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Bill Cosby loses sexual assault appeal

Disgraced comic legend Bill Cosby tried to get his sexual assault conviction overturned in the appellate court, but his request was denied. According to TMZ,

Wrongly convicted boxer Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter dies at 76

Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, the boxer famously convicted for murder and spent 19 years in prison before the charges were dismissed, has died at age 76. According to numerous reports, Carter died of prostate cancer early this morning at his home in Toronto. Carter founded the nonprofit organization Innocence International in Toronto to assist inmates who are possibly wrongly convicted.

Jimmy Henchman receives life sentence

Former music manager James “Jimmy Henchman” Rosemond was sentenced to life in prison on Oct. 25 following his June 2012 conviction on 13 federal charges.