SCRANTON – Gang assassin Jessie Con-ui will face life without parole for murdering a correctional officer, a jury decided Monday. Con-ui, a twice convicted murderer, was on trial for his life for ...

SCRANTON — Speaking softly Wednesday to the jury charged with determining whether he lives or dies, Jessie Con-ui confessed that while he felt shame for murdering prison guard Eric Williams, he couldn ...

SCRANTON -- An inmate who murdered a federal correctional officer will be sentenced to life in prison after the jury could not decide on the death penalty. Jessie Con-ui was found guilty last month of ...

SCRANTON — Brian Evans broke down. Taking the stand in defense of childhood friend Jessie Con-ui on Monday, Evans wept as the thought of his best friend and “brother” being executed for murder ...

SCRANTON (TNS) — Jurors on Thursday heard a tale of two brothers raised in poverty, coming to a new world and struggling to learn the language while overcoming bigotry. One of them went on to become a ...

WILKES-BARRE – Already serving 25 years to life for murder, gang assassin Jessie Con-ui was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without parole for the vicious murder of a federal correctional officer ...

SCRANTON – Convicted killer Jessie Con-ui cries about and is “ashamed” he killed Correctional Officer Eric Williams and can’t explain what caused him to snap and stab the prison guard more than 200 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Joey Morton talks to ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander about UI-CON 2026. Get ready for two days of fandom fun at UI-CON 2026, ...

A federal prison inmate has pleaded not guilty in the stabbing death of a guard at a federal prison near Scranton earlier this year. Jessie Con-ui was arraigned Tuesday in federal court in Scranton ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHAMPAIGN-URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — Hundreds of fans dressed in their best costumes for the University of Illinois’ Anime and Comic ...

Fans of anime from across central Illinois gathered at the Illini Union this weekend for the first-ever UI-Con: a convention that hosted a variety of different interactive events for all to enjoy. As ...

SCRANTON – As the judge read the verdict, gasps came from family and friends of slain Correctional Officer Eric Williams. A fellow correctional officer standing in the gallery to hear the verdict ...