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Byker serial knifeman caught carrying blade for fifth time given chance of freedom

Jordan Akinforlarin, of Byker, was facing prison but a judge freed him and gave him five months to prove his promises to go straight are true

Chronicle Live

Los Angeles area man wrongfully convicted of shooting freed from prison after 30-plus years

LOS ANGELES — A 55-year-old Baldwin Park man was freed from state prison earlier this month after prosecutors and parole officials uncovered years-old evidence that pointed to his innocence in a 1989 shooting, officials announced Thursday.

Los Angeles Times

Shameless Scots prisoners film rap video behind bars on smuggled smartphone

The shameless inmates filmed themselves rapping and dancing at HMP Addiewell in the video uploaded to TikTok.

Daily Record

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Daniel Saldana declared innocent of attempted murder after 33 years in California prison

Daniel Saldana, 55, is freed from a California prison after prosecutors discovered evidence that indicated he was innocent of a shooting in 1989.

ABC News

Puffing Billy train enthusiast molested young boys

A train enthusiast who sexually abused two young boys when they volunteered for Puffing Billy has had a jail sentence suspended because of health issues.

AAP

Man declared innocent of attempted murder after 33 years in California prison

A California man who spent 33 years in prison for attempted murder has been declared innocent

The Independent UK

‘QAnon Shaman’ Jacob Chansley says he’s ‘forgiven my captors’ after Jan 6 prison release

Jacob Chansley served about two years of a 3.5-year sentence

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Shameless West Lothian prison inmates post music video on social media from cell

The TikTok clip, which has received over 10,000 views since it was uploaded earlier this month from HMP Addiewell shows several inmates in the cell while one performs part of a rap song

Edinburgh Live

Drug baron who imported £1bn of cocaine found dead in prison cell

Johnny Gerrard Kock used a fake pond-liner business to import up to 6,000kg of cocaine to Liverpool

Liverpool Echo

Defiant far-right leader jailed over role in US Capitol attack

The founder of the Oath Keepers group has been sentenced to 18 years in jail over his role in the US Capitol riots.

The New Daily

Stewart Rhodes, the Texas-based leader of the Oath Keepers militia, given 18 years in prison for sedition

Rhodes was among the many Texans who played key roles in fomenting, planning or fueling the Jan. 6, 2021, violence at the U.S. Capitol.

The Texas Tribune

Oath Keepers founder sentenced to 18 years for seditious conspiracy in lead-up to Jan. 6 insurrection – 4 essential reads

Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the Oath Keepers, was sentenced to 18 years in prison on May 25, 2023, in the wake of his November 2022 conviction for seditious conspiracy. Rhodes led an effort to keep former President Donald Trump in office after Trump lost the 2020 presidential election, including…

The Conversation

Mother admits to killing daughter, 3, and dumping her charred remains on softball field

A Delaware woman is facing decades in prison

The Independent UK

Man awarded $27 million for wrongful murder, arson conviction

Adam Gray was arrested at 14 and spent 24 years behind bars. He filed a federal lawsuit against the city and the cops he said framed him and coerced his confession.

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Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes gets 18 years for seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 attack

In remarks before the judge handed down his sentence, Stewart Rhodes called himself a “political prisoner.”

Tribune News Service

Oath Keepers chief gets 18 years for Jan. 6 plot to attack US Capitol

The leader of the right-wing Oath Keepers group was ordered to serve 18 years in prison for his role in the 2021 attack on the US Capitol and conspiring to use force to keep Donald Trump in power after he lost the 2020 presidential election.

The Independent UK

Delaware woman pleads guilty to killing 3-year-old daughter, dumping remains on softball field

A Delaware woman is facing decades in prison after pleading guilty to killing her 3-year-old daughter and dumping her burned remains on a softball field

The Independent UK

Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes sentenced to 18 years in prison for January 6 sedition

Judge’s damning rebuke of far-right ‘militia’ founder calls him ‘a threat and a peril’ to democracy

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Stewart Rhodes, Oath Keepers founder, sentenced to 18 years for seditious conspiracy

The punishment for Stewart Rhodes on a seditious conspiracy charge could set the bar for others, including top members of the far-right Proud Boys group, this summer.

Daily Mirror

George Floyd killer Derek Chauvin's jail life - 'bloated, balding and bed of concrete'

George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin On May 25, 2020, and a wave of social justice protests followed around the world as people came to terms with the vicious killing

Evening Standard

US Capitol rioter pictured with his feet on Nancy Pelosi’s desk is jailed

Richard Barnett has been sentenced to more than four years in prison

Daily Mirror

Capitol rioter who put his feet on desk in Nancy Pelosi office sentenced to prison

US Capitol rioter Richard Barnett, who put his feet on Nancy Pelosi's desk, is sentenced to over four years in prison for his role in the riot

Reuters

Egypt's female 'prisoners of poverty' struggle with stigma

Egyptian women facing jail for falling into debt face social stigma, and if they have been freed from prison struggle to rebuild their lives, NGO workers say, despite support from civil society groups and some state help in securing early releases.

Daily Mirror

Three years on - how George Floyd's murder changed the face of America and the world

George Floyd was killed after he was restrained by officers, with one keeping their knee on his neck for almost 10 minutes as Mr Floyd repeatedly told them he "can't breathe" and that they were "going to kill" him

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Ezekiel Narndu, 19, sentenced to seven years' prison for manslaughter of man during riot in Wadeye

Ezekiel Narndu is jailed for the manslaughter of a 33-year-old man after throwing a steel bar through his skull during an eruption of violence in the Northern Territory community of Wadeye.

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