Prison: Timeline

1924   Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler was Chancellor of Germany [i] from 1933, and Fhrer [i] of Germany [i] from 1934 until h ... 

 is sentenced to five years in jail Prison

prison, penitentiary, or correctional facility is a place in which individuals are physicall... 

 for his participation in the Beer Hall Putsch Beer Hall Putsch

The Beer Hall Putsch was a failed coup d'tat [i] which occurred in the evening of Thursday, November 8 [i] ... 

. However he was only in jail for nine months.

1980   Paul Geidel, convicted of second-degree murder Murder

A Murder is the unjust, immoral and/or illegal kill [i]ing of another human being. ... 

 in 1911, is released from prison in Beacon, New York, after 68 years and 245 days - the longest-ever time served by an inmate.

1992   Mafia Mafia

The Mafia, also referred to in Italian [i] as Cosa Nostra [i] , is a secret society [i] ... 

 boss John Gotti John Gotti

John Joseph Gotti Jr. or John Gotti was a well-known Italian-American mafioso [i] and was the don [i] ... 

 is sentenced to life in prison, after being found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder Murder

A Murder is the unjust, immoral and/or illegal kill [i]ing of another human being. ... 

 and racketeering on April 2.

2004   Mordechai Vanunu Mordechai Vanunu

, also known by his baptism [i]al name John Crossman, is an Israel [i]i former nuclear [i] ... 

, who revealed an Israeli nuclear weapons programme in the 1980s, is released from prison in Israel Israel

Israel , officially the State of Israel, is a country in Western Asia [i] on the so ... 

 after serving 18 years for treason Treason

In law [i], treason is the crime [i] of disloyalty [i] to one's nation [i] or state. ... 

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