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Minnesota prosecutors drop state sex charges against R&B singer R. Kelly, citing federal convictions

Prosecutors in Minnesota have dropped sex abuse charges against R. Kelly

The Independent UK

Man handed life prison sentence for murders of wife and daughter, 12

Peter Nash was jailed for life with a minimum term of 40 years for killing Jillu and Louise Nash at their home in Suffolk.

The Independent UK

Second escaped inmate captured after breaking out of Philadelphia prison

Authorities say the second of two inmates who escaped from a Philadelphia prison earlier this month has been captured

The Independent UK

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Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes ordered to pay $125m back to Rupert Murdoch

Holmes and her former boyfriend, top Theranos executive Sunny Balwani, have been ordered to pay $452m in restitution

The Independent UK

'Invasive' plants growing in your garden could land you £5k fine or even prison

Experts have warned gardeners of five invasive plants to avoid at all costs this summer, as they could end up landing them with a £5,000 fine or even prison time

Daily Mirror

Halim Flowers, from US prison cell to Paris art show

Wrongfully incarcerated as a teenager, Halim Flowers, now 42, fought for his release, which as finally granted in 2019. He has now found new life as an artist. An exhibition of his paintings has just opened in Paris.

Radio France Internationale

Court rules Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes must go to prison while she appeals against sentence

Holmes was convicted on fraud charges over a blood-testing hoax

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Winnie and Nelson: new book paints a deeply human portrait of the Mandela marriage and South Africa's struggle

A powerful new book on Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has just been published. Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage is at once a double biography of South Africa’s two famous liberation leaders and a historical love story about their personal lives. Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years during…

The Conversation

Ex-French President Sarkozy loses appeal against graft conviction

Paris court upholds sentence but spares Sarkozy prison time as the still influential leader fights other criminal cases.

Al Jazeera

Senior academics write to the NSW attorney-general, calling for early release of Kathleen Folbigg

A group of senior legal academics from New South Wales and Victoria write to the NSW attorney-general, urging him to use his power to immediately release Kathleen Folbigg from prison.

ABC News

First Thing: Quad summit cancelled after Joe Biden calls off trip to Australia

Leaders will instead meet on sidelines of G7 in Hiroshima this weekend. Plus, how mifepristone became a target of the US anti-abortion movement

The Guardian - UK

Woman jailed for strangling her rapist to death with T-shirt - sparking protests

Roxana Ruiz was sentenced to six years and two months in prison for "excessive use of self-defence" after she strangled the man who broke into her home, threatened and raped her

Daily Mirror

French court upholds Sarkozy's prison term in wiretap graft case

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced on appeal in Paris to three years in prison on Wednesday, including one year in prison for corruption and influence peddling in the so-called “wiretapping affair”.

Radio France Internationale

Wife hails UK TV premiere of film about campaign to free Julian Assange

Stella Assange said the screening is a ‘hugely significant’ moment in the fight to have her husband released from prison.

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Tunisia detains two students over satirical song criticizing police

Tunisian police arrested two students over a satirical song criticizing the police, their lawyer said on Wednesday, reinforceing fears of an erosion of freedom of speech after President Kais Saied seized most powers two years ago.

The Independent UK

Former French President Sarkozy loses appeal on corruption conviction; prison sentence upheld

A French appeals court on Wednesday upheld a one-year prison sentence for former President Nicolas Sarkozy on a conviction for corruption and influence peddling

WEKU

Elizabeth Holmes loses her latest bid to avoid prison

In another ruling issued late Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Edward Davila ordered Elizabeth Holmes to pay $452 million in restitution to the victims of her crimes.

France 24

French court upholds three-year sentence for ex-president Sarkozy in wiretapping case

France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy lost his case on Wednesday against a 2021 conviction for corruption and influence peddling at the Paris Court of Appeals. The court upheld a sentence of three years with two years suspended; he will wear an electronic bracelet for the remaining year instead of going…

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Another class action launched against WA government over treatment of Banksia Hill detainees

The WA government faces a fresh lawsuit in the Federal Court over its alleged unlawful treatment of juvenile detainees at a controversial unit in the adult Casuarina Prison.

Wales Online

UK prisons are at 99% capacity

Magistrates have been given the power to jail people for longer

ABC News

Scott Austic given $1.6 million ex-gratia payment after being acquitted of Stacey Thorne's murder

A man who spent more than a decade in prison before being acquitted of murdering his pregnant lover Stacey Thorne is awarded $1.6 million in compensation by the WA government.

Liverpool Echo

'Torrid time' for grenade minder as he breaks his neck in prison

Paul Cox 'didn't know' he had a hand grenade in his airing cupboard

The Independent UK

Court rejects Elizabeth Holmes' motion to stay out of prison while on appeal

Disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has once again lost her bid to stay out of prison while she appeals her fraud conviction tied to a blood-testing hoax that bilked investors

The Independent UK

Elizabeth Holmes puts off starting prison sentence yet again

The former Theranos CEO has filed another appeal of her conviction

The Independent UK

Wounded man who invaded Senate with knife sentenced to prison for Capitol riot

An Alabama man has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison for storming the U.S. Capitol and invading the Senate floor with a knife on his hip and a gaping wound on his face

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