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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...

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...

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...

Rep. Bennie Thompson, chair of the House Jan. 6 committee, said Wednesday that the panel's long-awaited report will be released on Wednesday, Dec. 21. Rep. Bennie Thompson, chair of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, said Wednesday that the panel's long-awaited report will be release d on Wednesday, Dec. 21. Thompson said the report's release would be coupled with some form of public presentation, the details of which are still being sorted out by committee members. The report and accompanying materials will be posted online, Thompson said. MORE: Jan. 6 committee 'will probably make' criminal referrals related to Capitol attack, Thompson says He also said that any decisions regarding potential criminal referrals will come the same day, and will be voted on publicly. Thompson indicated on Tuesday that criminal referrals related to the Capitol attack were under discussion, but that final decisions -- including on specific c...