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Guantanamo Bay prisoners show signs of ‘accelerated ageing’: ICRC

The Guantanamo prison camp has come to symbolise the brutality of the US’s so-called ‘war on terror’.

Al Jazeera

U.S. Marine gets 12 years for cross-border drug smuggling

A former Marine who helped smuggle drugs for years from Mexico into the U.S. and even tried to get a song written about his exploits has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison

The Independent UK

Texas man gets 2nd life sentence for pregnant wife’s killing

A former Houston-area high school football coach has been sentenced for a second time to life in prison in his pregnant wife’s killing more than 24 years ago

The Independent UK

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Why wasn’t man accused of shooting black teen charged with a hate crime? Experts point to gap in Missouri law

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In explaining his decision not to file a hate crime charge against the 84-year-old man accused of shooting Ralph Yarl, Clay County Prosecutor Zachary Thompson said Monday he did not want to risk double jeopardy.

Tribune News Service

Brittney Griner's Russian Imprisonment Outraged the Country. So Should Vladimir Kara-Murza's.

The journalist and dissident, who was sentenced to 25 years in a penal colony for criticizing the Russian government, has not received the same attention.

Reason

Arsenal fans display banner in support of US journalist detained by Russia

Evan Gershkovich is being held in Moscow on espionage charges and faces up to 20 years in prison

The Independent UK

Minnesota officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright to be freed

A white ex-police officer convicted of manslaughter after mistaking her handgun for a Taser and fatally shooting a Black motorist in suburban Minneapolis in 2021 is set to be released from prison on Monday

The Independent UK

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Former Minnesota officer Kim Potter to leave prison, 2 years after fatally shooting Daunte Wright

MINNEAPOLIS — Former police officer Kim Potter gets out of prison Monday, two years after fatally shooting Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in a Brooklyn Center neighborhood.

Tribune News Service

Thugs who who left a man with extensive injuries following vicious attack in North Shields have been jailed

Carlo Giacomini, of Bank Top, Earsdon, and Aiden Inskip, of Blackhill Avenue, Wallsend, have been sentenced to a collective total of seven years in prison for assaulting a man in December last year

Chronicle Live

Evil dad raped daughter and wanted her to be his wife

Carol Higgins, 54, reported the abuse to police in 1985 but an investigation was not launched until 2015.

Daily Record

Michigan Republicans fight effort to repeal ban on unmarried cohabitation

Law signed in 1931 is rarely enforced but carries penalty of prison time and $1,000 fine

The Guardian - US

Canadian Academic Convicted in 1980 Paris Synagogue Bombing

A Paris court has convicted a Lebanese-Canadian academic in absentia on terrorism charges and sentenced him to life in prison over a bombing outside a Paris synagogue in 1980 that killed four and wounded 46. The court issued an arrest warrant for suspect Hassan Diab, lives in Ottawa, Canada and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanese-Canadian academic convicted for 1980 Paris synagogue bombing

A Paris court on Friday sentenced Lebanese-Canadian citizen Hassan Diab to life in prison in absentia for the 1980 bombing of a synagogue in which four people died.

France 24

Nearly 1,400 people refused entry to Ireland so far this year

A person can be turned away for a number of reasons, including if they are not in a position to support themselves, if they intend to take up employment but do not have a valid employment permit, if they pose a threat to national security or if they have spent…

Irish Mirror

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Unsealed secret order reveals why convicted SC killer was released 16 years early

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A secret order that resulted in the early release of convicted South Carolina murderer Jeroid Price was unsealed Thursday by the state Supreme Court, detailing publicly for the first time what information Price shared to cut nearly 16 years off his prison sentence.

Daily Mirror

Prison riot as cons throw things and block windows before unloading fire extinguisher

Prisoners are rioting at the Bristol County House of Corrections in Dartmouth, Massachusetts - inmates have been seen throwing things and unloading a fire extinguisher from the windows

WEKU

College student who killed a man with sword sentenced twice to 55 years in prison

Two courts issued separate prison sentences to a man who attacked two people with a samurai sword, fatally shot a former classmate, kidnapped a woman and led police on a six-day manhunt in 2020.

Irish Mirror

Seven criminals who escaped Irish 'open' prisons have yet to be recaptured

Loughan House in Co Cavan and Shelton Abbey in Co Wicklow usually accommodate prisoners who are considered to pose a reduced risk to the public or are preparing for release towards the end of their sentences.

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Daily Record

Olivia Pratt-Korbel killer could have 42-year prison sentence increased due to 'complaints'

Thomas Cashman, 34, was convicted of gunning down nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel in her home in Dovecot, Liverpool in August last year.

Irish Mirror

Several members of Kinahan cartel granted protective custody in prison

It's understood they no longer have the cash to pay for their drug debts as the Kinahan cash machine dries up

The Independent UK

Music to Trump's ears: Whitewashing Jan. 6 riot with song

A song featuring ex-President Donald Trump and a choir of prisoners charged with crimes related to the deadly Capitol insurrection briefly took the No. 1 spot on iTunes last month, edging out Taylor Swift

Liverpool Echo

Thomas Cashman's 42-year prison sentence could be increased after complaints

The drug dealer has already appealed the length of his sentence but not the murder conviction

Wales Online

Inmate who wanted to be prison mentor spits in officer's face

The prisoner later said he wanted to degrade the officer

Reuters

Russia crosses new lines in crackdown on Putin's enemies

With virtually all the Kremlin's opponents already jailed or in exile, and liberal press outlets and human rights groups forced to shut down, it might have appeared that years of repression in Russia had achieved their objective.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Fox News and the prison of profit

I am not a Fox News fan, so I was curious what the conservative media company’s viewers made of this week’s massive $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems over broadcasting lies that the 2020 presidential election had been stolen.

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