Sentences with phrase «of escaped convicts»

A mythic melange of The Odyssey, Southern folklore, the Great Depression, and your standard road movie, the film follows a trio of escaped convicts (George Clooney, John Turturro and Tim Blake Nelson) who embark on a journey across 1937 Mississippi to find treasure and bring Clooney back to his lady love (Holly Hunter).

Also interwoven with that is an emphasis on human survivors and factions — there are groups of escaped convicts, scavengers and more, and they'll be a bit tougher to deal with this time around.

«Desperate Hours» (1990) A remake of a 1955 film starring Humphrey Bogart, «Desperate Hours» starred Anthony Hopkins and Mickey Rourke, in a story of an escaped convict and the family whose home he wants to use as a hiding spot.

Things don't get easier in the story from there, as Potter's recovery brings about news of an escaped convict named Sirius Black, a wizard accused of helping Voldemort and helping in the death of Harry's parents, which is the reason why the Dementors are out of sorts.

As the police turn over the town in search of the escaped convict, Adele and her son gradually learn his true story as their options become increasingly limited.

Not exact matches

It isn't within everyone's means to obtain aircraft for a prison escape, but it's easier to get out of prison by air than underground: Over the past 40 years in particular, there has been trend of convicts and their partners on the outside busting out from high security facilities in hijacked helicopters.

Here are 8 of the most impressive helicopter escapes in which the convicts were not immediately caught after breaking out of prison.

In The Pilgrim Charlie is an escaped convict who, disguised as a clergyman, is mistaken for the eagerly awaited pastor of a small southwestern church.

A host of failures, ranging from employees to «chronic complacency» of security procedures at the Clinton Correctional Facility last year led to the escape and subsequent month - long manhunt of convicted killers David Sweat and Richard Matt, according to a long - awaited report.

«These systemic deficiencies led to the escape of two convicted murders, striking fear in communities and placing brave law enforcement personnel at risk, at a high cost to the state,» Leahy Scott said in a statement.

A state Parole Board member appointed by Cuomo is married to a convicted killer whose three - decade prison stint included a daring escape and biting off part of an inmate's nose.

Legal practitioner Egbert Faibille Jnr says the three Montie FM radio panelists and host convicted of criminal contempt need to demonstrate their remorse more seriously if they are to escape severe punishment.

April 18, 2018 Not many stories from the North Country garner national attention, but the escape of two convicted killers from a maximum security prison in 2015 captured the nation's attention like few stories ca.

Actor Ben Stiller and his crew are still on site upstate, preparing to film scenes for his upcoming Showtime series, «Escape at Dannemora,» based on the true story of convicted killers David Sweat and Richard Matt escaping from Clinton Correctional Facility in 2015.

In the interview, Astorino pointed to the recent escape of two convicted killers from Clinton Correctional Facility and the desire of North Country residents to defend themselves.

Mitchell appeared before the board for the first time since she was sentenced to up to seven years in prison for helping convicted murderers David Sweat and Richard Matt escape from the Clinton Correctional facility in June of 2015.

The Department of Corrections and Community Supervision says it's part of the ongoing review of the June 6 escape by convicted murderers Richard Matt and David Sweat.

«His actions made him a key enabler for the convicts» escape plans and helped illuminate many of the procedural failures throughout Clinton Correctional Facility.»

While Mitchell was convicted of charges related to the escape and is serving up to seven years in prison, she's still eligible for cashing out from her $ 55,157 per year state job.

New York State Troopers speak to people while searching an area in Friendship, N.Y., where there was a possible sighting of two convicts who escaped over two weeks ago, June 21, 2015.

The escape of convicted killers Richard Matt and David Sweat from the maximum security facility in Dannemora, Clinton County, sparked a massive manhunt.

Eighteen of the 20 uniformed and civilian employees whose laziness, incompetence and dereliction who were cited in the state IG's report for enabling two convicted killers to escape from Clinton Correctional Facility last summer are still on the job and won't be criminally prosecuted.

Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville), State Senator Patrick M. Gallivan (R,C,I - Elma), Assembly Members Steve McLaughlin (R,C,I - Schaghticoke), Pete Lopez (R,C,I - Schoharie), Dean Murray (R,C,I - East Patchogue) and many of their colleagues today announced new legislation, the «Prisoner Privileges Limitation Law» to help prevent incidents like what happened 10 days ago with the escape of two convicted killers from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora.

In addition to the FBI probe, the state inspector general is conducting an administrative investigation of the escape of convicted killers Richard Matt and David Sweat.

Joyce Mitchell, a former prison employee who admitted to helping two convicted killers escape from Clinton Correctional Facility, leading to one of the largest manhunts in New York history, was sentenced to at least two years and four months in prison.

Gene Palmer, a prison guard accused of helping two convicted killers escape from Clinton Correctional Facility, appeared in court and pleaded not guilty today.

State lawmakers are set to begin a probe of New York's prison system following last summer's escape of two convicted murderers from a maximum security facility.

David Sweat, the convicted killer who, along with another inmate, escaped from an upstate prison in the summer of 2015, has a new home — Attica.

The statement added, «The EFCC boss expressed concern over the delay usually experienced in dispensing corruption cases and the conspiracy (in some cases) between the criminals and judicial workers / law enforcement agents to make violators of law escape justice, citing the case of a former governor of Adamawa State, Bala Ngilari, who was set free with the connivance of a prison warder and court registrar after being convicted by court.»

New York State Police Major Charles Guess has written a book detailing his leadership of the manhunt for two convicted killers who escaped from Clinton Correctional Facility in 2015.

Last summer, officers spent three weeks scouring northern New York in pursuit of the two convicts — Richard Matt and David Sweat — who escaped from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora.

Cuomo says more changes are coming to Clinton - Dannemora prison after a state Inspector General's report released last month turned up «devastating» information about the correctional facility's operations that enabled the escape of two convicted murderers last summer.

David Sweat, one of two convicted murderers who escaped from Clinton Correctional Facility in the North Country in 2015, has been transferred to Attica Correctional Facility.

An Accra Circuit Court has convicted two of the three suspects who escaped lawful custody at the Kwabenya Police Station.

The two — Prince Osei and Atta Kwadwo — were convicted on their own plea after they pleaded guilty to Count 3 and 4 of conspiracy to commit crime to escape from lawful custody.

This ended during Hurricane Sandy in the autumn of 2012, and Cuomo's since made the rounds on national programs during events like the June escape of two convicts from Clinton Correctional Facility and the September papal visit.

The executive was convicted of bribing Boyland and others, but Boyland escaped conviction when prosecutors could not show that Boyland had done anything illegal, even though he had been a well - paid consultant for the hospital.

Cineflix executive producer Jacqueline Bynon said her film crew visited the Dannemora area in February for the one - hour documentary — about two weeks before Joyce Mitchell, who was convicted of helping David Sweat and Richard Matt escape, had her first parole hearing.

Authorities continue to search for convicted murderer David Sweat, focusing their search about 30 miles west of the Clinton Correctional Facility where he and Richard Matt escaped from more than three weeks ago.

Lopez Rivera was also later convicted of conspiracy as part of a violent plan to escape from Leavenworth prison in Kansas.

Various proposed penal reforms, allegations of abuse at the Fishkill Correctional Facility and the June escape of two convicts from Clinton Correctional Facility kept New York's prison guards at the center of attention for much of 2015.

ALBANY — State lawmakers are set to begin a probe of New York's prison system following last summer's escape of two convicted murderers from a maximum security facility.

Two convicted murderers who eluded a massive manhunt for three weeks planned to drive to Mexico after escaping prison but ended up walking toward Canada when their ride backed out — finally splitting up in their final days of freedom, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday.

Law enforcement officers investigating the escape of two convicted murderers from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York, are focusing on the manhunt for the pair and looking for potential accomplices.

Police stand over David Sweat after he was shot and captured near the Canadian border June 28, 2015, in Constable, N.Y. Sweat is the second of two convicted murderers who staged a brazen escape three weeks ago from a maximum - security prison in northern New York.

Two convicted murderers who eluded a massive manhunt for three weeks planned to drive to Mexico after escaping prison but ended up walking toward Canada when their ride backed out — finally splitting up in their final days of freedom, Gov. Andrew Cuomo...

The escape of two convicted murderers from Clinton Correctional Facility continues to raise questions, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo is right to want answers.

The two were convicted in 2013 of perverting the course of justice when it emerged Huhne, then an MEP, had asked Pryce in 2003 to accept three speeding points to escape a driving ban.

On a back - to - school shopping trip, Henry and his mother encounter Frank Chambers, a man both intimidating and clearly in need of help, who convinces them to take him into their home and later is revealed to be an escaped convict.

There was the dour internet - parable of teenagers and parents «Men, Women and Children,» and the preposterous and over-baked melodrama «Labor Day,» about a despairing single mom (Kate Winslet) who finds renewal from a pie - making escaped convict (Josh Brolin).