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Conviction overturned for man behind bars for 11 years over shooting

The Philadelphia district attorney has six months to retry CJ Rice or release him from prison

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh confronted by theft victims at sentencing: ‘What kind of animal are you?’

Victims of Murdaugh’s fraud scheme spoke at his sentencing on Tuesday

The Independent UK

The spy who fed CIA secrets to Russia — and convinced his son to do it too

Harold James “Jim” Nicholson, a 16-year veteran of the CIA, spent decades in prison for espionage and kept up the treason from behind bars. He finally walked free this month. Sheila Flynn asks: What will the double agent do next?

The Independent UK

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13 Sierra Leone military officers are under arrest for trying to stage a coup, a minister says

The attacks on Sierra Leone’s main military barracks and prisons are a failed coup attempt and have resulted in the arrest of 13 military officers, the government’s spokesman said Tuesday

The Independent UK

Israel arrests almost as many Palestinians as it has released during truce

Over the first four days of Israel-Hamas prisoner exchange, Israel arrests 133 Palestinians while releasing 150.

Al Jazeera

Prison staff struggling to spot modern slavery survivors, research finds

Survivors of modern slavery offences are being under-counted and under-supported in prison system, finds study

Evening Standard

Up First briefing: Truce in Gaza extended; Texas Supreme Court to hear abortion case

Israel and Hamas have agreed to extend their truce in Gaza by two days to allow for more hostage-prisoner exchanges. The Texas Supreme Court is set to hear a case on the state's abortion ban.

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Israel releases more Palestinian prisoners as part of extended exchanges for hostages

Hamas had earlier Tuesday released 10 Israelis and two foreigners before 30 Palestinians were freed from Israeli prisons on the fifth day of a temporary truce between the two sides.

WEKU

A Pakistani court orders public trial for imprisoned ex-premier Khan on charge of revealing secrets

A Pakistani court has ordered a public trial in prison of former Prime Minister Imran Khan on charges of revealing official secrets

The Independent UK

Three French minors among hostages released from Gaza

French President Emmanuel Macron has welcomed the release of three Franco-Israeli minors held by the Islamist group Hamas. They were among a group of 11 people released late Monday night in exchange for 33 Palestinian prisoners. This came after the two sides agreed to a two-day extension of a truce…

Radio France Internationale

Live updates | Israel and Pakistan extend truce, agree to free more hostages and prisoners

Israel and Hamas have agreed to extend their cease-fire for two days, raising the prospect of further exchanges of militant-held hostages for Palestinians imprisoned by Israel and a longer halt to their deadliest and most destructive war

The Independent UK

Modern slavery survivors ‘imprisoned for crimes they were forced to commit’

Exclusive: One forensic psychologist told researchers the number of modern slavery victims in prison was ‘increasing exponentially’

The Independent UK

More than a dozen military officers arrested in Sierra Leone over 'failed coup'

The attacks Sunday on Sierra Leone’s main military barracks and prisons were a failed coup attempt and have resulted in the arrest of 13 military officers, the government’s spokesman said Tuesday.

France 24

Court Prohibits Binance's CZ From Leaving US After Guilty Plea

This is not the only trouble Zhao could be facing in the days leading to his prison sentencing. A court filing by DOJ lawyers on Saturday revealed they might argue the Binance founder should be sentenced to up to 10 years in prison.

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The Guardian - AU

Israel says 30 Palestinians released after 12 hostages returned from Gaza – as it happened

Israel says Palestinians have been freed after nine women, a child and two foreign nationals were handed to the Red Cross

AAP

Harmful and costly prisons 'failing to reduce crime'

South Australia's incarceration rate jumped by almost a third in the past decade, leading advocates to call for a rethink on the role of prisons in society.

The Independent UK

Government blasted for refusing to resentence inmates trapped in jail with no hope of release

‘Unfinished business’: Justice committee chair Bob Neill welcomes licence reforms but calls for government to resentence IPP prisoners

The Guardian - US

Man who scammed California Jewish community out of $7m gets seven years

Sassi Mizrahi sentenced to federal prison after he and his brother targeted over 40 people in San Fernando Valley in Ponzi scheme

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Psych avoids suspension over prisoner relationship

A psychologist has been reprimanded over an intimate relationship she had with a former patient she treated when he was in jail for violent crimes.

The Guardian - UK

Over 1,800 offenders to have indefinite jail sentences terminated, says MoJ

Imprisonment for public protection sentences will now have an end date under changes in England and Wales

France 24

Twenty killed in Sierra Leone military barracks attack

We focus on the situation in Sierra Leone, where 20 people were killed during Sunday’s attack on military barracks. President Julius Maada Bio said in an address on Sunday that most of the leaders of the attack had been arrested. Officials confirmed, however, that nearly 2,000 inmates escaped central prison…

The Guardian - US

Manhattan district attorney moves to exonerate two men convicted of murder

Wayne Gardine and Jabar Walker were found guilty of murders in the 1990s near Harlem police precinct known for corruption

Al Jazeera

Twenty killed in Sierra Leone attack on military barracks, army says

President says most of the leaders arrested after attack on military barracks and prisons in the West African nation.

The Independent UK

Derek Chauvin health update given after prison stabbing

Chauvin is serving over two decades in prison for the George Floyd killing

The Guardian - UK

‘I don’t know if she’s dead or alive’: prisoner releases leave Palestinian girl’s family in limbo

Nofuz Hammad, 16, was on the list of those to be freed, but when her father went to meet her, she did not emerge

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