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US ‘cult’ leader given 60 years in prison for sexual and emotional abuse

Larry Ray convicted in April of sex trafficking and racketeering stemming from abuse of young women at Sarah Lawrence College

The Guardian - US · Jan 20, 2023

Irving case prompts review of redress options for miscarriages of justice

Exclusive: Australia is alone among democracies who have not ratified UN provision enabling legal remedy for someone wrongfully convicted or imprisoned

The Guardian - AU · Jan 20, 2023

Lawmakers poised to renew push to criminalize Supreme Court leaks - Roll Call

A Supreme Court report on the leak of a draft opinion renewed an effort to criminalize leaking information from the high court.

Roll Call · Jan 20, 2023

Former Algerian Minister Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

A former Algerian energy minister was sentenced in absentia Thursday to 20 years in prison for corruption. Chakib Khelil headed the energy ministry for a decade under the late president Abdelaziz Bouteflika. The Sidi M’Hamed court in Algiers also issued on Thursday prison terms of between five and 10 years…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 20, 2023

Perverted loner who took hundreds of pictures of women's bottoms is now behind bars

Andrew Smoggie's pictures at Manchester Pride were a breach of his Sexual Harm Prevention Order

Manchester Evening News · Jan 20, 2023

Court agrees with artist Peter Doig that ‘Pete Doige’ painting really isn’t his

An ex-prison guard claimed he owned a Doig original he bought for $100 and accused the artist of lying when he said he didn’t paint it

The Guardian - US · Jan 20, 2023

Appreciation: David Crosby, dead at 81, saw the end was coming: 'I don’t have a lot of time'

David Crosby knew his days were numbered at least several years before his death was reported Thursday.

Tribune News Service · Jan 20, 2023

Australia's twice extended deadline for torture prevention is today, but we've missed it again

Today marks the (already twice extended) deadline for Australia to meet its international obligation to implement torture prevention bodies. The role of these bodies is to monitor treatment and conditions in places where people are deprived of their liberty, like prisons and detention centres.

The Conversation · Jan 20, 2023

Former NSW police sergeant sentenced to four months in prison over child sexual abuse images

Judge Ian Bourke accepted the former policeman was searching for the sexually suggestive images for personal use not disseminating to others, but noted children are abused in the creation of such material, a court hears.

ABC News · Jan 20, 2023

Former NSW cop jailed for child abuse pics

A former police sergeant showed no contrition or remorse after he accessed thousands of images depicting child abuse, the judge who sent him to prison said.

AAP · Jan 20, 2023