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Weak Allegations of Shaken Baby Syndrome Keep Tearing Families Apart

Nick Flannery faces 12 years in prison for allegedly shaking his 2-month-old son. Child protective services are ignoring the other possible causes of his son's medical problem.

Reason

Former Prisoner Recalls Life-Changing Meeting With "Amazing" Princess Kate: "Saw Me as an Equal"

Francesca Fattore shared the "one thing that surprised" her about the Princess of Wales in a new interview.

Marie Claire

Paddy Hill obituary

One of the Birmingham Six wrongly convicted for the 1974 pub bombings in the city who spent 17 years in jail

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Why Tennessee is keeping its new execution manual a secret

A Tennessee correction spokesperson said that protocol is not a public record

The Independent UK

Notorious Rapist Who Held Daughter Prisoner for Years in Home Dungeon Demands House with Basement Upon Release

Austrian rapist Josef Fritzl is demanding a house with a basement ahead of a possible parole release after imprisoning his daughter in a cellar for 24 years.

Latin Times

Italy presses Iran for immediate release of journalist held in Tehran

Foreign ministry summons ambassador as Cecilia Sala reportedly tells family she sleeps on floor of prison cell

The Guardian - UK

Govt amends prison manuals rules to address caste-based discimination

This reform follows the landmark Supreme Court judgment dated October 3, 2024, in the case Sukanya Shantha vs Union of India and others. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Dining across the divide: ‘He’s keen on punishing people for their crimes. It’s not something I believe in’

Can a former police officer and a medical student come to any agreement on prisons?

The Guardian - UK

Aleksey Bugaev: Russian footballer’s spiralling story ends with death in Ukraine

Once one of the most talented defenders in Russia, Bugaev opted to fight in war rather than serve long prison sentence

The Guardian - UK

Overcrowding in French prisons puts justice system under scrutiny

Overcrowding in French prisons is wosening each month, with new government figures revealing that facilities are housing nearly 81,000 inmates in spaces designed for about 62,000 people – forcing thousands to sleep on floor mattresses.

Radio France Internationale

Home destroyed, emergency declared in fire-hit state

Firefighters are continuing to battle a blaze that has destroyed a home and is threatening other properties as another emergency looms in a fire-hit state.

AAP

New Orleans New Year's Day ramming is the latest attack to use a vehicle as a deadly weapon

Police say a person who drove a pickup truck at high speed into a crowd of people celebrating the new year in New Orleans was hell-bent on creating carnage

The Independent UK

Father-of-two on the run over indefinite prison sentence appeals to justice secretary to intervene

Matthew Booth has been recalled to prison multiple times for a crime he commited when he was 15, due to his IPP sentence

The Independent UK

Prisons in England and Wales record rapid rise in drones delivering drugs

Exclusive: tenfold increase in drone incidents since 2020 leads MPs to call for urgent action over security concerns

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Critic wrongly jailed by former president of Philippines hopes to return to politics

Leila de Lima enraged Rodrigo Duterte when she began investigating killings carried out during his ‘war on drugs’

The Independent UK

‘My brother died because of a false allegation’: Publican took his own life after indefinite jail term recall

Exclusive: Despite nine years successfully rebuilding his life, IPP prisoner Haydar Jefferies was hauled back to jail over a false allegation, his family says, before he took his own life amid a string of prison failures

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Missing You episode 2 recap: who else is being held prisoner at the farmhouse of horrors?

Missing You episode 2 reveals Rishi's fate, while Kat meets Brandon who throws her world upside down with a shocking new lead.

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Missing You episode 1 recap: what sickening secret does Kat unearth about Josh?

Missing You episode 1 reveals a link between Kat's missing fiancé and her father's mysterious murder.

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Man on the run after being recalled to UK prison indefinitely makes plea to minister

Matthew Booth, from Bolton, is facing further time in jail after claims he has restarted a relationship with an ex

International Business Times

US Capitol Riot Fugitive Seeks Asylum In Canada

An American man who absconded after being sentenced to prison for his role in the US Capitol riot is now seeking political asylum in Canada, as he hopes for a pardon when Donald Trump returns to the White House.

The Independent UK

Outgoing North Carolina governor commutes 15 death row sentences

In one of his final acts in office, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has commuted the death sentences of 15 men convicted of murder to life in prison without parole

International Business Times

US Releases Guantanamo Prisoner Held Since Day Jail Opened

Ridah Bin Saleh al-Yazidi had never been charged with any crime. He was turned over to the Tunisian government.

The Independent UK

A Black inmate’s fatal beating at New York prison ignited outrage: Here’s what we know about the case

Thirteen state department of corrections employees have been suspended without pay while one correction officer resigned after the deadly attack

The Independent UK

Ohio parents abused their five adopted special needs children ‘worse than prisoners of war’

Charles and Matthew Edmonson’s five children were removed from the home and are now ‘thriving,’ an attorney said

Latin Times

NY Governor Faces Backlash From Within Own Party After 'Diverting Attention' Away From Black Inmate's Violent Death

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has been criticized by members of her own party for diverting attention away from the violent killing of an inmate following a visit to a local prison.

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