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Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi Vows To Continue Fight For Democracy

Narges Mohammadi, Iranian activist and Nobel laureate, persists in advocating for democracy and women's rights despite imprisonment and persecution by the ...

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Notorious DC drug kingpin Rayful Edmond dies aged 60

Drug dealer linked with the crack cocaine epidemic of the 1980s was due to be released from custody next year

The Independent UK

Former French President Sarkozy Convicted Of Corruption

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy found guilty of corruption and influence peddling, facing potential prison time. Legal milestone in French politics.

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Alec Baldwin claims America ‘wanted him dead’ after Rust shooting

Baldwin says ‘there’s more to come’ after his involuntary manslaughter case in the death of Halyna Hutchins was dismissed

The Independent UK

Rayful Edmond: From 9-Year-Old Drug Dealer to Kingpin of a Multimillion-Dollar Cocaine Empire

Rayful Edmond III, notorious D.C. drug kingpin, died aged 60. He rose to power in the 1980s, controlling a significant portion of the city's drug trade.

International Business Times UK

Snowmobiler Asks the Supreme Court to Throw Out Sentence for Doing Something Stupid

There's an old saying, "Play stupid games, win stupid prizes." It's something that everyone should really live by and means if you know something is stupid, illegal, or wrong and you do it anyway, you shouldn't be surprised when it comes back to bite you in the ass. Nor should…

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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy's Corruption Conviction Upheld

France's highest court upholds Nicolas Sarkozy's corruption conviction, sentencing him to one year in prison with an electronic monitoring bracelet. Additi...

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Survivors of prison sexual abuse scandal ask Biden for clemency: ‘Give us a chance’

Incarcerated women seek relief after exposing harassment, retaliation and assault by staff

The Guardian - US

‘Pleading and begging’: prison guards switched off water to cell of mentally ill, dying inmate held at Silverwater jail

Exclusive: Simon Cartwright’s family is taking legal action against NSW government after coroner finds his death was preventable

The Guardian - AU

Biden's clemency doesn't go far enough

How the White House’s use of the clemency power is less than it seems

Salon

Alec Baldwin plans ‘to expose what really happened’ in Rust film set shooting

The actor told a podcast that media reporting of the incident in which cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died had suppressed the truth

The Guardian - UK

Drug Kingpin Rayful Edmond Dies In Federal Custody

Learn about the life and criminal activities of Rayful Edmond, a notorious drug kingpin in Washington, D.C., during the 1980s crack epidemic.

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'Prison helped our cause': Sea Shepherd's Paul Watson plans next steps in France

Anti-whaling activist and Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson, freed after five months in custody in Greenland, will head to France in the coming days, following Denmark’s refusal to extradite him to Japan.

Radio France Internationale

6 Million Settlement For Women Abused At California Prison

Justice Department ordered to pay 6 million to abused women at FCI Dublin, highlighting the urgent need for prison system reform.

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The Guardian - UK

Brothers cleared of Cornwall double murder after spending 20 years in prison

Robert and Lee Firkins have convictions quashed after being jailed in 2006 for murders of Carol and Graham Fisher

The Guardian - UK

Delays and neglect led to death of prisoner serving IPP sentence, jury finds

Inquest concludes that Haydar Jefferies took his own life after Surrey prison’s ‘serious failure’ to put him in place of safety

The Guardian - UK

Life inside a therapeutic prison: ‘Look, we’ve done some terrible things ...’

At pioneering HMP Grendon, a range of psychology professionals aim to ‘re-child’ some of Britain’s most serious offenders in relatively relaxed conditions. Does the treatment work?

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Mary Jane Veloso, Filipina nearly executed in Indonesia, arrives home

Mother of two, who became a poster child for anti-trafficking groups, now awaits potential pardon in a Manila prison.

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The Independent UK

Man convicted of quadruple homicide is put to death in Indiana's 1st execution in 15 years

Indiana has carried out its first execution in 15 years by putting to death a man convicted of killing four people decades ago, including his brother and his sister’s fiancé

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Megan Thee Stallion files for restraining order against Tory Lanez

Megan Thee Stallion has applied for a restraining order against Tory Lanez as she fears for her safety once he's released from prison and claims he continues to use third parties to make up lies about shooting her in 2020.

The Independent UK

Filipina who won a last-minute reprieve from an Indonesian firing squad seeks clemency

A Filipino woman who spent years on death row in Indonesia for drug trafficking, and who was nearly executed by firing squad in 2015, said Wednesday she’s happy to be back in the Philippines but still counting on its president to get out of jail

AAP

Defunct jail opens to inmates as prisoner numbers soar

More than a decade after it was decommissioned, a notorious jail is again taking on inmates as authorities scramble to deal with rising prisoner numbers.

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Triple J Was Allegedly Used To Coordinate Prison Attack On Organised Crime Boss Bassam Hamzy

ABC's Triple J has reportedly been used to coordinate an attack on organised crime boss Bassam Hamzy in Gouldburn Supermax Jail.

Latin Times

Terrorism Charge Against Suspected UnitedHealthcare CEO Killer Luigi Mangione Sparks Social Media Outrage: 'Absolutely F--king Ridiculous'

Social media users banded together again to support the alleged CEO killer after it was announced he faces life in prison without parole if convicted for terrorism.

The Independent UK

Indiana shrouds executions in secrecy, defying long tradition of public oversight

Executions have historically been carried out with at least some public scrutiny, from public hangings in the town square to lethal injections in prisons witnessed by journalists

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