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Ten years ago, a girl stabbed her classmate for “Slender Man.” Now she asks to be released from a psychiatric hospital

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Anissa Weier, left, and Morgan Geyser (iStock/Police Awards) It’s been 10 years since two girls lured their classmate into the woods in a quiet Wisconsin suburb and nearly stabbed her to death. It was all in the name of the fictional character Slender Man, they claimed. Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier were 12 years old … Read more

Prisoner held indefinitely refused parole after making landmark public bid for freedom

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Nicholas Bidar was the first IPP prisoner to have his parole hearing held in public (supplied) A parole board has refused to release a prisoner held under an abolished indefinite prison sentence described as ‘torture’. Earlier this month, Nicholas Bidar became the first IPP prisoner to have his parole made public after new laws came … Read more