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Russia frees WNBA star Brittney Griner in prisoner swap

The swap, at a time of heightened tensions over Ukraine, achieved a top goal for President Joe Biden, but carried a heavy price — and left behind an American jailed for nearly four years in Russia.

Chicago Sun-Times

A look at Brittney Griner's career on, off basketball court

Brittney Griner has been freed from a Russia prison in a high-level prisoner exchange

The Independent UK

Brittney Griner released in prisoner swap for Russian arms dealer

In exchange for Griner, the U.S. has freed convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.

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WNBA star Brittney Griner has been freed from a Russian prison

Griner was traded for convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. The swap did not include former Marine Paul Whelan who remains imprisoned in Russia on espionage charges the U.S. says are false.

WEKU

Russia frees US basketball star Brittney Griner in prisoner swap

Moscow says Griner was traded for Viktor Bout, a Russian former arms dealer convicted and jailed in the United States.

Al Jazeera

US basketball star Brittney Griner freed in prisoner swap for arms dealer Viktor Bout

Russia freed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, with the U.S. releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, American officials said. The swap, at a time of heightened tensions over Ukraine, achieved a top goal for President Joe Biden, but carried a heavy price…

France 24

Griner for Bout: WNBA star freed in US-Russia prisoner swap

Russia has freed WNBA star Brittney Griner in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, with the U.S. releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout

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Iran carries out the first known execution of a prisoner arrested in recent protests

Other detainees also face the possibility of the death penalty for their involvement in the protests, which began in mid-September, first as an outcry against Iran's morality police.

WEKU

As Mexico’s epidemic of violence rages on, authorities seem powerless to stop it

With more than 26,000 murders this year, it is clear the president’s strategy of using the military to control the crime gangs has failed

The Guardian - US

Former Theranos executive sentenced to 13 years in prison for fraud

Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, the right-hand man and ex-boyfriend of company founder Elizabeth Holmes, is planning to appeal an almost 13-year prison sentence for fraud. Prosecutors argued he played an essential role in defrauding investors of $900 million. Theranos falsely claimed it could run blood tests with a single prick of…

France 24

Best podcasts of the week: Nelson Mandela on prison and politics in his own, never-before-heard words

In this week’s newsletter: Over the course of 60 hours of interviews from 1993, the revolutionary leader opens up in Mandela: The Lost Tapes. Plus: five of the best podcasts with massive archives

The Guardian - UK

COUNTERPOINT: Immigration detention system is driven by profits

President Joe Biden vowed to end the federal government’s use of private prisons on the campaign trail. His campaign platform further stated that “the federal government should not use private facilities for any detention, including detention of undocumented immigrants.” And in 2021, Biden stepped into office continuing to promise that…

Tribune News Service

Bali bomber’s release after just 10 years in prison sparks anger among families of the 202 victims

Indonesia says Umar Patek has been deradicalised and successfully reformed in prison

The Independent UK

ITV Emmerdale confirms Boxing Day flashback to nineties for Cain, Chas and Caleb with three 'new' faces

It has already been revealed that viewers will meet Caleb Miligan this festive season as he tries to get answers from brother Cain Dingle

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Daily Mirror

Elizabeth Holmes’ ex Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani gets nearly 13 years in Theranos case

The former partner of infamous fraudster Elizabeth Holmes has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for his part in a huge multimillion-dollar scheme involving fake blood testing kits

The Independent UK

Australia wants Indonesia to monitor released bombmaker

Australia’s government says it is seeking assurances from Indonesia that the man convicted of making the bombs used in the 2002 Bali terrorist attacks would continue to be monitored after his release from prison

Wales Online

'Justice for Adam White': 75,000 people sign petition for dad jailed for chasing two would-be burglars

Adam White chased after two career criminals after they attempted to break into his house, but he crashed his car and injured the pair, which saw him serve prison time

AAP

Incestuous rapist jailed for max 14 years

A serial sexual predator who "tore apart" generations of his family through destructive abuse has been sentenced to a maximum of 14 years in prison.

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WEKU

Ex-Border Patrol agent convicted of killing 4 women in Texas

The conviction of a former Border Patrol agent who confessed to killing four sex workers in 2018 means an automatic sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.

The Guardian - UK

Bali bomb maker Umar Patek released from Indonesian prison

Patek was jailed 10 years ago over role in 2002 attacks, which killed more than 200 people

Al Jazeera

Theranos’s Balwani gets nearly 13 years over blood-testing hoax

Former chief operating officer of blood-testing startup was found guilty of conspiracy and fraud in July.

The Independent UK

Why 14 inmates have died in Atlanta jails this year, four times more than last year

Deaths amid debate about future of Altanta jail system and diversion programmes

Tribune News Service

Suspects in plot to shoot up NYC synagogue conferred with state prison inmate, prosecutors say

NEW YORK — The wannabe Nazis who planned to shoot up a synagogue in New York City plotted with two other people, including a state prison inmate whom they told about their plans to get a gun, prosecutors revealed Wednesday.

Tribune News Service

What’s next for Donald Trump after his company’s guilty verdict in tax fraud case

NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump wasn’t facing prison time when a Manhattan jury convicted his Trump Organization this week in a tax fraud scheme that stretched back more than 15 years.

AAP

NSW prison officer to face murder retrial

A NSW prison officer accused of murdering an inmate trying to escape will face a second trial after jury failed to reach a verdict

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