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Woman raped by ex-Prime Minister aide in Edinburgh bids to stop jail move

Mark Adams attacked the girl, then 17, in August 2017 as she walked home from a night out at the Edinburgh Festival.

Daily Record · Jun 29, 2023

Should people in prison serving life for crimes committed when they were under 21 get another chance? Some Illinois legislators say yes

CHICAGO -- Antonio House hasn’t known freedom since he was 19, when he was locked up as a suspect in the 1993 kidnappings and killings of two teens on Chicago’s West Side.

Chicago Tribune · Jun 29, 2023

Woman raped by ex-No 10 aide launches bid to stop him being moved to open prison

Former Downing Street aide Mark Adams was jailed for seven years

The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2023

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Peter Sagan given suspended prison sentence for drink driving offence

Three-time road world champion also banned from driving for three months, on eve of Tour de France

Cycling Weekly · Jun 29, 2023

Danny Weatherson case: Newcastle MP calls for change to prevent others from becoming trapped in prison system

Danny is set to be released 17 years after he was handed a controversial indefinite prison sentence for attempting to steal a coat and mobile phone

Chronicle Live · Jun 29, 2023

Maryland's highest court to hear appeals in case chronicled by 'Serial' podcast

The Supreme Court of Maryland has announced it will hear an appeal from Adnan Syed, whose conviction for killing an ex-girlfriend was reinstated by a lower court earlier this year after he was released from prison

The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2023

Mum plotted with jailed son to smuggle drugs to him in ball thrown over prison wall

Jamie Challis sought the help of mum Amanda Challis to sneak cannabis into Portland Prison in Dorset by throwing it into the compound in tennis balls

Daily Mirror · Jun 28, 2023

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Prison Ministry Group Sues Indiana Jail for Banning Amazon Books

The lawsuit claims the ban has no "legitimate penological justification"

Reason · Jun 28, 2023

Prisoner who slit woman's throat wrote bizarre apology on cell wall - in his own blood

The now 20 year old, who left his victim Stephanie Ng to die on the beach of Dun Laoghaire in 2017, smeared the words 'Sorry Stephanie' on the wall of his cell

Irish Mirror · Jun 28, 2023

Peter Sagan given suspended prison sentence over drunk driving incident

Former World Champion also barred from driving for three months

Cycling News · Jun 28, 2023

LOCALIZE IT: Thousands more prisoners will get degrees paid for with Pell Grants

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The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2023

‘Whatever it takes’: the activists who risk prison to shatter Australia’s climate complacency

Protesters are taking increasingly extreme action to highlight ecological collapse – and new, more draconian laws are failing to stop them

The Guardian - AU · Jun 28, 2023

Wheelchair-using rape suspect facing extradition kicked down door, court told

Nicholas Rossi is fighting an extradition hearing at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.

The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2023

Wanted man boasts he's 'too good at hiding' as he taunts police on Facebook

Furqaan Hussain, 22, is wanted on recall to prison

Manchester Evening News · Jun 28, 2023

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Daily Record · Jun 28, 2023

US fugitive Nicholas Rossi has no medical need for wheelchair, prison doctor tells court

Dr Barbara Mundweil said Rossi claims to be “paralysed”, but there had been no diagnosis of any condition preventing him from walking.

The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2023

5 takeaways from AP's reporting on Pell Grants for prisoners getting college degrees

Thousands of prisoners throughout the United States get their college degrees behind bars, most of them paid for by the federal Pell Grant program, which offers the neediest undergraduates tuition aid that they don’t have to repay

The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2023

Scathing watchdog blames Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide on prison staff leaving him unchecked in cell

The DOJ’s Office of the Inspector General released its report on Tuesday, finding that multiple prison staff members failed to check on the disgraced financier despite him being on suicide watch

The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2023

Thousands more prisoners across the US will get free college paid for by the government

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The Guardian - UK · Jun 28, 2023

First Thing: Supreme court rules against fringe legal theory in key voting rights case

North Carolina Republicans requested justices issue after following dispute over electoral maps. Plus, Brittney Griner’s triumphant return to the WNBA

The Texas Tribune · Jun 28, 2023

Inmates are dying in stifling Texas prisons, but the state seldom acknowledges heat as a cause of death

Since a heat wave gripped Texas, at least nine inmates, including two men in their 30s, have died of heart attacks or unknown causes in prisons lacking air conditioning. It’s been 11 years since the state last classified a death as heat-related.

Daily Mirror · Jun 28, 2023

Great British Menu star Mark Ellis spared prison after major fire safety investigation

Chef Mark Ellis, who found fame on BBC cooking show the Great British Menu, faced two years in jail after a probe into his Allium Bar and Grill restaurant in Tattenhall, Cheshire

The Guardian - US · Jun 28, 2023

‘She brings light’: Brittney Griner’s triumphant return to the WNBA

Many feared the Mercury star would struggle on court after her time in Russian prison. But she has already been named in the league’s All-Star team

Chicago Tribune · Jun 28, 2023

Commentary: There are no winners in Wagner Group’s thwarted insurrection in Russia

The rebellion ended as quickly as it began. Less than a day after Wagner Group mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin led thousands of his men into Russia and made a beeline toward Moscow, he called it off and pulled them back. In a deal brokered by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Prigozhin…

Chronicle Live · Jun 28, 2023

Hexham pensioner caught with child sex abuse images for second time avoids jail again

Pervert Peter Gill has been given a further suspended sentence, despite also being given one in 2017 for similar offending

The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2023

Thai court acquits 5 who were accused of blocking the queen's motorcade during 2020 protests

A court in Thailand has acquitted a student activist and four other people of impeding the motorcade of the country’s queen during pro-democracy demonstrations in 2020, an offense that could have seen them sentenced to 16 years in prison or even the death penalty

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