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OPINION - Tech & Science Daily podcast: Theranos founder to start 11-year prison sentence

Elizabeth Holmes was once compared to Steve Jobs, but the disgraced founder of failed blood-testing start-up Theranos once worth billions will begin her prison sentence at the end of April.

Evening Standard

Killer who shot dead man and woman in brutal gangland-style double murder dies in prison

Raymond Whittaker killed two people in their home in East Yorkshire

Manchester Evening News

Vietnam jails prominent political activist for 6 years

A Hanoi court on Wednesday sentenced a prominent Vietnamese political activist to six years in prison for conducting anti-state activities, his lawyer said, in a case that has raised international concerns over the communist country's treatment of dissidents.

Reuters

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Ivory Coast: Are personal freedoms on the decline ahead of local elections?

Several opposition activists were arrested and convicted at the end of February, once again sparking a debate on free speech and freedom of assembly in the country. A few months ahead of municipal and regional elections this autumn, opposition groups and civil society actors are denouncing intimidation attempts and attacks…

France 24

Former UWA student Luigi Rayapen jailed for Rottnest Island sexual assault following appeal

Former UWA law student Luigi Rayapen is sentenced to more than three years in prison on appeal after initially being handed a suspended jail term for sexually assaulting a woman on Rottnest Island as she tried to sleep.

ABC News

Ex-firefighter gets prison for Jan. 6 extinguisher attack

A retired firefighter who threw a fire extinguisher at police officers during the U.S. Capitol riot has been sentenced to more than four years in prison

The Independent UK

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes will be jailed this month after judge denies plea for bail during appeal

Holmes must self-report to a prison camp on 27 April to begin her 11.25-year sentence

The Independent UK

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Elizabeth Holmes loses battle to delay imprisonment

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes’ months-long battle to extend her freedom is over: A federal court judge on Tuesday denied her bid to delay imprisonment, ruling she must surrender April 27 to serve her sentence for felony fraud at a Texas prison camp.

Tribune News Service

Theranos' Elizabeth Holmes loses bid to stay out of prison

Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes has been rebuffed in her attempt to stay out of federal prison while she appeals her conviction for the fraud she committed while overseeing a blood-testing scam that exposed Silicon Valley’s dark side

The Independent UK

Brittney Griner Shares New Project About Her Imprisonment in Russia

The Mercury star was wrongfully detained in Russia from February to December 2022.

Sports Illustrated

Nottingham's Bella Ramsey to star in Jimmy McGovern’s BBC series 'Time'

The series will focus on life inside a women’s prison

Nottingham Post

The Sony Inzone H9 headset is so good I was sent to prison

I got to test out Sony’s Inzone H9 headset in the basement of a prison, and it finally made Resident Evil 4 remake scary.

TechRadar

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Wales Online

Elizabeth Holmes to begin 11-year prison sentence at end of month

Federal judge denies Theranos founder’s request to remain free while she appeals her conviction of fraud and conspiracy

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The Conversation

Thabo Bester's escape from a privately-run South African prison raises questions about corruption

Recently, South Africans were told about an extraordinary escape story – they learnt that a convicted rapist, Thabo Bester, had been at large for a year after he’d escaped from a privately-run maximum security prison. In May 2022 the Department of Correctional services reported that he had burnt to death…

The Guardian - AU

Australian man’s jail sentence for writing critical letter to Pakistan military a ‘torment’ for family

Family of Hasan Askree, 53, who was jailed for five years in 2020, say case is a grave miscarriage of justice

The Independent UK

The Last of Us star Bella Ramsey to lead second season of BBC prison drama Time

The young actor will be going behind bars as she joins Jimmy McGovern’s critically acclaimed show

Evening Standard

Fyre Festival ‘1.5’: Billy McFarland claims he has funding for second festival

The first Fyre Festival was branded a fradulant disaster and led to Billy McFarland’s imprisonment

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Daily Record

Scots prison officer brings Christmas to thousands of kids while parents are in custody

Colin O’Flaherty was commended at a special ceremony in St James Palace, hosted by Princess Anne.

The Guardian - UK

Dominic Raab could face action for contempt of court, judges say

Justice secretary acted unlawfully by preventing staff commenting on prisoners’ fitness for release

WhatToWatch

Jodie Whittaker and Bella Ramsey lead Time series 2 cast

The BBC has announced the cast of Time series 2, with Doctor Who's Jodie Whittaker and The Last Of Us star Bella Ramsey among the lot.

The Independent UK

Will Donald Trump run for president again in 2024?

American courts have now found Trump to be both a sexual abuser and a defendant on criminal charges

Daily Mirror

Twitch streamer gets engaged to prisoner after spending just 3 hours together

Twitch streamer Kim Eichenberger fell in love with criminal William McCarty after speaking to him through a 'Write a Prisoner' online platform - and is now counting down the days until his release

The Texas Tribune

Texas House budgets $545 million for prison air conditioning. The Senate hasn’t offered anything.

Sweltering heat has killed inmates, driven away prison workers and cost taxpayers millions in lawsuits. The House budget would provide air conditioning for 46 prisons, but it’s unclear if the Senate will sign on.

WEKU

A judge rules that Elizabeth Holmes cannot remain free during appeal

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes was convicted of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud last year and sentenced to 11 years in prison.

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