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Menendez calls case "witch hunt"

The former New Jersey senator was sentenced on Wednesday to 11 years in prison on corruption charges

Salon

Harvey Weinstein begs judge to move his trial date up: 'I can’t hold on anymore‘

‘I’m holding on because I want justice for myself,’ the 72-year-old disgraced film producer pleaded

The Independent UK

With leaked footage from the inside, Sundance doc shows horrifying conditions in Alabama prisons

Incarcerated men in the Alabama prison system risked their safety to feed shocking footage of their horrifying living conditions to a pair of documentary filmmakers

The Independent UK

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Disgraced former US Senator Bob Menendez weeps as he's sentenced to 11 years in prison in corruption case

Former three-term New Jersey senator is the first to be found guilty of acting as a foreign agent

The Independent UK

Ex-senator Bob Menendez sentenced to 11 years in prison for bribery conviction

Democrat from New Jersey was found guilty in July on 16 charges including bribery and fraud

The Guardian - US

Ex-Senator Bob Menendez Gets Over a Decade in Prison After Pleading for Mercy in Gold Bar Bribery Trial

Former Democratic Senator Bob Menendez was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Wednesday for taking bribes in exchange for favors that benefited a group of New Jersey businessmen, as well as the governments of Egypt and Qatar.

Latin Times

Trump Says US Will Detain Migrants In Guantanamo

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he planned to detain "criminal illegal aliens" at the notorious Guantanamo Bay military prison, used for holding terrorism suspects since the 9/11 attacks.

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Trump says he'll send migrants to Guantanamo Bay hours after idea floated on Fox & Friends

‘We’re evaluating and talking about that right now,’ Kristi Noem said on Fox News on Wednesday morning. ‘It’s the president's decision.’

The Independent UK

Oklahoma Republican Introduces Bill To Outlaw All Pornography, Make Viewing 'Sexual' Images Punishable By Up To 10 Years In Prison

Oklahoma State Senator has introduced a bill seeking to ban all pornography statewide, making its possession or viewing punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

International Business Times

Former Sen. Bob Menendez sentenced to 11 years in prison - Roll Call

NEW YORK -- A federal judge sentenced former Sen. Bob Menendez to 11 years in prison Wednesday for his role in a sweeping criminal case.

Roll Call

Oklahoma Republican Introduces Bill to Outlaw All Pornography, Make Viewing 'Sexual' Images Punishable by Up to 10 Years in Prison

Oklahoma State Senator has introduced a bill seeking to ban all pornography statewide, making its possession or viewing punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

Latin Times

‘They don’t want you to see the slave labor’: a new film goes inside Alabama’s prisons

New documentary The Alabama Solution exposes rampant state violence and inhumane conditions inside prisons

The Guardian - US

Former Senator Menendez Faces Sentencing For Bribery Conviction

Former U.S. Senator Bob Menendez faces sentencing for corruption charges involving Egyptian government ties. Prosecutors seek 15-year prison term while def...

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The Independent UK

UK environmental activists appeal against prison sentences they say are unduly harsh

Sixteen environmental activists in Britain have gone to court to appeal prison sentences for actions including stopping traffic, blocking an oil facility and splashing a van Gogh painting with soup

The Independent UK

Just Stop Oil activists protest outside High Court as prison sentence appeals begin

Just Stop Oil activists gathered outside the High Court on Wednesday (29 January) as appeal hearings began for 16 protesters jailed over a series of disruptive actions across the UK.

The Guardian - UK

Five years in prison for nonviolent protest: it’s plain wrong, and Keir Starmer knows it

If the courts let 16 climate activists’ draconian sentences stand this week, we are no better than an authoritarian state, says environmental activist and former Green MP Caroline Lucas

The Independent UK

Judge set to sentence former Sen. Bob Menendez, who was convicted of taking bribes of cash and gold

Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez faces the possibility of a long prison term when he is sentenced Wednesday for taking bribes of gold bars, a luxury car and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash

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David Lammy urged to help save Iranian political prisoners from execution

An international group of academics, legal and political figures has written to the UN Commissioner for Human Rights urging him to step in to halt…

International Business Times

'No Way Out': Grim Conditions In El Salvador's Mega-prison For Gangs

Confined to their cells for all but 30 minutes a day, denied visits, forced to sleep on stainless steel cots without mattresses: this is life in Latin America's biggest prison.

The Independent UK

Suffragette’s great-granddaughter attacks protest sentences ahead of appeal bids

More than a dozen climate protesters are due to seek to challenge the length of their sentences at a hearing on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Crypto thief dubbed the ‘Crocodile of Wall Street’ says she’s just misunderstood as she starts prison sentence

‘This was a media spectacle — but they were wrong about me,’ Heather Morgan said

Evening Standard

Sara Sharif's father moved to infamous 'Monster Mansion' prison alongside other notorious killers

Urfan Sharif has reportedly been transferred to HMP Frankland joining the likes of Wayne Couzens and Levi Bellfield

The Independent UK

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni investigated for repatriating Libyan warlord

Osama Elmasry Njeem is suspected of crimes against humanity including murder, torture, rape and sexual violence as a prison overseer in Tripoli.

Evening Standard

Just Stop Oil appeals: Supporters protest outside High Court as prison sentences challenged

Just Stop Oil founder Roger Hallam, who is challenging his five-year prison sentence, among 16 activists appealing ‘corrupt’ sentences

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