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Florida inmate James Phillip Barnes forgoes last meal before execution
James Phillip Barnes, a Florida death row inmate slated to die by execution Thursday for the brutal 1988 killing of a nurse he beat with a hammer, forwent the customary last meal, state corrections officials said.
The Florida Department of Corrections told Fox News Digital that Barnes declined to request the meal. State law allows inmates to request a last meal, which must be purchased locally and costs no more than $40.
Barnes, 61, will die by lethal injection at
Manhunt underway at Savannah-Hilton Head Airport for escaped Georgia inmate who slipped away from police
Police are conducting a manhunt near the Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport after a criminal, who was being extradited, escaped police custody, Fox News Digital has learned.
Bulloch Count Sheriff’s Office confirmed that Joseph H. Baynes was in the process of being extradited to Dakota County, Minnesota, when he escaped police custody at the airport in Georgia at around 1:30 p.m. Thursday.
Police said that “at some point” Baynes escaped police custody and disappeared.
According to the Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office,
Rikers Island staffer slashed by inmate at troubled NYC jail complex
A correction officer at New York City’s notorious Rikers Island jail complex was slashed by an inmate Tuesday, officials said.
The jail guard was injured around 3 p.m. at the George R. Vierno Center, the city’s Department of Correction told Fox News Digital. The officer was cut behind the ear and taken to Elmhurst Hospital in stable condition.
NYC SHOULD BE HELD IN CONTEMPT OVER APPALLING RIKERS CONDITIONS, COURT-APPOINTED MONITOR SAYS
“Acts of violence against our officers by noncompliant individuals