Tag: FREED

OJ Simpson granted parole, could be freed in October

by Javier Tovar with Chris Lefkow in Washington Agence France Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Disgraced American football legend O.J. Simpson, whose 1995 acquittal for double murder polarized the nation, was granted his release from prison Thursday after serving nearly nine years behind bars for armed robbery. A four-member parole board in the western United States state of Nevada voted unanimously to free the 70-year-old Simpson after a tense public hearing broadcast live […]

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Jordan, Japan seek news of Islamic State prisoners

Japan and Jordan scramble to find out what has happened to two of their nationals being held by Islamic State, after a deadline passed for the release of a would-be suicide bomber being held on death row in Amman. On Friday evening (January 30) Japanese deputy foreign minister Yasuhide Nakayama told reporters in Amman, where he is anchoring Japan’s on-the-ground response, that saving journalist Kenji Goto was Japan’s “only purpose”. “As everyone knows quite well, […]

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