A Centralia man is accused of violating a post-conviction no-contact order and choking his ex-wife. He faces three felony charges, one gross misdemeanor, and the possibility of life in prison.

Joshua Miner, already serving life, has been handed another life sentence after surveillance cameras recorded him strangling cellmate Andrew Ortega at Western Illinois Correctional Center. Ortega, locked up for a non-violent offense, died behind a barred door—an incident that again seals Miner’s fate behind bars.

William Camuti, convicted of poisoning a Whitey Bulger extortion victim with cyanide-laced coffee, has lost his appeal before Massachusetts’ Supreme Judicial Court. The court’s decision upholds his life sentence for the murder.