Alabama, Mississippi Among U.S. Leaders for Juvenile Life Without Parole Sentences, Study Shows A youth sentencing study shows Alabama and Mississippi are among just four states that top the nation in new juvenile life without parole sentences since 2012. Read more. 05/19/2024 - 5:56 pm | View Link
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Stateville may close as early as September under Pritzker’s prison plan Governor JB Pritzker’s administration is shedding more light on plans to close a state prison in Chicago’s south suburbs as early as September, and possibly move another. 05/13/2024 - 3:51 am | View Link
California is spending more on fewer inmates. Why isn’t Newsom closing more prisons? Gov. Gavin Newsom is recommending small cuts to the state prison system, avoiding the closures of additional facilities. 05/12/2024 - 11:04 am | View Link
General Daily Insight for May 21, 2024
Deciding what’s a mystery worth solving could be a challenge at the moment. While the intense Scorpio Moon butts heads with pragmatic Mercury in Taurus at 10:18 am EDT, we might feel compelled to dig, even when there seems to be no rational reason to do so.
MIAMI — Josh Bell singled with the bases loaded in the 10th inning to give the Miami Marlins a 3-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night.
Christian Bethancourt’s sacrifice bunt against reliever Mitch White (1-1) advanced automatic runner Vidal Brujan to third. Jazz Chisholm Jr. was intentionally walked and stole second.
DeVante Parker, the former Miami Dolphins wide receiver and first-round draft pick, has retired.
Parker, who spent his first seven NFL seasons with the Dolphins, was just more than two months removed from signing with the Philadelphia Eagles this offseason. However, as teams across the league get going with organized team activities ahead of the 2024 season, he decided to call it a career instead.
The 31-year-old cited wanting to spend more time with his children to ESPN as his reasoning for the decision.
Parker, although often battling injuries, never had a season where he played fewer than double-digit games.
GAINESVILLE — The end of Jac Caglianone’s record-setting run is set to arrive like one of the towering lefty’s 98-mph fastballs — fast and a bit unpredictable.
Perhaps the best two-year stretch in program history has been a blur for the 21-year-old two-way star and Gator Nation, led by his two biggest fans.
Jeff and Johanne Caglianone have shared a front-row seat for their son’s improbable journey, rarely missing a game at home or away.
“It’s really kind of surreal for us,” Jeff told the Orlando Sentinel.