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Public Sector Unions Are Trampling Our Public Services

Teachers unions, police unions, and prison guard unions have inordinate control over public policy, and California is suffering the consequences.

Reason · Mar 31, 2023

Who is Charles Bronson? Life and crimes of one of UK’s longest serving prisoners

Charles Bronson has been dubbed one of Britain’s most violent offenders

The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2023

Replica of Kremlin critic Navalny's cell on display at Dutch exhibit

A replica of the two-by-three-metre prison cell holding Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny went on display in the Netherlands on Friday as part of an exhibit entitled "Silenced" about political prisoners through the centuries.

Reuters · Mar 31, 2023

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Oscar Pistorius pleads with South Africa parole board to set him free

Former South Africa Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius, jailed in 2016 for murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, will ask a parole board to release him

The New Daily · Mar 31, 2023

Penny Wong voices ‘concern’ about US reporter’s Moscow arrest on spy charges

The White House has branded as absurd espionage charges against a Wall Street Journal reporter now being held in one of Russia's most infamous prisons.

The New Daily · Mar 31, 2023

Police appeal to find prisoner convicted of assault and burglary after he was released ‘by mistake’

Rayon Newby, 20, was released from HMP Thameside on Friday 17 March before completing his sentence for assault, harassment and burglary

The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2023

Who is Evan Gershkovich, the US reporter imprisoned in Russia?

The Wall Street Journal reporter could face up to 20 years in prison after the FSB accused him of ‘collecting classified information’

Evening Standard · Mar 31, 2023

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Oscar Pistorius seeks release from jail TODAY as Reeva Steenkamp's parents oppose parole

Speaking from outside the prison holding parole hearing for former South Africa paralympian, June Steenkamp, said to reporters: "It is going to be very hard to be in the same room as him. We don't believe his story"

Daily Mirror · Mar 31, 2023

Oscar Pistorius could be freed from prison by parole board decade after murdering girlfriend

Former Paralympic runner has applied for parole 10 years after killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp

The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2023

Charles Bronson rings mum to say 'I'm not coming out' after failed bid for freedom

Bronson was given a letter notifying him of the parole's decision

Liverpool Echo · Mar 31, 2023

Violent criminal has accidentally been released from prison

Police are appealing for help to find him

Wales Online · Mar 31, 2023

Oscar Pistorius' uncle sets up luxury room killer will stay in if released from prison

Speaking ahead of former Paralympian and convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius' hearing, his uncle said they have the “Oscar room" ready and waiting

Daily Mirror · Mar 31, 2023

Hunt for violent offender released from prison in error

Police urge people not to approach Rayon Newby, 20, if he is spotted

Evening Standard · Mar 31, 2023

Watch from outside South Africa prison holding Oscar Pistorius parole hearing

Watch a view from outside the prison holding a parole hearing for Oscar Pistorius.

The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2023

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ABC News · Mar 31, 2023

Former Sydney prison officer sentenced to 23 years in jail for sexually assaulting inmates

Wayne Gregory Astill was convicted by a jury of 27 charges, which included counts of aggravated and indecent assault last year.

ABC News · Mar 31, 2023

NT independent politician Yingiya Guyula wants to see elders given authority to help offenders heal

An Arnhem Land politician says there are answers to the dire situation the NT is facing with crime and prisons – and they're solutions that have existed for generations.

Reuters · Mar 31, 2023

S.African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius denied parole a decade after killing girlfriend

Former South Africa Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius, jailed in 2016 for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, has been denied parole, South Africa's prison authorities and a lawyer for the victim's family said on Friday.

The New Daily · Mar 31, 2023

Canberra airport shooter jailed for more three years

The man charged over a shooting at Canberra Airport has been sentenced to more than three years in prison. The total sentence of three years and three

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The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2023

Who’s who in the Manhattan DA’s Donald Trump investigation

As Donald Trump fought his way to victory in the 2016 presidential campaign, key allies tried to smooth his bumpy path by paying off two women who had been thinking of going public with allegations of extramarital encounters with the Republican

The Conversation · Mar 30, 2023

Trump indictment won't keep him from presidential race, but will make his reelection bid much harder

A Manhattan grand jury has voted to indict former President Donald Trump. The specific state charges, reports The New York Times, “remain a mystery” but will be related to the Manhattan district attorney’s investigation of Trump for making hush money payments to a porn star just before the 2016 presidential…

Reason · Mar 30, 2023

Don Blankenship Loses Libel Lawsuit Against Donald Trump, Jr., Who Called Blankenship a "Felon"

Coal baron and later Senate candidate Blankenship had been convicted of a misdemeanor, and served a year in prison for it; a federal judge has concluded that Blankenship hadn't introduced enough evidence that Trump, Jr. knew that he had erred in calling Blankenship a "felon."

Miami Herald · Mar 30, 2023

Jury convicts former Presidente Supermarket exec of plotting brutal murder of wife’s lover

MIAMI — More than a decade after the body of his wife’s lover was found tortured and disfigured and after seven years on the lam in Europe, former Presidente Supermarket magnate Manuel Marin was found guilty of planning and the brutal crime.

France 24 · Mar 30, 2023

'Hotel Rwanda' hero Paul Rusesabagina arrives in US following release

In tonight's edition: Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko is given a two-month suspended sentence in his libel trial. Also, Kenya sees a third day of opposition and anti-inflation protests. Plus, Rwandan government critic Paul Rusesabagina arrives back in the United States after being released from prison. He spent more than…

ABC News · Mar 30, 2023

National security watchdog calls for controversial terror laws to be dumped in scathing review

The national security watchdog argues laws that allow convicted terrorists to be held in prison after their sentence is over should be dumped.

The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2023

Q&A: Prosecutors open up about prisoner's fatal beating

Three former Illinois prison guards will spend years behind bars for fatally punching, kicking and stomping a 65-year-old Black inmate, after dragging him out of sight of security cameras

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