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Who Is Alex Mashinsky: Quick Facts On Celsius Venture And Latest 12-Year Prison Sentence

He admitted to misleading customers about Celsius's financial health and manipulating the company's CEL token.

International Business Times UK

Bella May Culley: British Teen 'Missing' in Thailand Found Arrested in Georgia for Drug Smuggling

Bella May Culley, 18, vanished in Thailand and reappeared in Georgia, where she was arrested for smuggling cannabis. Now facing up to life in prison, her case has sparked global concern and raised questions about her sudden travels and business ties.

International Business Times UK

Thursday briefing: What the case of Peter Sullivan reveals about the system that wrongfully imprisoned him

In today’s newsletter: After almost four decades in jail, the 68-year-old was cleared this week. James Burley from Appeal examines why these failures keep happening

The Guardian - UK

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Australian writer describes ‘unbearable suffering’ in Chinese jail to Albanese as health worsens

Australia says Yang’s letter is ‘message of profound courage, resilience and hope’

The Independent UK

Australian prime minister speaks of Beijing prisoner's courage, resilience and hope

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has spoken of the courage, resilience and hope of Australian citizen Yang Hengjun, who was convicted last year in China of espionage

The Independent UK

Government facing backlash over prison recall changes to free up jail space

Some criminals serving sentences between one and four years will be returned to custody only for a fixed 28-day period.

Evening Standard

What to know about the Menendez brothers' lives and what lies ahead

Erik and Lyle Menendez will have a shot at freedom for the first time in decades after being convicted of their parents’ murder 30 years ago

The Independent UK

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‘You are truly vile’: Marjorie Taylor Greene can’t read but wants Donald Trump to jump because she said so

What her words could cause is "civil unrest."

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Ex-FDNY chief gets 3 years in prison for taking bribes to fast-track safety inspections

A former New York City Fire Department chief has been sentenced to three years in prison for accepting tens of thousands of dollars in bribes to fast-track fire safety inspections

The Independent UK

‘Lives at risk’, warns domestic abuse tsar over Government’s prison recall plans

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced emergency reforms.

Evening Standard

The justice secretary has no good choices – but releasing IPP prisoners should be one

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Shabana Mahmood’s response is pragmatic but overlooks one group of prisoners whose sentences should be reviewed

The Independent UK

Jail time for recalled offenders to be limited to free up prison places

UK justice secretary also announces plans for three new jails amid overcrowding crisis in England and Wales

The Guardian - UK

Menendez brothers ‘huge step’ closer to freedom as judge reduces sentences

Brothers, convicted of parents’ 1989 murders, resentenced to 50 years to life, making them immediately parole eligible

The Guardian - US

Peter Sullivan Cleared After 38 Years in Prison—So Who Really Killed Diane Sindall That Night?

Peter Sullivan was cleared in May 2025 after serving 38 years for a murder he didn't commit. New DNA evidence proved his innocence, prompting fresh calls to find the real killer and review past convictions.

International Business Times UK

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Reason

The Court-Ordered Takeover of Rikers Shows the Crisis in American Prisons and Jails

A federal judge finally acknowledged that New York City won't fix the constitutional crisis at Rikers on its own, but the problem goes far beyond New York City.

AAP

Jailed Aussie writer showing 'profound courage': PM

Anthony Albanese has praised jailed Australian Yang Hengjun after he released a letter from his Chinese prison cell pleading for help to come home.

The Independent UK

Las Vegas man sentenced to prison for threatening US Sen. Jacky Rosen and her family

A Las Vegas man who made antisemitic threats against Nevada U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen and her family has been sentenced to federal prison

Evening Standard

More emergency measures to cut jail overcrowding before ‘zero capacity’ reached

Legislation to bring in the changes is expected to be introduced in the coming weeks.

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The Conversation

Peter Sullivan murder conviction quashed after 38 years in jail – it would be a mistake to see his case as a bizarre one-off

Peter Sullivan has had his conviction for the murder of Diane Sindall quashed. He is not the Beast of Birkenhead. He is an innocent man who got ensnared in a malfunctioning system that then took 38 years to admit its mistake.

The Guardian - UK

Sycamore Gap tree duo do not belong in prison

Letters: Two men convicted of cutting down the Sycamore Gap tree should face a punishment that fits the crime, not jail, writes Dr Rod Earle. Plus letters from Matt Powell, Shayne Mary Mitchell and Michael Fort

Evening Standard

Call for action to protect prison officers ‘before there is a fatality’

A prison officers’ union has called for urgent action after attacks at two jails left prison officers injured.

Evening Standard

Prisoner ‘called Emily Maitlis scornful in letters breaching restraining order’

Edward Vines is on trial accused of breaching a restraining order against broadcaster Emily Maitlis and her parents.

Latin Times

WATCH: Venezuelans in El Salvador's Infamous CECOT Prison Plead for Freedom

Dozens of Venezuelans held at El Salvador's high-security Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) appeared in a video this week shouting "freedom" and using hand signals to call for help

The Independent UK

New York prison guard says he cleaned up blood of fatally beaten inmate in plea

A New York corrections officer admitted in court that he cleaned up blood from the fatal beating of an inmate in an attempt to conceal evidence

The Independent UK

Recalled prisoners to be released after 28 days under emergency measures to free up 1,400 cells

The justice secretary warned we are five months from running out of prison places – which risks the ‘total breakdown of law and order’

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