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Thabo Bester Prison Escape — Faked Death, Real Fugitive
The Thabo Bester case is a South African prison-escape scandal in which a convicted rapist and murderer faked his own death with a burned corpse and fled custody in May 2022.
The Sean Ellis Case — Wrongful Conviction and Full Exoneration
The Sean Ellis case is a landmark wrongful-conviction case in which a 19-year-old Black man spent over 20 years in prison for the 1993 murder of Boston Police Detective John J. Mulligan before being fully exonerated.
The Eirik Jensen Case — Norway's Worst Corruption Scandal
The Eirik Jensen case is a Norwegian corruption and drug-trafficking case in which a senior Oslo police officer was convicted of leaking intelligence to a hashish smuggler over nearly a decade.
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