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Cocaine Quarterback review – true crime shouldn’t be this entertaining

It’s right to be sceptical of college footballer turned drug kingpin Owen Hanson sharing his own story from prison. But huge characters join in to tell a wild, droll tale with the ultimate ending

The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2025

Pakistani teenager sentenced to 100 years in prison for killing family over PUBG game

Zain Ali was 14 when he shot his mother, brother and two sisters

The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2025

France's Sarkozy Set To Learn Fate In Libya Case

A Paris court is to issue its verdict Thursday in the trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, with prosecutors demanding a seven-year prison sentence.

International Business Times · Sep 25, 2025

Stained underwear, male guards and no privacy: what it’s like to have your period in prison

In my 15 years of incarceration, I’ve seen women’s bodily needs constantly disregarded. One solution could grant us back some dignity

The Guardian - US · Sep 24, 2025

A piano, a pregnant woman and a prison: Raymond Chandler's 'Nightmare' is revealed

Raymond Chandler's “Nightmare,” a rarely seen sketch, has been published this week in The Strand Magazine

The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2025

Former Tennessee House speaker sentenced to 3 years in prison in legislative mail scheme

A former Tennessee House speaker has received a three-year prison sentence over a scheme with a onetime aide to win taxpayer-funded mail business from lawmakers after they left their top leadership roles due to scandals

The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2025

‘Walking free’: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she’s spotted the real criminals in Congress

Disgraced former congressman George Santos may be serving more than seven years in federal prison, but Marjorie Taylor Greene isn’t convinced justice is being served. In her latest social media tirade, she argued that Santos is being treated like a political prisoner, while insisting that the real criminals are still…

The Mary Sue · Sep 23, 2025

Ryan Routh stabs himself in the neck with a pen as he is found guilty of plotting the assassination of Donald Trump

Ryan Routh, 59, faces life in prison after being found guilty of plotting to assassinate Donald Trump at his Florida golf course

Evening Standard · Sep 23, 2025

Inmate who built bombs and sent them to US courthouse jailed for 80 years

A person already in prison has been sentenced to 80 years in federal custody for building and mailing two bombs while incarcerated

The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2025

Ryan Routh found guilty in Trump assassination attempt

He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.

Axios · Sep 23, 2025