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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 · Jan 29, 2025

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.

International Business Times · Jan 29, 2025

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 · Jan 29, 2025

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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 · Jan 29, 2025

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 · Jan 29, 2025

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 · Jan 29, 2025

‘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 · Jan 29, 2025

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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...

Former Senator Bob Menendez Faces Decade-Long Prison Sentence

Former Senator Bob Menendez faces sentencing for corruption charges involving bribery and misuse of political influence.

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 · Jan 29, 2025

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 Independent UK · Jan 29, 2025

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 Guardian - UK · Jan 29, 2025

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

The Independent UK · Jan 29, 2025

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…

The National (Scotland) · Jan 29, 2025

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International Business Times · Jan 29, 2025

'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 · Jan 29, 2025

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 · Jan 28, 2025

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 · Jan 28, 2025

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

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The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2025

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 · Jan 28, 2025

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

Susan Smith Denied Parole After 30 Years In Prison

Susan Smith, who drowned her sons in 1994, denied parole after 30 years in prison.

Latin Times · Jan 28, 2025

California Woman Helped Dozens of Secretly Pregnant Chinese Women Enter US to Give Birth

The woman behind USA Happy Baby, a "birth tourism" operation, was sentenced to years in prison for helping more than 100 Chinese women obtain birthright citizenship for their expectant children.

Transgender Inmate Sues Trump Admin Over Medical Treatment Ban

Transgender inmate Maria Moe sues Trump admin over halting medical treatments for federal prisoners, sparking legal challenges.

Roll Call · Jan 28, 2025

Former Sen. Bob Menendez faces sentencing in corruption case - Roll Call

Prosecutors recommended that the New Jersey Democrat receive at least 15 years in prison after being found guilty last summer on 16 counts.

California Woman Sentenced For Birth Tourism Scheme

California woman sentenced to prison for 'birth tourism' scheme aiding Chinese women seeking American citizenship for their babies.

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