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Watch: Folbigg freedom, RBA announcement

Watch: Kathleen Folbigg has spent her first night in 20 years out of prison after being pardoned for the murder and manslaughter of her four children

The New Daily

Kathleen Folbigg says her freedom is ‘a victory for science and especially truth’

Former prisoner says she is eternally grateful to her friends and will always think of, grieve for and love her children

The Guardian - AU

HMP Bristol staff soar through the skies in charity skydive alongside Bear Grylls

Eighteen people paid to take part in the jump from 13,500 feet to raise money for Support our Paras

Bristol Post

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Robert Hanssen, an FBI agent who was convicted of spying for Russia, dies in prison

The 79-year-old Hanssen was found unresponsive in his cell at a federal prison in Colorado and later pronounced dead, prison officials said. He is believed to have died of natural causes.

WEKU

Family of Sydney man Chau Van Kham have new hope for freedom after PM flags prisoner transfer from Vietnam

The family of a retired Sydney baker jailed in Vietnam for 12 years on "terrorism" offences express new hope for his freedom after Anthony Albanese's visit to the South-East Asian nation.

ABC News

Serial rapist Joel Russo jailed for 'horrendous' attack on female jogger along Melbourne's Merri Creek

Joel Russo, who was only months out of prison when he repeatedly raped a female jogger on the banks of Melbourne's Merri Creek is jailed for more than 20 years.

ABC News

‘No hate in her heart’: Kathleen Folbigg laughed, drank Kahlua, mesmerised by technology in first night out of prison

Folbigg’s advocates now focused on getting convictions quashed when an inquiry into her case reports in coming weeks

The Guardian - AU

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Kathleen Folbigg is free. But people pardoned and exonerated of crimes face unique challenges when released from prison

In 2003, Kathleen Folbigg was convicted of killing her four children. She has now been released from prison, 20 years later, after being pardoned by the Attorney General of New South Wales.

The Conversation

Ex-correctional officer at federal prison in California convicted of sexual misconduct

A federal correctional officer has been convicted of sexually abusing two inmates at a women’s prison in California where the warden and other employees were charged with similar conduct

The Independent UK

Young Thug’s brother Unfoonk jailed for 9 years after violating gun arrest probation

A judge found rapper Young Thug's brother Unfoonk guilty on violating his December 2022 probation with his May 4 arrest and has sentenced him to nine years prison

Daily Mirror

Cheaper to call Vatican City: Why is it so expensive to make phone calls from prison?

While some US states are making prison phone calls free, a 12-minute phone call from a Victorian prison can cost more than a prisoner's wages for the day.

ABC News

Robert Hanssen, ex-Chicago cop turned FBI agent who was convicted of spying for Russia, dead at 79

He left the Chicago Police Department and joined the FBI. He pleaded guilty to providing U.S. secrets to the former Soviet Union and was sentenced to life in prison.

Chicago Sun-Times

Peru to extradite suspect in Alabama teen murder case within days, Interpol says

A convicted killer imprisoned in Peru will be extradited within days to the U.S., where he faces extortion and fraud charges related to the disappearance and murder of an Alabama teenager nearly two decades ago, Interpol's local head said on Monday.

Reuters

American spy who fed secrets to Russia dies in prison

A former FBI agent who took more than £1.1 million in cash and diamonds to trade secrets with Russia has died in prison.

Evening Standard

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Ex-FBI agent Robert Hanssen who spied for Russia dies in US jail

Robert Hanssen had pleaded guilty to spying for the Soviet Union and then Russia for more than 20 years in major breach.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: youth prison ‘like Guantánamo’, Ukraine forces on the attack, Apple reveals VR gadget

Guardian investigation reveals litany of concerns at Townsville facility, Ukrainian troops drive back Russians, Apple’s Vision Pro unveiled

Reuters

Robert Hanssen, FBI agent who spied for Russia, found dead in prison

Robert Hanssen, the former FBI agent turned spy whom the bureau describes as the most damaging in its history, was found dead in his prison cell on Monday, U.S. authorities said.

The Independent UK

Ex-part owner of Minnesota Vikings gets over six years in cryptocurrency scam

A former Minnesota Vikings part owner who defrauded a short-lived professional football league while carrying out a $700 million cryptocurrency scam has been sentenced to over six years in prison

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The New Daily

‘Is this happening?’: Kathleen Folbigg’s first night as free woman

Kathleen Folbigg was in disbelief and smiling as she stepped out of a prison van in her first moments as a free woman after 20 years in jail.

The Independent UK

Former FBI agent Robert Hanssen, who was convicted of spying for Russia, dies in prison

A former FBI agent who took more than $1.4 million in cash and diamonds to trade secrets with Russia and the former Soviet Union in one of the most notorious spying cases in American history has died in prison

The Independent UK

Missouri jurors sentenced Michael Tisius to die for killing prison guards. So why did they change their mind?

Execution scheduled for Tuesday

The Independent UK

Robert Hanssen: FBI agent who infamously spied for Russia for 20 years found dead in supermax cell

Hanssen sold highly classified material to the Soviet Union and then Russia for more than $1.4m in diamonds and cash

France 24

French court sentences two men who attacked Brigitte Macron's relative to jail

A French court on Monday sentenced two men to jail after convicting them on charges of beating up the great-nephew of French first lady Brigitte Macron last month outside her family's chocolate shop.One of the accused was sentenced at the court in the northern city of Amiens to 12 months…

The Guardian - UK

Hugh Callaghan obituary

One of the Birmingham Six who spent 16 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of the 1974 pub bombings

The Guardian - AU

‘Like Guantánamo’: the children locked in solitary for weeks at a time in Queensland youth prison

Exclusive: Whistleblowers, judges and youth workers say children are leaving Townsville’s Cleveland youth detention centre scarred, angry and more likely to commit further crime

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