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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) - A Honduran court has sentenced a former prison official to 1,051 years in jail for the deaths of 69 people in a 2003 prison massacre.
Associated Press - September 6, 2008 5:23 PM ET TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) - A Honduran court has sentenced a former prison official to 1,051 years in jail for the deaths of 69 people in a 2003...
A Honduran court has sentenced a former prison official to 1,051 years in jail for the deaths of 69 people in a 2003 prison massacre. The three-judge panel announced its largely symbolic verdict against prison official Dimas Antonio Benitez today.
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Sat, Sep 6, 2008 (1:06 p.m.) A Honduran court has sentenced a former prison official to 1,051 years in jail for the deaths of 69 people in a 2003 prison massacre.
A Honduran court has sentenced a former prison official to 1,051 years in jail for the deaths of 69 people in a 2003 prison massacre. The three-judge panel announced its largely symbolic verdict against prison official Dimas Antonio Benitez on Saturday. Honduran law says people can't be jailed for more than 30 years. Benitez was one of the directors at the El Porvenir prison where 65 inmates, a ...
President Bush says if Congress doesn't permit offshore drilling to increase U.S. oil supplies and possibly ease gasoline prices, lawmakers should not expect voters to support them in November.
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