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Trump was not interested in Paul Whelan’s case, his former national security official says

Trump and his allies accused Biden of ignoring the imprisoned Marine after securing Brittney Griner’s release from Russia. But officials and Whelan’s family members say Trump didn’t want to take up his case

The Independent UK

White House official reveals Brittney Griner’s first words on US-bound plane after prisoner swap

‘I have been in prison for 10 months now listening to Russian. I want to talk’

The Independent UK

Too dangerous to be released: Evil skinhead murdered teen as he slept

Robert Stewart, from Hattersley, was jailed for life for the racially motivated murder of 19-year-old Zahid Mubarek at a young offenders institution in March 2000

Manchester Evening News

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Tulsa King season 1 episode 5: Dwight learns who his true enemies are

In Tulsa King season 1 episode 5, Dwight and crew realize just who they are dealing with, in Tulsa and New York.

WhatToWatch

In Peru, president’s ouster just latest manifestation of extreme political turmoil

LIMA, Peru — A right-wing populist president who led Peru during the 1990s is serving a 25-year prison sentence for human rights abuses. Three of his four immediate successors faced bribery charges — one killing himself with a gunshot to his head when police descended on his home to arrest…

Los Angeles Times

Were your kids' glasses made by slaves?

A public records request connects children's eyeglasses to labor exploitation in prisons

Salon

Italian trapped in UAE embassy pleads with Giorgia Meloni to get him home

Andrea Costantino says he has been in tiny room since release from prison on ‘totally unfounded’ charges of funding terrorism

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Stephen L. Carter: Brittney Griner is home. Next up should be Paul Whelan

We can all rejoice at the news that Russia has freed basketball star Brittney Griner. Griner was detained at a Moscow airport in February, after officials found in her luggage 0.7 ounces of hashish oil, for which she had a doctor’s note. She was later convicted of possession and smuggling,…

Tribune News Service

Nobel Peace Prize winners blast Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine

The winners of this year's Nobel Peace Prize from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine share their visions of a fairer world and denounced Russia's war.

ABC News

Southern Queensland Correctional Centre puppy program saving lives on both sides of the fence

A women's prison seems an unlikely place to find a four-legged friend, but dog trainers say it's the best place these puppies can learn to help others.

ABC News

Texas man who wrote ‘Murder the Media’ on Capitol door gets 4-year sentence

DALLAS — A Fort Worth man who claimed to work for Murder the Media News was sentenced to four years in federal prison for his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Tribune News Service

EastEnders' Danniella Westbrook gives update on Scouse prison boyfriend

Taking to Instagram she shared a rare image of the two of them together

Liverpool Echo

Not content with covering for her child killer son, Janette Mercer breaks the law again

The mum of child killer Sean Mercer could find herself back in prison

Liverpool Echo

Danniella Westbrook teases she's rekindled romance with jailed ex as she awaits reunion

Danniella Westbrook and her fiancé David – who is serving time in prison and is said to be getting released next year – were believed to have split up over the summer, but she's hinted they're back on

Daily Mirror

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Darko Desic: the former fugitive who spent 30 years on the run and his fight to stay in Australia

Yugoslavia-born former fugitive will soon be freed from prison and could be deported if he isn’t granted a visa

The Independent UK

Attorney: Kidnap plot leader should not get life sentence

The attorney for the leader of a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov_ Gretchen Whitmer says his client should not be sentenced to life in prison because prosecutors overstated his role in the plot and have created a “false narrative of a terrifying para-military leader."

Daily Mirror

Prisoners in open jail caught producing crack cocaine in cells 'like Breaking Bad'

A class A drug ring was busted at category D HMP Sudbury and there are fears some of the crack cocaine may have even ended up being flogged to the public by the convicted criminals let out on day release

Daily Mirror

Prisoners get opera-singing lessons and can rent out CDs to play in their cells

Jail chiefs think courses in opera may help would-be Pavarottis to go straight - but some sceptical insiders reckon many crooks would be better off with a kick up the arias

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Reuters

Russian arms dealer says he wished Griner good luck at prisoner exchange

Viktor Bout, the arms dealer freed in a prisoner swap for U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner, said he wished her good luck on the tarmac in Abu Dhabi where they were exchanged.

The Guardian - UK

Was the Viktor Bout exchange deal really a win for Moscow?

The Russian arms dealer is back in Moscow after the prisoner swap for Brittney Griner. Kremlin officials say it’s a ‘capitulation by America’ – but other believe Bout is a declining asset

Axios

Jimmy Lai, pro-democracy tycoon, sentenced to 5 years in Hong Kong prison

Jimmy Lai, is considered one of the most prominent critics of China, and activists see his sentencing as a major blow to freedom within the city.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: A bittersweet return: We welcome Brittney Griner home, at a cost

Planes land on U.S. territory every day, but one particular flight touching down has been hotly anticipated for months and brings with it great news and precious cargo: WNBA star Brittney Griner, who was arrested at the Moscow airport in February on a trumped-up charge of bringing illegal drugs into…

France 24

Hong Kong jails pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai for fraud

A Hong Kong court sentenced a pro-democracy media tycoon to five years and nine months in prison on Saturday over two fraud charges linked to lease violations, the latest of a series of cases against prominent activists that critics say are aimed at crushing dissent in the city.

Radio France Internationale

Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon jailed for 69 months over fraud

The Independent UK

“Have a nice day”: US killer of teenager Harry Dunn dodges questions after judge spares her jail

US citizen Anne Sacoolas handed suspended sentence of eight months in prison over death of British teenager

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