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Activists. the father of four, age 34, died moments after filming these pictures. his voice, most likely also not heard in vienna. nick payton walsh, cnn, southern turkey. in iran, another american citizen reportedly is under arrest. u.s. media identified him. a dubai based citizenship. the details of his alleged crime are unclear. he is the first u.s. citizen detained in iran since the nuclear deal was signed in july. he's one of five americans held in the islamic republic. you are watching cnn news room. still to come this hour, one way to ease prison overcrowding is to set thousands fre...

Very low level crimes, as a result of a failed drug policy that did not work out and started back in the '80s and '90s. >> talk to us about the issue of prison overcrowding. it's a big issue. you have insight from dealing with prisons and the dekalb county jail here in the metro atlanta area, how bad is prison overcrowding? >> certainly, there is overcrowding in many jails across the country. a lot of it relates to what we are talking about today. let me be clear, we want to make sure those that are violent individuals will not be released. that is not going to happen. >> they are not part of ...

Month. we hope to be in every city. if someone puts a piece of furniture on to the curb, it's likely going to go to the dump. we've already diverted over 400 tons of furniture to landfills. it further adds to the mission of making commerce sustainable. and that's really what we stand for. >> all right. more than 6,600 prisoners, all federal, non-violent drug felons, are being released this weekend. their sentences have been released to deal with prison overcrowding and ease severe penalties given to non-violent drug offenders over the last three decades. it's the largest mass release of federa...

And assisting the kurdish and arab forces fighting in syria, and we will bring you this live briefing as soon as it happens. in the interim, america represents 25% of the world's prisoners and only 5% of the world's population, and 25% of the world's prisoners and something is up. america locks up more people than any other country, and it is not about to change any time soon, but there is something that is shifting. this weekend, the federal prison rolls are going to shrink, and they are going to be shrinking by the thousands, because the single biggest inmate release on record scheduled to t...

Dangerous and desperate. he proofed all three today. the feds are letting thousands of convict goes free nationwide part of an effort to reduce sentences for some drug offenders, nonviolent offenders and cut back on prison overcrowding. beginning today the justice department is releasing 6,000 inmates from federal custody. it is the largest ever one-time release of federal prisoners. there are critics, of course, who say the feds have done -- not done never to prepare these inmates for life outside of prison, and some prosecutors, judges and cops warn we could see an increase in crime. trace g...