In January Mr. O'Dowd, the former front man of the band Culture Club, was convicted of falsely imprisoning a male escort named Audun Carlsen by handcuffing him to a wall in Mr. O'Dowd's London apartment in 2007.
(AP) — A federal judge revoked bail on Thursday for a wealthy Long Island woman convicted earlier this week of imprisoning and torturing two Indonesian housekeepers in what prosecutors called a case of modern-day slavery.
The occupiers took over the refuge to protest the imprisonment of two local ranchers, Dwight Hammond and his son, Steven, who were convicted of arson, imprisoned, released and then given harsher sentences last year.
Israel described the prisoner release as a gesture to Egypt's president, Hosni Mubarak, after the recent freeing of an Israeli who had been convicted of spying and imprisoned in Egypt.
When the Bavarian State Opera in Munich put on Mussorgsky's "Boris Godunov" this spring, it published an article in its magazine, by Max Joseph, in support of the punk band Pussy Riot, three of whose members were convicted of hooliganism and imprisoned for a brief 2012 performance in a Moscow cathedral.
A congressman from a sparsely populated rural state was convicted of embezzlement and imprisoned.
The world lost its liberal mind when this trio of Russian feminist punks were convicted of hooliganism and imprisoned by the Reds in Moscow.
Buddy later won reelection as Mayor (Providence residents are a most forgiving electorate) but in 2002, Cianci was convicted of racketeering conspiracy, imprisoned and was once again forced to give up his office.
Big Ron was convicted of murder and imprisoned when O'Sullivan was 16, a devastating blow which preceded breakdowns and spells of addiction, and a well documented struggle with his mental health.
