Drug marketplace founder Ross Ulbricht speaks out after Trump pardon Silk Road founder thanks US president for ‘amazing blessing’ in video message after his release from prison. Al Jazeera · Jan 24, 2025
Freedom is bittersweet for Palestinians released from Israeli jails Dozens of Palestinian women and teenagers were released from Israeli prisons this week as part of a deal between Israel and Hamas to pause the war in Gaza The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2025
Salvadoran court sentences 3 minors to prison after they appeared in video making gang signs A court in El Salvador has sentenced three minors to five years in prison and put five more on probation after they were arrested last year following the public release of a video of them making gang signs inside a school The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2025
‘You’re a coward’: Inside courtroom where grieving families refused to be overcome by Southport killer’s antics Rudakubana, 18, was not in court as his victim’s spoke of their anguish after he started shouting from the dock The Independent UK · Jan 23, 2025
Former Bosnian prison camp guard sentenced for lying to get refugee status and earn US citizenship A judge has sentenced a naturalized U.S. citizen who's been living in Massachusetts to more than five years in prison for falsely claiming to be a Bosnian War refugee The Independent UK · Jan 23, 2025
Pardoned Proud Boy Leader Demands J6 Investigators 'Pay for What They Did': 'Put Them Behind Bars' Proud Boys leader Henry "Enrique" Tarrio, who was recently freed from prison after being pardoned by President Donald Trump, believes that those who investigated the attacks on the U.S. Capitol that occurred on January 6, 2021, should "pay for what they did." Latin Times · Jan 23, 2025
The January 6 pardons: Who has Trump ordered to be released? As one of his first actions as president, Trump pardoned hundreds of his supporters. Here’s a look at who he set free. Al Jazeera · Jan 23, 2025
Axel Rudakubana likely to spend life in prison after being sentenced to 52 years for Southport murders Eighteen-year-old is handed 13 life sentences on Thursday The Independent UK · Jan 23, 2025
Justice Secretary in emotional apology to families of Katie Allan and William Lindsay JUSTICE Secretary Angela Constance gave an emotional apology to the families of Katie Allan and William Lindsay as she told MSPs the state accepted… The National (Scotland) · Jan 23, 2025
10-month suspended prison sentence and €5000 fine given to Marion Sicot six years after positive EPO test Former French rider's anti-doping violation saga comes to a close in Montargis trial Cycling News · Jan 23, 2025
Sundance 2025: the 10 films not to miss at this year’s festival From a Jennifer Lopez musical to an Ayo Edebiri horror to a provocative prison documentary, this year’s Utah-based festival has plenty to be excited about The Guardian - US · Jan 23, 2025
‘Dangerous’ inmate convicted of attempts to kill prison officers A court has heard that Aklakar Rahman, 38, had made repeated attempts to wound or kill prison officers. Evening Standard · Jan 23, 2025
Bournemouth woman’s killer was not referred for support after prison release, inquest told Inquest into Marta Elena Vento’s killing by Stephen Cole, who had psychosis, told of ‘crisis’ on mental health team at Winchester prison The Guardian - UK · Jan 23, 2025
Boxer who was Thailand's first Olympic gold medalist is jailed for sexual assault of a minor The boxer who became Thailand’s first Olympic gold medalist has been convicted of sexual assault charges involving a minor and sentenced to just over three years in prison The Independent UK · Jan 23, 2025
The Conversation · Jan 23, 2025 Many more older people are leaving prison and face unmet needs for housing and health care − as well as a tangle of groups trying to help American prisons are rapidly graying.
Evening Standard · Jan 23, 2025 Family of East Londoner stabbed to death 20 years ago say 'wrong man is in prison' Almost 20 years on from the murder, families of the victim and the man convicted of the attack are calling for an appeal
The Guardian - UK · Jan 23, 2025 Family of jailed dissident urge Lammy to prioritise case as he visits Egypt ‘Moment of truth’ for UK foreign secretary over Alaa Abd El Fattah, who is still being held in a Cairo prison
International Business Times · Jan 23, 2025 Ross Ulbricht Receives 1 $BTC From Kraken, But Silk Road Founder Supposedly Has $47M Stash Kraken donated $111,111 in Bitcoin to Ross Ulbricht to help him get on with life after spending 11 years in prison, but a Coinbase executive just revealed that there are digital wallets linked to the Silk Road founder with some $47 million in collective crypto holdings.
The Independent UK · Jan 23, 2025 Pakistan's parliament passes bill with sweeping controls on social media Pakistan's lower house of parliament has passed a bill with sweeping controls on social media that includes blocking platforms and sending users to prison for spreading disinformation
The Independent UK · Jan 23, 2025 Southport killer should spend whole life in prison, says murdered MP’s daughter Katie Amess repeated her calls for an inquiry into the Prevent programme that failed to stop her father’s killer or Axel Rudakubana.
Fortune · Jan 23, 2025 D.C. federal court judges slam Trump’s blanket clemency for Jan. 6 rioters: ‘It cannot whitewash the…terror that the mob left in its wake’ Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, who was convicted of orchestrating his far-right extremist group’s Jan. 6, 2021 assault, showed up on Capitol Hill a day after he was released from prison.
Evening Standard · Jan 23, 2025 Crossbow killer Kyle Clifford's older brother also in prison for murder over road rage killing Bradley Clifford is serving a life sentence for killing a teenager in Enfield, north London
The Independent UK · Jan 23, 2025 Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes meets with lawmakers after leaving prison on Trump clemency The Oath Keepers founder met with at least one member of Congress in Washington after his release from prison
Evening Standard · Jan 23, 2025 ‘Cruel and archaic’ prison threats over council tax must end – charities A letter calls for ‘the removal of the unjustified sanction of imprisonment for non-payment of council tax in England’ to be set in motion.
The Independent UK · Jan 22, 2025 Man convicted of stalking Chinese ex-official by leaving him a dire note gets prison in US A man who taped a sinister note to a Chinese ex-official’s door in New Jersey was sentenced Wednesday to 16 months in prison