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Expert urges Government to set up specialist mental health court

An urgent call three years ago for the Government to establish a specialised mental health court went unanswered, with one of the advocates saying things have further deteriorated

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Minnesota Court of Appeals rejects Derek Chauvin's request for new trial in George Floyd killing

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday rejected former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's appeal for a new trial outside Hennepin County.

Tribune News Service

'Stalin-style' show trials and unexplained deaths of opposition figures show the depth of repression in Putin's Russia

Longtime Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza has been found guilty of treason and sentenced to 25 years in prison after what the journalist and activist has dismissed as a 1930s-style “show trial”.

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Inside Raoul Moat's true story - including horrific killing spree and police standoff

The Hunt for Raoul Moat is set to air this evening on ITV but the series has already sparked controversy.

Daily Record

Latest on Ukraine: Russia's prisoners, Brazil's diplomacy, the fight for Bakhmut

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

WEKU

Hunting trips, sex and a BMW: former biathlon chief charged with corruption

Anders Besseberg has been accused of receiving various expensive gifts from Russia and, if convicted, he could face 10 years in prison in his home country, Norway

The Guardian - UK

Wife of jailed Putin critic says 25-year sentence is 'recognition' of his work

The wife of Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza said on Monday that the 25-year prison sentence a Russian court handed him was recognition of the effectiveness of his work and showed that authorities fear him.

Reuters

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Pentagon leak of US intelligence on Ukraine and other allies shows failure to learn from Chelsea Manning affair

The world’s media was predictably alive last weekend with speculation about Jack Teixeira, the young US guardsman who was charged in a case involving leaked confidential US defence and intelligence documents. The actual charge levelled against the 21-year-old Airman First Class is the “unauthorised retention and transmission of national defence…

The Conversation

U.S. envoy pays first visit to WSJ reporter Gershkovich in Moscow prison

U.S. Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy on Monday said she had made her first visit to jailed Wall Street reporter Evan Gershkovich, who Moscow arrested two weeks ago on charges of spying.

Reuters

Who did Raoul Moat kill? The true story behind ITV's The Hunt for Raoul Moat

We reveal the true story behind The Hunt for Raoul Moat, including who he killed and why he was in prison.

GoodToKnow

Edinburgh prisoner demands NHS sex-change op while serving life term for murder

Paris Green tied up and battered her 45-year-old victim to death alongside two accomplices in a cruel and barbaric assault which a judge said "beggared belief".

Edinburgh Live

Putin critic jailed for 25 years in harshest anti-war ruling yet

Russia sentenced a prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin to 25 years in prison in the harshest sentence yet handed down to an opposition activist.

Tribune News Service

Russian court rejects US reporter Gershkovich's detention appeal

A Moscow court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich to be freed from pre-trial detention, meaning he will stay in a former KGB prison until at least May 29 while a spying case against him is investigated.

Reuters

Opposition figure's sentence underlines Russian intolerance

The 25-year treason sentence imposed on prominent Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza on Monday was a particularly severe show of authorities’ intensifying intolerance of criticism of the war in Ukraine and other dissenting opinions

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'My life's been transformed after leaving prison and living in a house for the homeless'

Leo has had a rollercoaster life so far but believes that people should never give up even when things get hard

The Conversation

As Second Chance Pell Grant program grows, more incarcerated people can get degrees – but there's a difference between prison-run and college-run education behind bars

People in prison rarely get to go to college.

Daily Mirror

Stephen Bear's fiancé Jessica Smith shares his prison letters and says they 'make her melt'

Disgraced reality star Stephen Bear, 33, was sentenced to 21 months in prison at the beginning of March

WhatToWatch

Time season 2: cast, plot, first look, and everything we know

Time season 2 is set in a women's prison with Bella Ramsey, Tamara Lawrence, Jodie Whittaker and Siobhan Finneran leading the cast.

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Portuguese prisoners build confessionals ahead of Pope's visit

Fraudster Tiago Espanhol has been behind bars for a little over two years. He has 2-1/2 more years before release but he says building confessionals for Pope Francis' visit to Portugal this summer is speeding up time.

Reuters

Factbox: Kara-Murza becomes latest Putin opponent to get long jail term

Sentenced on Monday to 25 years in prison on charges including treason, Vladimir Kara-Murza joined a growing list of Russians who have received long jail terms after speaking out against President Vladimir Putin or the invasion of Ukraine. Here are some of the most prominent cases.

Daily Record

Murderer who killed pal over £40 drug debt found using padlock in sock as weapon in Scots jail

Paul Cannop, serving a minimum 17 years for stabbing his friend in a row over a £40 drug debt, tied the metal padlock inside a sock to use as a makeshift cudgel.

The New Daily

Tensions remain high after guards injured in Casuarina prison riot

Tensions remain high in the youth wing of a WA prison after six guards were allegedly injured during a riot.

ABC News

Members of the Myanmar diaspora in Australia say they are frustrated with the government's current sanctions

Myanmar's military government releases thousands of prisoners to mark a Buddhist holiday, just days after airstrikes targeting rebels killed civilians in the country's north-west.

The Independent UK

‘Russia will be free’: Defiant Kremlin critic jailed for 25 years after denouncing Ukraine invasion

UK among those to call for the immediate release of Vladimir Kara-Murza, a dual Russian-British citizen

WEKU

Russia sentences opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza to 25 years in prison

Kara-Murza's sentence is the harshest prison term delivered yet to a government opponent since the Kremlin launched its war in Ukraine in February 2022.

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