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Ore. county releases inmates amid budget cuts

Inmates smile after being released from the jail in Grants Pass, Ore., Wednesday due to layoffs of COs forced by the failure of a tax increase. 39 inmates were released, dropping the population at the jail to 60 (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)

Inmate in RI legal battle to be arraigned

Jason Pleau is charged in the fatal shooting of a man in Woonsocket, R.I., in 2010. Prosecution has been on hold for nearly a year while federal prosecutors battle over custody of him. First court appearance Wednesday (AP Photo)

2 brothers sentenced to death in separate states

Inmate Rodney Berget is escorted by an official in 2003 in Sioux Falls, S.D. Berget is the second member of is family to be sentenced to death. Killed a CO (AP Photo/courtesy KELO-TV)

Onetime top football prospect seeks exoneration

Brian Banks is challenging his 2002 rape conviction Thursday in Long Beach, Calif., after his accuser recently recanted her testimony and friended him on Facebook. (AP Photo)