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Coroner probes obese Indigenous prisoner's death

A coroner is examining the quality of healthcare given to Indigenous Australian prisoners after a man died having gained more than 100 kilograms while in jail.

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2 Pakistanis leave Guantanamo after 20 years without charges

U.S. officials at Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba have returned two Pakistani brothers to their home country

The Independent UK

Melbourne crime kingpin George Marrogi and girlfriend Antonietta Mannella jailed over multi-million-dollar drug scheme

George Marrogi ran a multi-million-dollar drug syndicate from inside a maximum security prison — conduct a judge described as "outrageous" when handing down a 22-year jail term.

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Florida executes Donald Dillbeck for 1990 Tallahassee murder

STARKE, Fla. — Florida executed Donald David Dillbeck on Thursday evening, three decades after he stabbed to death Faye Vann outside the Tallahassee Mall.

Tribune News Service

Killer's jail time extended for 'outrageous' drug plot

Convicted killer George Marrogi and his girlfriend Antonietta Mannella have been sentenced for running a drug empire while the underworld figure is behind bars.

AAP

Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 16 years for rape

Harvey Weinstein, the onetime Hollywood titan who came to epitomize a culture of pervasive sexual misconduct by powerful men that ignited the #MeToo movement, was sentenced on Thursday to 16 years in prison for the 2013 rape of an actress in Los Angeles.

France 24

Pregnant prisoner demands unborn baby be released from jail as she awaits murder trial

Natalia Harrell shot Gladys Borcela in the back of an Uber taxi last summer, in Florida, USA, but as the mum-to-be awaits trial for murder she has claimed her unborn child should be released from jail

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R Kelly avoids lengthy addition to prison sentence

The R&B singer was given one additional year of prison time for child pornography and the enticement of minors for sex.

Al Jazeera

Harvey Weinstein begs for mercy as he is sentenced to another 16 years in prison

Disgraced movie executive will now likely spend rest of life behind bars

The Independent UK

Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 16 years in prison for Los Angeles rape

LOS ANGELES — Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 16 years in prison Thursday for raping a woman in a Beverly Hills hotel in 2013, all but assuring that the disgraced Hollywood kingmaker will spend the rest of his life behind bars.

Los Angeles Times

Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 16 more years in prison over Los Angeles rape

The disgraced producer begged the judge: ‘Please don’t sentence me to life in prison, I don’t deserve it. I beg your mercy’

Evening Standard

Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 16 years in prison in Los Angeles

Weinstein was found guilty of rape and other sexual misconduct charges involving a woman last December.

The Independent UK

Harvey Weinstein will likely spend the rest of his life in prison after LA sentence

Once one of the most powerful men in Hollywood, the 70-year-old former film producer will most likely spend the rest of his life in prison. He is already serving a 23-year sentence in New York.

WEKU

Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 16 more years in prison in Los Angeles rape case

Sentence comes two months after Weinstein was convicted of one count of rape and two counts of sexual assault

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R Kelly to serve extra year in jail on top of 30-year sentence for sex offences

US District Judge Harry Leinenweber ordered that Kelly serve one year in prison.

Daily Mirror

Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 16 years in prison for rape and sexual assault

Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 16 years in prison after being found guilty of rape, forced oral copulation and another sexual misconduct count

The Independent UK

Head of troubled start-up Ozy Media arrested at New York hotel on fraud charges

Carlos Watson faces maximum prison sentence of 37 years if convicted

Evening Standard

R Kelly to serve just extra year in prison for convictions for child pornography and enticing minors for sex

Disgraced R&B star avoids lengthy add-on to 30-year prison sentence he is currently serving

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R Kelly sentenced to just ONE extra year in jail for federal paedophilia charges

R Kelly has been sentenced to just one more year in prison for federal paedophilia charges, with the judge determining his actions didn't merit a sex trafficking enhancement

WEKU

R. Kelly sentenced to one more year in prison for child pornography

The disgraced former R&B star is already serving 30 years for sex trafficking and racketeering. On Thursday, he was given one more year in prison for having made pornography with three children.

WEKU

How a former caterer created the mercenary army fighting Putin's war in Ukraine

Guardian journalist Shaun Walker talks about Yevgeny Prigozhin, the tough-talking convict-turned-businessman who recruits soldiers from Russian prisons to fight in Ukraine.

The Independent UK

Jan 6 rioter who posted ‘assassinate AOC’ after storming Capitol sentenced to three years in prison

Garret Miller wore a T-shirt with Trump’s image commemorating the Capitol attack when he was arrested

Reuters

Vietnamese trafficker gets sentence lowered over UK refugee deaths

Belgian court of appeal on Thursday lowered the prison sentence for Vietnamese trafficking gang leader Vo Van Hong over the manslaughter of 39 compatriots who suffocated in an airtight shipping container smuggled into Britain in 2019.

Daily Mirror

Hapless burglar accepted brews from kindhearted victims then left his DNA on the cups

Christopher McKillop, fresh out of prison, targeted vulnerable OAPs in a cruel campaign of burglary and fraud, spinning elaborate lies to get access to their homes before stealing cash and bank cards

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Gateshead man who murdered Northumbria cop almost 30 years ago bids for move to open prison in third parole hearing

Paul Weddle stabbed Sergeant Bill Forth in the heart, lung and kidney

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