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Prisoners to earn freedom after serving third of sentence under new plans

Offenders in England and Wales to have sentences cut for good behaviour and completion of work, training or education tasks

The Guardian - UK

More miscarriages of justice ‘inevitable’, says CCRC review lawyer after Peter Sullivan freed

Chris Henley says he expects more wrongful convictions to come to light after 1987 murder case ruling overturned

The Guardian - UK

Menendez brothers resentencing: What happened and could they be set free?

The resentencing comes more than three decades after Lyle and Erik Menendez were sentenced for killing their parents.

Al Jazeera

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‘ChiefsAholic’ handed 32-year sentence after robbing banks to finance social media stardom

Xavier Babudar was known as ‘ChiefsAholic’ and had a huge online following

The Independent UK

Lawyers will support any compensation bid by man wrongly jailed for 38 years

Peter Sullivan was released from prison yesterday after protesting his innocence for decades.

Evening Standard

Rohan Dennis avoids prison over death of wife Melissa Hoskins

Former time trial world champion given suspended sentence as court case closes

Cycling Weekly

Will the Menendez brothers be released from prison after their resentencing?

The brothers have been in prison for over 30 years

The Independent UK

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Amanda Seyfried and Scoot McNairy join The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd cast

Amanda Seyfried and Scoot McNairy are to star in prison break thriller 'The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd', which will be written and directed by Tim Blake Nelson.

BANG Premier

French President Macron returns to national stage with big words but few concrete announcements

In a three-hour televised interview, Emmanuel Macron made his return to the national spotlight after keeping a low profile on domestic affairs since dissolving the French parliament last year.

Euronews

Menéndez Brothers Receive Lighter Sentence: What Comes Next in Their Legal Fight

The decision allows them to apply for parole. Erik and Lyle Menendez had been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of early release or bail. Now things have changed.

Latin Times

Rapper Tory Lanez's alleged prison attacker is man with previous conviction for assault on inmate

Authorities say a man who attacked rapper Tory Lanez in a California prison is an inmate serving a life sentence for second-degree murder who was previously convicted for an in-prison assault with a deadly weapon

The Independent UK

Lawmakers seek investigation into South Carolina's firing squad execution

Two South Carolina legislators are seeking an investigation into the state’s firing squad execution last month

The Independent UK

Lawless Oblivion Remastered player earns 19 years in prison after stealing 2,900 items and murdering a measly 7 people: "Is the Oblivion crisis still going or...?"

At 1,400 Infamy, it's safe to say this Oblivion scoundrel is pretty infamous

GamesRadar

Inside HMP Wakefield, where Peter Sullivan was wrongly held for murder

Peter Sullivan has been freed from notorious prison nicknamed ‘Monster Mansion’

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Al Jazeera

Iraq frees over 19,000 prisoners under new amnesty, including some ex-ISIL

Officials say prisons at almost double capacity earlier this month.

The Guardian - US

Menendez brothers’ resentencing hearing begins after months of delays

LA judge to decide whether Erik and Lyle Menendez should be given shot at freedom after serving 30 years for murder

AAP

NT budget a 'missed chance' to tackle causes of crime

The ongoing mass incarceration of youth offenders in a crime-ridden territory will only fuel repeat offending, the opposition says.

The Independent UK

‘Bock, bock, bock you next’: Gunman heads to prison for shooting at man who told him to stop harassing a flock of peacocks

The victim was saved in part by a heavy duty seat he installed that stopped a bullet from hitting him

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The Independent UK

Who is Peter Sullivan and why was he in prison for 38 years?

Peter Sullivan’s conviction for the murder of Diane Sindall is believed to be the longest-running miscarriage of justice in British history

The Guardian - UK

Court urged to jail Jakob Ingebrigtsen’s father for ‘regime of repeated abuse’

The father of the Norwegian track and field superstar Jakob Ingebrigtsen should go to prison for two and a half years for ‘a regime of repeated abuse’ that spanned a decade, prosecutors have told a court in Norway

Capital & Main

Trump Administration Quietly Moves to Restrict Access to Asylum, Other Protections in Immigration Court

Even with the threat of torture in a Salvadoran prison hanging over their heads, migrants are more likely to be told

The Independent UK

Deported inmates taunt and mock Matt Gaetz and GOP delegation visiting El Salvador mega prison for OAN show

‘Americans are paying for the Tren de Aragua incarceration. It’s a bargain at $6 million,’ Matt Gaetz declared during his OAN report

Evening Standard

Briton jailed ‘over tweet’ in Saudi Arabia is being failed by UK, say family

Ahmed al-Doush has been given a 10-year prison sentence reportedly over a social media post he wrote seven years ago.

Euronews

Prison numbers could increase by up to 200% by 2027. What is the state of prisons across the EU?

In the EU, 13 member states reported overcrowded prison cells. Poland, Hungary, and Czechia have the highest prisoner rates in the EU.

The Independent UK

How Trump’s aid cuts are inflicting double the pain on LGBT+ people

IN FOCUS : Uganda has some of the harshest anti-gay laws in the world – with same-sex couples facing up to life imprisonment. Rachel Schraer speaks to Ugandans who have run out of HIV medication and finds out how already vulnerable communities are coping

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