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Fyre Festival II: why people give fraudsters a second chance

The Fyre music festival and its well-publicised failure are widely seen as a mixture of incompetence and fraud, embodied in Billy McFarland, its chief architect. People paid thousands of dollars for what was advertised as a luxury music festival but they were served simple cheese sandwiches and the entertainment was…

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Digested week: sausage surrealism and a bowlful of Doom Loops

Plus, a Brooklyn prison odd-couple comedy, an accent challenge for two Australians, and alpaca cuts hit the US

The Guardian - UK

Activists ‘fight against censorship’ in the largest US book bans: prisons

Tens of thousands of titles, from dictionaries to Leonardo, are restricted across prisons – and its impact is palpable

The Guardian - US

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Bull Run Next? Crypto Community Prepares To Welcome Binance's CZ From Prison

The crypto community is preparing to receive Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao back to the digital assets space as he is set to be released from prison on Sunday.

International Business Times

Avignon rape trial: Accused rapist says he ‘deeply regrets’ actions and thought Gisele Pelicot would wake up

Fabien Sotton, 39, was so ashamed of his conduct that he wrote to Gisèle Pélicot, 71, from his prison cell

The Independent UK

South Korea Criminalizes Possession Of Deepfake Pornography

South Korean lawmakers pass bill to combat spread of sexually explicit deepfake content, with penalties including prison terms and fines. Global efforts ar...

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Tennessee judge denies attempt for a new trial in Holly Bobo killing

A judge has denied a petition for a new trial in the kidnapping and killing of a Tennessee nursing student, knocking down an attempt by a key witness to recant his testimony that helped lead to a man’s conviction in 2017

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Family of British citizen imprisoned in Egypt claim David Lammy ‘ignored’ them

Alaa Abd el-Fattah, 42, has spent the best part of a decade locked up on ‘bogus charges’ in Egypt

The Independent UK

Family and rights groups urge Egypt to free imprisoned activist as his 5-year sentence ends

Rights groups and the family of Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah have urged authorities to release him as his five-year prison sentence ends week

The Independent UK

Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner 'confessed to abducting a child in Portugal'

Prison inmate claims Madeleine McCann suspect confessed to abduction of child in Portugal

Evening Standard

Mallorca Fan Handed Suspended Prison Sentence for Vinicius Junior Racial Abuse

Real Madrid's Vinícius Júnior and Villarreal's Samu Chukwueze received racist insults from a Mallorca fan.

Sports Illustrated

Five of 37 prisoners incorrectly freed under government’s early release scheme still not back in jail

MoJ admits it and police are still trying to return five offenders to custody after error in attempts to free up prison space

The Independent UK

Tunisian presidential candidate Zammel sentenced to six months in prison

Ayachi Zammel sentenced on charges of falsifying documents days before Tunisia’s presidential election.

Al Jazeera

Ketamine: what you need to know about the UK’s growing drug problem

There is growing awareness of the problems caused by the use of a fast-acting drug called ketamine. Often referred to as K or ket, it was made a class B drug in the UK in 2014 and is illegal to buy or sell. Possessing the drug can lead to a…

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Teen Jailed For 18 Months Over McDonald’s Fight Still In Prison 18 Years Later, Mom Asks For Help

"It's horrendous the way that they have treated them, and I know it's not just him." The post Teen Jailed For 18 Months Over McDonald’s Fight Still In Prison 18 Years Later, Mom Asks For Help first appeared on Bored Panda.

The Guardian - UK

Elon Musk hits back at UK government after he is not invited to tech summit

X owner responds by saying people should avoid UK when ‘they’re releasing convicted pedophiles’

The Independent UK

Man found guilty of racially abusing Real Madrid star Vinicius Jr given suspended prison sentence

Vini Jr was racially abused during Real Madrid’s match against Mallorca last February

The Independent UK

Prisoners could cut jail time by earning points in Texas-style reforms to ease overcrowding crisis

Justice secretary Shabana Mahmood is said to be planning a visit to Texas later this year as part of an attempt to mirror their approach to reducing high prison populations

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Evening Standard

Soup protest at Van Gogh's Sunflowers was 'work of art', say artists

Judge told the two Just Stop Oil activists they should prepare for a prison sentence

Tom’s Guide

Prime Video just got one of the most heartwarming movies ever — and it's 99% on Rotten Tomatoes

One of the sweetest movies ever made just landed on Prime Video — and it will warm your heart. Here's why you need to stream it now.

The Guardian - UK

Inmates could do classes to cut prison time under Texas-style reforms

Courses targeting the root cause of offending in England and Wales would be included in scheme

AAP

Homicide probe into stabbing death of jailed killer

Notorious murderer and rapist Aymen Terkmani has been stabbed to death in a Sydney prison with decades still to serve on his lengthy sentence.

Latin Times

UK Accidentally Releases Dozens of Prisoners by Mistake; Several Remain on the Loose

The first mass-release in a series triggered by overcrowding has left the Ministry of Justice scrambling to collect potentially dangerous offenders.

The Independent UK

A Missouri man has been executed for a 1998 murder. Was he guilty or innocent?

Questions are still swirling around the execution of a Missouri man convicted of fatally stabbing a woman in 1998

The Independent UK

Did Missouri execute an innocent man? Marcellus Williams’s furious supporters decry ‘injustice system’

’How can you execute a man when there is reasonable doubt?’ Obie Alexander, who spent nearly two decades in prison on a wrongful murder conviction, toldThe Independent

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