Detective freed after 15 years in prison in Nashville case
Jeris Bragan a private detective, freed by U S District Judge John Nixon after a witness lied at his 1977 trial that led to a 99 year murder sentence. Bragan said prison exposed him to killings and he plans for a possible retrial. He described prison as evil and recalls 29 inmate deaths.
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Nashville
Tenn
Jeris Bragan
Madison
U.S
John Nixon
Bragan
Nixon
William Harold Torbett
CIA
George Urice
Urice
Searchers Corp
Chattanooga
U.S. Circuit
Hamilton County
Gary Gerbitz
Torbett
Yeltsin promises rubles to ease Siberian pain on tour
President Boris Yeltsin visited Barnaul during a four day swing through his native region to show sympathy for the cost of reforms. He said a planeload of rubles was on the way and that he would not run for a second term in 1996, aiming to stress seriousness over popularity amid rising prices and hardship.
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Moscow
Boris Yeltsin
Yeltsin
Barnaul
Commission faults rival Black groups in South Africa clashes
The Goldstone Commission blamed rival black groups for bloodshed in eastern Natal and Johannesburg areas, rejecting ANC claims of state orchestrated police violence. It found some security personnel misconduct but insufficient evidence for charges, citing a feud between the ANC and Inkatha Freedom Party as the main cause.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Goldstone Commission
African National Congress
Goldstone
Richard Goldstone
ANC
Inkatha Freedom Party
Natal
Yahweh Ben Yahweh Convicted of Conspiracy in Murder Plot
Yahweh Ben Yahweh, leader of the Nation of Yahweh, was convicted of conspiracy in a federal trial in Fort Lauderdale. Six of his 15 followers were convicted of conspiracy, seven cleared, and racketeering counts largely unresolved with a mistrial on several charges. Prosecutors plan a new trial for hung counts.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Yahweh Ben Yahweh
Yahweh
U.S
Norman Roettger
Son of God
Miami
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