Nigeria's army rescues 31 hostages after church attack
DW →For years, several states in northwest and central Nigeria, including Kaduna, have been terrorized by criminal gangs, known locally as bandits, which carry out mass kidnappings for ransom and village raids.
Leader of Attack Tells of Rescuing Hostages
Mexican guard lieutenant at the Washington State Reformatory was the man who triggered the officers attack today that freed 81 hostages held by four inmates. Here is his story as told to the Associated Press.
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Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Offenses Control Act of 1961
Atmosphere of juvenile delinquency and youth crime in the 1950s
During the 1950s the United States federal government noticed increase rates in youth crime, creating a panic across the United States about youth being involved with crime. On September 22, 1961, the Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Offense Act was signed into law by President Kennedy, chaired by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. Its purpose was to address 'youth unemployment, poor housing, poor health, inadequate education, and the alienation of the lower-class communities,' appropriating $10,000,000 in grant funding.
Wikipedia →June 1962 Alcatraz escape
On the night of June 11, 1962, inmates Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin escaped from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, the maximum-security prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, California, United States. Having spent six months preparing their breakout, the three men tucked papier-mâché model heads resembling their own likenesses into their beds, broke out of the main prison building via ventilation ducts and an unguarded utility corridor, and departed the island aboard an improvised inflatable raft to an uncertain fate.
Wikipedia →Gideon v. Wainwright
Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963), is a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in which the Court ruled that the Sixth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution requires U.S. states to provide attorneys to criminal defendants who are unable to afford their own. delivered unanimously (9–0) by Justice Hugo Black, and extended the right to counsel by imposing those requirements upon the states as well as the federal government.
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