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An Arizona death row inmate who spent 29 years behind bars has been released from prison PHOENIX -- An Arizona death row inmate whose convictions and death sentence in the 1994 death of a 4-year-old were thrown out was released from prison Thursday. Barry Lee Jones had spent 29 years behind bars for murder, child abuse and sexual assault convictions in the death of his girlfriend’s daughter. A Pima County judge ordered the release of Jones after approving a deal between his defense team and prosecutors, who said a medical re-examination of the case didn’t support a finding that Jones caused the girl’s injury. Jones pleaded guilty to a lesser murder charge. In early May 1994, Jones drove the child and her mother to a Tucson hospital, where the child was pronounced dead upon arrival. Her death was determined to have been caused by a small bowel laceration due to “blunt abdominal trauma.” Authorities had previously alleged that Jones had beaten and sexually assaulted the girl. The Ari...

Following a court order, the DOJ has released a slightly less-redacted version of the affidavit used to justify last summer's search of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate. The Justice Department on Wednesday release d a slightly less -redacted version of the affidavit used to justify last summer's search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, hours after a federal judge order ed the department to do so. The new version included no meaningful revelations about the DOJ's probe, but demonstrated the breadth of evidence investigators had already accumulated prior to the raid. FBI agents raided the Florida property last August in search of classified documents that authorities say Trump refused to return after leaving the White House. Last month the former president pleaded not guilty to a 37-count indictment that included 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information. MORE: Justice Department makes redacted Mar-a-Lago affidavit pub...

Police have released a sketch of a person of interest in connection with the shocking killing of a retired university dean on a Vermont trail last week. Police have release d a sketch of a person of interest in connection with the shocking killing of a retired university dean who was shot in the head while walking on a Vermont trail last week. Honoree Fleming, 77, was found dead on a trail on Oct. 5 in Castleton, Vermont State Police said. She died from a gunshot wound to the head. The medical examiner determined the manner of death was homicide, police said. On Wednesday, police released a sketch of a person witnesses reported seeing on the trail prior to the discovery of Fleming's body. Authorities release a sketch of a person of interest sought in connection with a fatal shooting on a Vermont trail, Oct. 11, 2023. WVNY MORE: Retired dean married to Pulitzer Prize-winning writer found shot to death on Vermont trail Capt. Scott Dunlap, commander of the Vermont State Police Majo...

The Camden County, Georgia, Sheriff's Office has released the dashboard camera and body camera footage of the fatal police shooting of 53-year-old Leonard Allan Cure. The Camden County, Georgia, Sheriff's Office on Wednesday released the dashboard camera and body camera footage of the fatal police shooting of 53-year-old Leonard Allan Cure. Cure was wrongfully convicted of armed robbery in 2003 and was exonerated in 2020 after spending 16 years in prison. The Camden County Sheriff's Office confirmed to ABC News that deputy Buck Aldridge has been placed on administrative leave following the incident on Monday. ABC News has reached out to Aldridge for comment. Authorities said they decided Wednesday morning to make the videos available for public review "in an effort to be completely transparent as to what happened, and how the incident escalated to the point of extreme Use of Force." The sheriff's office asserts that Cure was speeding and driving recklessly,...

The wife of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is set to be released from her California halfway house on Wednesday, according to prison records. The wife of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is set to be released from her California halfway house on Wednesday, after being sentenced for helping run the Mexican drug cartel in which her husband was the boss, according to prison records. Emma Coronel Aispuro was sentenced in November 2021 to 36 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to money laundering and conspiring to distribute cocaine, meth, heroin and marijuana for import into the U.S. She was also ordered to pay almost $1.5 million in fines. Emma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of Joaquin Guzman, departs after the trial of Mexican drug lord Guzman, known as "El Chapo", at the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse, in New York, Feb. 12, 2019. Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters, FILE Aispuro was moved from a federal prison in Texas, to a halfway house in Long Beach, California, in June...

Blendon Township police released video showing one of its officers fatally shooting a woman who accelerated her car towards the officer after allegedly stealing. Police in Blendon Township, Ohio, released body camera video on Friday showing an officer fatally shooting a woman who allegedly accelerated her car towards the officer after she was accused of stealing from a grocery store. Ta'Kiya Young, 21, of Columbus was seven months pregnant when she died in the Aug. 24 shooting, her family said. Blendon Township police officers were in a Kroger's parking lot assisting a driver who was locked out of her car when a store employee told one of the officers that someone who had allegedly stolen bottles of alcohol was fleeing, Police Chief John Belton said in a statement after the shooting. The newly released body camera footage reviewed by ABC News shows Young parked in front of the store refusing to leave the vehicle despite repeated orders from police. One officer was on the drive...

Debra Tate, the sister of slain actress Sharon Tate, has publicly pleaded for years to keep Manson followers behind bars despite their eligibility for release. Debra Tate, the sister of slain actress Sharon Tate, has publicly pleaded for years to keep members of the Manson family cult behind bars despite their eligibility to petition for parole. That includes Leslie Van Houten, who was release d on parole Tuesday after spending 53 years in prison for the murders of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca. According to her attorney, Van Houten is now in a "transitional living facility." She was release d to parole supervision and "will have a three-year maximum parole term with a parole discharge review occurring after one year," the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said. While Manson didn't commit the killings himself, he commanded his followers to do so. Manson died in prison in 2017. Now, Debra Tate is speaking out for the first time since Van Houten...

Former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter, who was convicted of killing 20-year-old Daunte Wright in a traffic stop, was released from prison Monday. Kim Potter, the former Brooklyn Center police officer convicted of killing Daunte Wright -- a 20-year-old Black man shot during a traffic stop -- was released from a Minnesota Correctional facility Monday. Potter was released at 5 a.m. ET, Andy Skoogman, spokesperson for the Minnesota Department of Corrections, said in a press release Monday. She was released early this morning "out of an abundance of caution for the safety of Ms. Potter, DOC staff and the security of the correctional facility," according to Skoogman. Potter was convicted of first- and second-degree manslaughter in the April 11, 2021, incident. She had pleaded not-guilty to both charges. She was sentenced last year to 24 months in prison and a fine of $1,000, far below what the prosecution had asked for. Wright was pulled over for an expired registrat...

Documents related to Trump's tax returns from 2015-2020 have been publicly released by the Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee The Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee on Friday publicly released documents related to former President Donald Trump's tax returns covering the six years from 2015-2020. The move comes after committee members voted 24-16 last week to release the documents after sensitive information -- like bank account numbers and Social Security numbers -- had been redacted. Trump has long fought to keep his tax records private. MORE: Trump's tax returns show he paid no taxes in 2020, committee says Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., told reporters last Tuesday that the committee found there was no ongoing audit of Trump's tax returns during his presidency until the committee requested them, despite an IRS requirement that tax returns filed by a sitting president or vice president are subject to audit. Neal said...