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The British ship “Norfolk” carried the first seven Greek piracy convicts Down Under. Credit: James E. Buttersworth / Public DomainAptly titled “Hawks in a Cage,” a new book released last week describes the fascinating story of the first seven Greeks who sailed to Australia. The book, by Konstandina Moshou, is a fictional adventure taking place…

The first confirmed Greeks to step foot on Australian soil were a group of seven sailors from Hydra who was transported to New South Wales to serve a sentence

After 2-year pause, Connecticut to resume hearing inmate sentence commutation requests FacebookTwitterEmail Attorney Alex TaubesContributed Photo / NEW HAVEN — The state Board of Pardons and Parole for more than two years effectively ceased hearing inmates’ requests to have their sentences commuted, in part due to what an official said is an ongoing review of its application processes. While the process now is expected to get rebooted this summer with changes in eligibility and the applica...