing out more punishments to offenders outside of prison.
Shabana Mahmood is launching the review on Tuesday, the same day that around 1,100 inmates are due to be...
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Texas man whose execution was halted by subpoena won't testify in person before lawmakers
A Texas man whose execution was halted after lawmakers ordered him to appear at the state Capitol did not show up as planned. (Scripps News)
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Hundreds of prisoners freed early amid jail overcrowding crisis
Footage of people outside HMP Brixton, London as around 1,700 prisoners are expected to be released on Tuesday from jails across England and Wales, in addition to the around 1,000 inmates normally freed each week.
Prisoners are being...
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Prison population hits record high in week before early release scheme starts
The prison population has reached a new record high as ministers are reported to be considering renting jail cells in Estonia to ease overcrowding.
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Navarro to speak at RNC after being released from jail
Peter Navarro will speak at the Republican National Convention Wednesday night after completing his four-month prison sentence for contempt of Congress. (Scripps News)
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Massive US-Russia prisoner swap underway
Reports have suggested that the U.S. has conducted a major prisoner swap to bring Americans Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan home from Russian custody. (Scripps News)
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'It was Unreal:' Christopher Dunn is free after being wrongfully convicted 34 years ago
Christopher Dunn was released from prison Tuesday despite an attempt by the state's Attorney General to keep him behind bars. He tells Scripps News about hearing that a court had delayed his freedom. (Scripps News)
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Federal lawsuit aims to force Texas prisons to have mandatory air conditioning
Texas judge is considering a lawsuit that alleges temperatures inside can push above 120 degrees Fahrenheit and that the extreme heat has led to hundreds of inmate deaths in recent years. (Scripps News)
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No ‘quick fix’ to tackling prisons overcrowding crisis – Home Secretary
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper says she has inherited UK prisons in crisis from the Tories, as ministers are reportedly deciding whether to free inmates after less than half of their sentence to ease pressure on cell space.
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Former Trump adviser Steven Bannon addresses supporters before reporting to prison
Steve Bannon addressed a small group of supporters and counterprotesters alongside Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia outside of the federal prison where he later turned himself in. (Scripps News)
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Attacker of Nancy Pelosi’s husband also found guilty of kidnapping and could face more prison time
A federal judge last month sentenced David DePape to 30 years in prison for the attack against Paul Pelosi. A new state court conviction on aggravated kidnapping could put him behind bars for life. (Scripps News)
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What's next for Hunter Biden after guilty verdict in federal gun trial?
What's next for Hunter Biden? We examine how the timeline of events could play out following the guilty verdict in his federal gun trial. (Scripps News)
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Labour's Sir Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper talk to activists in Essex about antisocial behaviour
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper meet activists and give stump speeches in Essex and they set out how Labour will crackdown on antisocial behaviour on Britain’s streets
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Starmer 'critical' of Tories' early prisoner release scheme
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, while speaking to the media in Essex, said he is 'critical' of the Tories' early prisoner release scheme and said his party will take 'tough decisions' if it wins power.
The Tories had previously...
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Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer 'critical' of early release from prison
Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer said he was “critical” of the early release scheme for prisoners but added that “tough decisions” would have to be taken by a Labour government.
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Some of the questions that still remain after Trump's trial
Thursday's guilty verdict marked the end to former President Trump's sensational New York hush money trial. But the case is far from over. (Scripps News)