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What will it take to free the hostages in Gaza? Many Israelis support a prisoner swap

About 240 Israeli and foreign nationals have been held hostage in Gaza for a month. Many Israelis are calling for Israel to release all Palestinian detainees in exchange for the captives' freedom.

WEKU

King’s Speech’s law and order policies not pre-election gambit – Chalk

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has put a series of criminal justice laws at the heart of the King’s Speech, in a bid to draw dividing lines with Labour.

The Independent UK

Love rival murder, a harrowing 911 call and bike DNA: Key moments in the Kaitlin Armstrong trial

After two and half weels of evidence, Kaitlin Armstrong was swiftly convicted of killing professional cyclist Anna Moriah ‘Mo’ Wilson after they were allegedly involved in a love triangle. Andrea Cavallier and Andrea Blanco explain the most crucial moments in her high-profile trial

The Independent UK

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Rishi Sunak to set out ‘vision of a better Britain’ at King’s Speech

Prime minister to focus on string of criminal justice measures at the annual state opening of parliament

The Independent UK

Indigenous inmate dies in Perth prison

A 41-year-old Aboriginal inmate has died in West Australia's maximum security Hakea prison.

AAP

Insurer to pay nearly $5M to 3 of the 4 Alaska men whose convictions in a 1997 killing were vacated

The insurer for the city of Fairbanks, Alaska, has agreed to pay a total of nearly $5 million to three of the four Indigenous men who argued they were illegally imprisoned for almost two decades on a murder conviction

The Independent UK

King’s Speech to set out Rishi Sunak’s ‘vision of a better Britain’

The first King’s Speech for more than 70 years will be used by the Prime Minister to set out a string of criminal justice measures.

The Independent UK

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Rishi Sunak’s king’s speech to include hardline criminal justice measures

PM to announce tougher sentences for rapists and killers with general election looming

The Guardian - UK

Sunak to use King’s Speech to set out ‘vision of a better Britain’

The King will formally open the new session of Parliament for the first time in his reign.

The Independent UK

Imprisoned Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohammadi begins hunger strike

Imprisoned Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi began a hunger strike on Monday in protest against what she said was the jail's failure to give her access to medical care, the activist HRANA news agency reported.

France 24

Who was Muhlaysia Booker? Here's what to know after the man accused of killing her pleaded guilty

A man charged in the 2019 fatal shooting of a transgender Dallas woman about a month after she was beaten in a separate attack that was caught on video has been sentenced to 48 years in prison

The Independent UK

C.J. Stroud Shares Heartfelt Message About His Imprisoned Father After Historic Game vs. Bucs

Stroud’s father, Coleridge Bernard Stroud III, is currently serving a 38-years-to-life sentence

Sports Illustrated

Senate Resolution Would Send Federal Offenders Back to Prison 3 Years After Being Released to Home Confinement

The Bureau of Prisons released more than 12,000 people on home confinement during the pandemic. Three years later, Republicans want to overturn a Justice Department rule allowing those still serving sentences to stay home.

Reason

Love rival murder, a harrowing 911 call and bike DNA: Key revelations in the Kaitlin Armstrong trial

Kaitlin Armstrong faces up to 99 years in prison if she’s convicted of killing professional cyclist Anna Moriah ‘Mo’ Wilson after they were allegedly involved in a love triangle. Andrea Cavallier and Andrea Blanco explain the most crucial moments so far in her high-profile trial

The Independent UK

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Nine dead in Guinea weekend jailbreak raid, ex-dictator recaptured

At least nine people were killed during a weekend jailbreak in Guinea that saw armed commandos briefly pluck ex-dictator Moussa Dadis Camara from prison, officials said on Monday.

The Independent UK

Can Trump still run for president as a felon?

The former leader is now the first US president to be criminally convicted. But what does that mean for his White House hopes?

TechRadar

Hulu subscribers are getting new Futurama episodes and a potential Prison Break reboot

New seasons of both Futurama and maybe Prison Break have been reportedly confirmed by Hulu.

The Independent UK

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi goes on a hunger strike while imprisoned in Iran

A campaign urging Iran to free Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi says the activist has begun a hunger strike over the conditions of her imprisonment and the country’s requirement that women wear headscarves

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BBC prison drama ‘Time’ shows the stark differences for female and male inmates

Many of the women in prison are there for low-level crimes, but short sentences for non-violent offences can upend their entire lives, leaving them at risk of losing their job, home and children. Katie Rosseinsky explores how the second series of BBC prison drama ‘Time’ shows the stark differences for…

The Independent UK

Will Donald Trump go to prison?

Ex-president faces 91 felony counts across four prosecutions

WEKU

Ex-State Department aide sentenced to nearly 6 years in Capitol riot attacks

Federico Klein joined other Trump supporters in one of the most violent episodes of the Jan. 6 siege — a mob's fight with outnumbered police for control of a Capitol tunnel entrance.

Al Jazeera

‘Like a prison’: The Palestinians in Hebron living under Israeli lockdown

In Hebron’s H2, 700 Israeli settlers get military protection while 35,000 Palestinians can be shot if they step outside.

The Guardian - UK

Across the UK, from prisons to classrooms, I asked people to make speeches – they put our politicians to shame

MPs like to tell ‘authentic’ stories about themselves. Our orators drew on life experience, too – but offered real solutions, says academic Alan Finlayson

The Guardian - UK

The week in TV: Time; The Dinosaur Hour; All the Light We Cannot See; Roman Kemp: The Fight for Young Lives – review

Jimmy McGovern’s prison drama shifts its focus without pulling its punches; Basil Fawlty is alive and well on GB News; and Roman Kemp proves a great campaigner for young people’s mental health

The Independent UK

Time: the BBC drama trying to capture the grim reality of life in prison for women

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