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Texas bill requiring 10-year prison sentences for gun felonies faces opposition from criminal justice and firearm advocates

Under Senate Bill 23, all felonies involving a gun would incur a mandatory 10-year prison sentence. It’s meant to curb crime, despite the lack of correlation between harsher sentences and crime rates.

The Texas Tribune

Theranos exec Sunny Balwani loses bid to delay prison term

A federal judge has rejected former Theranos executive Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani’s bid to remain free while he appeals his conviction for crimes he committed during a blood-testing scam he orchestrated with his former boss and lover, Elizabeth Holmes

The Independent UK

Former model supports Charles Bronson at parole hearing despite end of prison romance

Gemma Fernandez says she still speaks to the notorious inmate who learns later this month if he is to be freed after 48 years behind bars

Wales Online

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Mississippi man gets 42 years in prison for cross burning

A Mississippi man who burned a cross in his front yard to intimidate his Black neighbors has been sentenced to 42 years in prison

The Independent UK

Disgraced lawyer Alex Murdaugh appeals life conviction for killing wife and son

Judge Clifton Newman sentenced Alex Murdaugh to two consecutive life terms in prison. Exactly one week after his conviction, the disgraced lawyer is filing for an appeal

Daily Mirror

Piers Morgan slams Harry and Meghan for accepting titles from 'prison camp monarchy'

In unsurprising news, Piers Morgan isn't a fan of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's latest move - slamming the couple and accusing them of rank hypocrisy regarding Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet's official titles

Daily Mirror

Lawmakers offer stark choices for ending the crisis in Texas’ youth prisons — shut them all down, or build more

Plagued by decades of scandals over sexual and physical abuse of children, the Texas Juvenile Justice Department is at a crossroads.

The Texas Tribune

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Ex-Goldman Sachs banker gets 10 year sentence for fraud

A former Goldman Sachs banker has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in looting a Malaysian development fund

The Independent UK

Ex-Goldman banker given 10 years in prison for role in 1MDB fraud scandal

Roger Ng, 50, found guilty by Brooklyn jury in massive embezzlement linked to Malaysian state investment fund

The Guardian - US

Charles Bronson's model ex stands by him as he bids for jail release after 48 years

Former model Gemma Fernandez struck up a 'romance' with Britain’s most violent inmate but they later split, with Bronson revealing: 'Romance and prison don't mix'

Daily Mirror

Two prison officers assaulted trying to break up fight among inmates at Mountjoy

"Tensions are very high in Mountjoy at the moment"

Irish Mirror

‘UnPrisoned’ review: Kerry Washington leans into her comedic instincts as a woman reconnecting with her estranged dad

“I wasn’t born into a family so much as I was hatched,” is how Tracy McMillan has described her origin story. Her mom was a “20-year-old Minnesota girl with a really bad drinking problem,” and her dad was a “Billy Dee Williams type who committed crimes for a living.” Mom…

Chicago Tribune

Italy seeks life term for captain accused of giving Russia secrets

An Italian military prosecutor on Thursday demanded life in prison for a navy captain accused of passing secret documents to Russia in return for cash.

Reuters

YouTuber ordered to forfeit more than $30M in luxury assets including $6M in cash, Lamborghinis, McLarens and property portfolio

Bill Omar Carrasquill was sentenced to more than five years in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges including copyright infringement and tax fraud.

Fortune

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Nottingham Post

Nottinghamshire Lowdham Grange prisoner death prompts investigation

A man died at the category B prison in Nottinghamshire on Monday

Daily Record

Vile killer who dismembered Scots teen died in prison after contracting sepsis

Michael McArthur died in April last year while serving a life sentence at HMP Dumfries.

Bristol Post

'Do not approach' wanted Bristol man with strong Westcountry accent

Joshua Malone is wanted on recall to prison

The Independent UK

Fear, anxiety follow Nicaraguan faith leaders into exile

Dozens of priests, nuns, seminarians and church workers have fled Nicaragua in recent years, or been exiled by President Daniel Ortega’s government, which considers them a threat

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Manchester Evening News

Driver's £50,000 DHL criminal sting unravelled by Amazon

Steven Black was caught after bosses at DHL became suspicious about the missing parcels

Daily Mirror

Double killer Alex Murdaugh placed in secure area of prison over fears he'll be attacked

Authorities fear the infamy of the case that gripped the nation will make Alex Murdaugh, who brutally killed his wife Maggie and their son Paul, a target for other inmates in Columbia, South Carolina, US

Daily Mirror

Charles Bronson's brother refuses to back freedom bid after 'fake son' emerged

Notorious prisoner Charles Bronson is bidding to be released from prison after spending 48 years behind bars, but his brother Mark Peterson says they no longer speak

Evening Standard

Gang culture being ‘tacitly encouraged’ inside London prison, watchdog warns

Teenage inmates arrive at a London prison with long histories of involvement with social services in a “serious indictment of the effectiveness of the care system”, a watchdog warned on Thursday.

The Independent UK

German woman risks tougher sentence over Yazidi girl's death

A German appeals court has ordered a new sentencing hearing for a German convert to Islam who was given 10 years in prison on charges that as a member of the Islamic State group in Iraq she allowed a 5-year-old Yazidi girl she and her husband kept as a slave…

Wales Online

Prisoner Charles Bronson compares public parole hearing to 'being on The Apprentice'

It came after the 70-year-old inmate was described as suffering from PTSD

Daily Mirror

Heartbroken mum fears daughter's 'foul' killer husband will 'seek revenge' after release

Diana Parkes has asked Dominic Raab to block the early release of her daughter's killer Robert Brown, who bludgeoned her to death with a hammer in 2010

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