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Horror of Nice truck rampage that killed 86 recalled as 8 people convicted 6 years on

A French judge has sentenced eight defendants to prison terms ranging from two to 18 years after three-and-a-half months of heart-wrenching testimony from survivors of the Nice terror attacks - which saw driver Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel smash his truck into a crowd of people watching fireworks on Bastille Day in 2016,…

Daily Mirror

Meek Mill goes deep for Philly kids caught in justice system

Meek Mill played football inside the Philadelphia Eagles' practice facility with 35 area children from families caught in the criminal justice system

The Independent UK

Senate probe found some federal prison staff abused female inmates without discipline

A new Senate probe finds some men who work for federal prisons have systemically preyed on women in their custody, with few criminal or disciplinary consequences.

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Paroled Bali bomb maker apologises to victims' families

LAMONGAN, Indonesia: An Indonesian bomb maker convicted for his role in the deadly 2002 Bali nightclub attacks has apologised to the victims' families, after his release from prison was met with outrage in Australia.

Bangkok Post

Zara Aleena’s killer jailed for life for the brutal sexually motivated murder in Ilford

Jordan McSweeney will serve a minimum of 38 years in prison for ‘deeply violent’ killing of Ms Aleena as she walked home from a night out

Evening Standard

Convicted Bali bomb maker apologises to victims' families

An Indonesian bomb maker convicted for his role in the deadly 2002 Bali nightclub attacks has apologised to the victims' families, after his release from prison was met with outrage in Australia.

Reuters

Man who spat in PC’s eye spared a jail term as ‘prisons are too full’

A man who spat in a police officer’s face has been spared a stint in jail after a judge said Britain’s prisons are too full to take on extra inmates.

Evening Standard

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Iran drives number of imprisoned journalists worldwide to record high

Iran's protest crackdown has helped push the number of journalists imprisoned worldwide to a record high of 533 in 2022, according to a report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) published Wednesday.

France 24

Iran Pushes Global List of Imprisoned Journalists to Record High

Iran's protest crackdown has helped push the number of journalists imprisoned worldwide to a record high of 533 in 2022, according to a report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) published Wednesday. The figure is up from 488 in 2021, already a record, according to the France-based NGO.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Climate activist Deanna ‘Violet’ Coco reveals why she was prepared to risk jail time

Exclusive: In her first interview since being released from prison, Coco recalls how bushfires three years ago sparked her epiphany

The Guardian - AU

Man avoids adult prison for Xmas day death

A 19-year-old man has been sentenced to a youth detention centre for the Christmas Day manslaughter of a Victorian grandfather.

AAP

Griner ‘Heartbroken’ Over Ex-Marine Imprisoned in Russia, per Agent

The WNBA star is reportedly “heartbroken” that the former U.S. Marine remains behind bars in Russia.

Sports Illustrated

Sam Bankman-Fried faces up to 115 years' prison if convicted on FTX fraud

WASHINGTON: Sam Bankman-Fried faces up to 115 years in prison if he’s convicted on all eight charges filed by the US Department of Justice on Tuesday — though he’s unlikely to be sentenced to that long a term.

The Times of India

Zara Aleena’s killer facing life for brutal sexually motivated attack

Jordan McSweeney had targeted more than one woman before he preyed on the 35-year-old as she walked home from a night out early on June 26.

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Prisons chief: Official who beat inmates deserves 2nd chance

The director of the federal Bureau of Prisons is defending her decision to rally behind a high-ranking agency official who climbed the ranks after beating Black inmates, saying Tuesday that she feels he’s shown contrition and deserves a second chance

Tribune News Service

6 people accused of taking orders from Mexican Mafia face kidnapping, gun and drug charges in San Diego

SAN DIEGO — A three-month investigation in southeastern San Diego resulted in charges against five men and a woman who authorities say planned violent crimes, sold drugs and stored guns in a house at the direction of the Mexican Mafia prison gang, officials announced Tuesday.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘I don’t know if you have a soul’: Prolific Wicked Town killer gets 50 years in prison

Relatives of Darius Murphy’s victims told a judge during a somber hearing Tuesday that Murphy should never walk free again.

Chronicle Live

Work, education and training at HMP Northumberland fails to meet expected standard, reveals inspection report

The Chief Inspector of Prisons has documented how the prison is safer than during the last inspection in 2017

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The Independent UK

Witness who helped convict man: Testimony still 'haunts' him

A witness whose testimony helped send a man to prison for a killing decades ago has testified his role in the case of Lamar Johnson “still haunts" him

The Independent UK

Judge rules against Oklahoma in attempt to execute inmate

A federal judge in Texas has rejected Oklahoma's attempt to have a federal prisoner transferred to state custody so he can be executed

Miami Herald

More Ghislaine Maxwell documents are released, but the secrets remain under lock and key

MIAMI — Ghislaine Maxwell calls a Tallahassee federal prison home, but the convicted sex trafficker’s secrets are still being closely guarded.

Radio France Internationale

French court convicts all 8 suspects in 2016 Nice terror attack trial

A French court on Tuesday jailed eight suspects charged in the harrowing 2016 attack in Nice, in which a suspected Islamist terrorist ploughed his truck into a crowd celebrating the 14 July national holiday resulting in the deaths of 86 people.

The Guardian - UK

World Rugby in crisis after Bernard Laporte fined on corruption charges

The vice-chairman of World Rugby, Bernard Laporte, has been fined £64,500 and given a two-year suspended sentence nine months before the World Cup in France

Zenger

WNBA’s Griner Is Happy To Be Home After Prisoner Exchange

The American basketball star was traded for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout — but some were critical of the swap.

Daily Mirror

World Rugby chief Bernard Laporte gets suspended prison sentence on corruption charges

French rugby federation president Bernard Laporte has been given a two-year suspended prison sentence and fined after being found guilty of corruption and having an 'illegal taking of interests'

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