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Tennis ace Becker recounts horrors of British prison life after fraud conviction

Former tennis world number one Boris Becker vowed during an emotional TV interview to avoid the mistakes that led to his jail sentence for fraud in April. The 55-year-old German, who shot to fame nearly 40 years ago as the first unseeded man to win Wimbledon, was found guilty of…

Radio France Internationale

Syria's Assad issues conditional amnesty for draft dodgers

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued an amnesty on Wednesday that pardons draft dodgers and helps them avoid prison if they report to duty within three to four months.

Reuters

Four North East men still wanted in connection with serious offences after 11 arrested

Northumbria Police have confirmed that they will be carrying out extensive searches across the region

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How Gandhi helped an ex-convict turn his life around

Is it fashionable to hate Gandhi? A number of think-pieces may suggest it is, with varying degrees of success. The rehabilitation of Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse, even by Lok Sabha MPs, also contributes to this general sense, and no one knows it better than Milan Thakkar.

Newslaundry

Israel to Hold Remains of Deceased Palestinian Prisoner

Israel's defense minister said Wednesday that the remains of a Palestinian prisoner who died a day earlier from lung cancer would not be released for burial. Benny Gantz’s office said the body of Nasser Abu Hamid, one of the founders of the Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade, would be held as…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Police appeal for help to trace man wanted on recall to prison

Shaun Aver is from the Bury area, police said

Manchester Evening News

Everything Boris Becker said about prison hell including death threats from murderers

One of tennis' greatest players Boris Becker has now been released from prison and he recalled his hellish experiences behind bars in a wide-ranging TV interview

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Edinburgh inmate threatened to end girlfriend's life after getting dumped on video call

29-year-old Brendan Carroll was serving a sentence in Edinburgh’s Saughton Prison when his partner at the time broke the bad news over the video link.

Edinburgh Live

Qatar’s forgotten migrant workers stuck in a ‘prison where you can work’

The migrant labour camps in Qatar are harsh places and feel in a different universe from the Lusail Stadium

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Fort Worth cop Aaron Dean sentenced to nearly 12 years in prison for manslaughter

FORT WORTH, Texas — Atatiana Jefferson’s family waited three years for justice in her slaying, but they said the justice rendered fell short.

Tribune News Service

Sam Bankman-Fried reportedly fell asleep during extradition hearing

Crypto mogul faces up to 115 years in prison if convicted of wire fraud and securities fraud charges

The Independent UK

Weinstein dodges sentencing enhancement, faces 18 years

Harvey Weinstein will face a maximum prison sentence of 18 years after a Los Angeles jury failed to reach a verdict on special allegations that Weinstein planned his assault on a model-actor in 2013 and whether she was “particularly vulnerable.”

The Independent UK

Paul Kelly's How to Make Gravy covered by First Nations prisoners with Pitjantjatjara translation

A quarter of a century after it was first recorded, First Nations prisoners in WA have put a fresh spin on the iconic song How to Make Gravy.

ABC News

Man pleads guilty in Florida woman's unsolved 1991 slaying

A man already imprisoned in Florida for another killing has pleaded guilty to the unsolved 1991 slaying of a woman he met at a bar

The Independent UK

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One Of 2022’s Great Failures Was That The Rate Of Indigenous Deaths In Custody Increased

The rate of Indigenous deaths in custody rose in 2022, more than 31 years after the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.

Daily Mirror

Boris Becker claims Jurgen Klopp "couldn't visit" him in prison amid safety concerns

Former tennis player Boris Becker revealed all in an emotional interview in Germany about his experience in prison, where he spent eight months before being released last week

Al Jazeera

Former US police officer gets nearly 12 years for fatal shooting

Ex-officer was convicted of manslaughter for fatally shooting 28-year-old Black woman Atatiana Jefferson in Texas home.

The Independent UK

Boris Becker says he was ‘a nobody’ in prison as he breaks silence after release

‘I think I rediscovered the person I used to be,’ says three-time Wimbledon champion

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Ex-Fort Worth cop sentenced to nearly 12 years for manslaughter of Atatiana Jefferson

A jury found Aaron Dean guilty of manslaughter last week for the fatal shooting of Jefferson, a 28-year-old Black woman, while she was babysitting her nephew in a family home.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago man gets 26 months in prison for torching CTA van during George Floyd protest

Lamar Taylor has served 22 months while awaiting trial and is likely to be released soon.

Tribune News Service

Ex-Fort Worth cop Aaron Dean sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for manslaughter

FORT WORTH, Texas — The former Fort Worth officer convicted of manslaughter for the 2019 killing of Atatiana Jefferson was sentenced Tuesday to more than 11 years in prison, marking an end to the long-awaited trial in a case that sent shock waves across Tarrant County and nationwide.

The Independent UK

Officer gets nearly 12 years for killing Atatiana Jefferson

A former Texas police officer convicted of manslaughter for fatally shooting Atatiana Jefferson through a rear window of her home in 2019 has been sentenced to 11 years and 10 months in prison

Daily Mirror

Boris Becker reveals grim reality of prison life after "brutal" jail transfer

The 55-year-old spent eight months in prison after being found guilty of four charges under the Insolvency Act, and he has now broken his silence bout his experience on German television

The Independent UK

Alabama inmate ‘baked to death’ in prison cell, says lawsuit

‘He had dreams of obtaining his freedom, joining his mother and starting a new and productive life’

The Independent UK

R Kelly’s former manager sentenced to prison over shooting threat hoax to stop screening about disgraced star

Donnell Russell, 47, was sentenced to a year in federal prison on Monday

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