WNBA star Brittney Griner's appeal of drug conviction denied in Russia
Brittney Griner's appeal was denied in Russia, upholding a nine-year sentence, with pretrial detention counted as 1.5 days, reducing actual time to about eight years.
John Forte dead at 50: How a musical prodigy went from poverty to Fugees to prison to Martha's Vineyard
John Forté, a former Fugees collaborator and violin prodigy, was found dead at 50 after a drug conviction, federal prison sentence, and later presidential commutation.