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Variously described as an “architect, painter, novelist, communist and convicted fraudster”, Fernand Pouillon’s life was punctuated by abrupt reversals of fortune that might have sprung from the pages of Dickens or Dumas. Throughout an eventful career, he ricocheted from intoxicating success, to financial scandal, prison, exile and eventual rehabilitation. In 1985, when Pouillon was in his early 70s, he was …

Joseph Czuba is shown standing before Circuit Judge Dave Carlson for his arraignment at the Will County courthouse, Oct. 30, 2023, in Joliet, Ill. Charles Rex Arbogast/AP hide caption toggle caption Charles Rex Arbogast/AP JOLIET, Ill. — A landlord sentenced to decades in prison after he killed a Palestinian American boy and wounded his mother has died. Three months ago, …

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — A landlord sentenced to decades in prison after he killed a Palestinian American boy and wounded his mother has died. Three months ago, Joseph Czuba was sentenced to 53 years behind bars for the attack. He was found guilty in February of murder, attempted murder and hate-crime charges in the death of 6-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi and …

Landlord imprisoned for decades in hate-crime attack on Palestinian American family has died  Politico Illinois Man Convicted in Killing of Palestinian American Boy Dies in Custody  The New York Times Landlord convicted of killing Palestinian American boy dies in custody  The Washington Post Landlord who stabbed Palestinian American boy to death dies in prison  The Guardian Illinois landlord convicted in hate crime killing of …

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A Maryland man who was wrongly imprisoned for 32 years, including a decade on death row, for two killings he did not commit is suing former law enforcement officials in a lawsuit announced Thursday, though four of the five people named as defendants are deceased. John Huffington was pardoned by then-Gov. Larry Hogan in January 2023. Hogan …