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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

The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2022

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.

Zenger · Dec 13, 2022

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'

Daily Mirror · Dec 13, 2022

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The training program that's both helping prisoners and tackling Australia's skills shortage

This new program is giving prisoners a second chance – and addressing one of Australia's major skills shortages.

ABC News · Dec 13, 2022

French court convicts all eight suspects over 2016 truck attack in Nice

A French court on Tuesday ordered prison terms for eight suspects charged in the harrowing 2016 terror attack in Nice, where a suspected Islamist attacker ploughed his truck into a crowd celebrating the July 14 national holiday.

France 24 · Dec 13, 2022

Jonathan Dowdall tells court Kinahans didn't start feud and that he found out 'real story' in prison years after helping Hutch side

“If I knew what I knew later on I wouldn’t have got involved.”

Irish Mirror · Dec 13, 2022

Far-left French MP gets four months suspended prison term for domestic abuse

Adrien Quatennens, a French MP belonging to the France Unbowed party has received a four month suspended prison sentence after being found guilty on charges relating to domestic violence.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 13, 2022

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German cum-ex mastermind handed 8-year jail sentence for tax fraud

A tax lawyer, alleged to have masterminded one of Germany's biggest post-war frauds, was sentenced to eight years in jail on Tuesday after a landmark trial that has gripped the country.

Reuters · Dec 13, 2022

Paroled Indonesia bombmaker apologizes for 2002 Bali attack

An Indonesian militant who was paroled last week after serving about half of his original 20-year prison sentence for making the explosives used in the 2002 Bali bombings has apologized to victims’ families

The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2022

Risk harsh prison terms or leave the country? The tough choices facing Russian dissidents

Early on in the war on Ukraine, Russia passed laws making it illegal to criticise the invasion, the military or even to describe the war as such. Along with thousands of arrests for anti-war protests, several high-profile opposition activists face lengthy prison sentences for speaking out against the war. Russian…

France 24 · Dec 13, 2022

'Prolific' Nottingham burglar jailed after leaving false tooth and prison release documents at crime scene

'This shows the sort of career criminal we are dealing with'

Nottingham Post · Dec 13, 2022

Far-right murderer takes 2 prison guards hostage in Germany

German security officials say a convicted far-right murderer temporarily took two prison guards hostage during an attempted jailbreak before he was overwhelmed by other guards

The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2022

5 comics who were arrested for what they said onstage

Until the Supreme Court changed the legal standard for obscenity in the early 1970s, comedians routinely faced the threat of arrest over raunchy material performed onstage.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 13, 2022

Revealed: Met Police PC and her cocaine baron husband living a millionaire’s lifestyle

The husband of a Met Police officer who bankrolled their millionaire lifestyle with the profits of a cocaine and cannabis supply ring, is facing years in prison.

Evening Standard · Dec 13, 2022

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Miami Herald · Dec 13, 2022

Michelle Kaufman: Brittney Griner is home safe, but gender inequities in professional sports continue

The release of WNBA star Brittney Griner from a Russian prison last week after 10 months in custody ignited a firestorm of opinions about the prisoner swap. It also brought to light the inequities faced by professional female basketball players in the United States.

Reason · Dec 13, 2022

Senate Investigation Finds Federal Prisons Fail to Prevent or Investigate Rapes

Long delays and management failures "allowed serious, repeated sexual abuse in at least four facilities to go undetected."

ABC News · Dec 13, 2022

NSW climate change protester bailed ahead of appeal against jail sentence

Deanna "Violet" Maree Coco, who was sentenced to at least eight months in prison for her role in a climate protest on the Sydney Harbour Bridge in April, has been granted bail pending an appeal.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 13, 2022

Libyan Accused of Lockerbie Bombing Charged in US Court

An alleged former Libyan intelligence agent accused of making the bomb that blew up a Pan Am jet over Scotland in 1988, killing 270 people, appeared in a US court Monday to face charges for the deadliest-ever terror attack in Britain. Abu Agila Mohammad Masud Kheir al-Marimi, who allegedly worked…

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The Guardian - AU · Dec 13, 2022

Trial of Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai delayed after British lawyer denied visa extension

Democracy activist and founder of Apple Daily tabloid newspaper potentially faces life in prison over charges of conspiring to collude with foreign forces

AAP · Dec 13, 2022

Former WA cop rapist jailed for 30 years

A disgraced former West Australian police constable is set to appeal his conviction for drugging and raping 13 women after being jailed for 30 years.

The Guardian - AU · Dec 13, 2022

Climate activist Deanna ‘Violet’ Coco freed from prison while she appeals 15-month jail sentence

Judge rules Coco, jailed for Sydney Harbour Bridge protest, did not represent a risk to the community

The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2022

Senators want answers in wake of AP’s prison investigations

The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee says he plans to question the director of the federal Bureau of Prisons this week about why the agency continues to stand by a high-ranking official who beat Black inmates in the 1990s

The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2022

New York City to honor Central Park Five at park entrance

New York City is naming a gate in Central Park in honor of the five men who, as teenagers, were wrongfully convicted of the 1989 rape of a jogger and spent years in prison before being exonerated

The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2022

Black prison staff face overt racism and slurs at work, probe finds

‘We live in a racist world, I believe, and prison reflects the outside world,’ one Black staff member said

The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2022

Black prisoners and white guards ‘should cook together to break down barriers’

Senior staff tell HM Inspectorate of Prisons the initiative could begin immediately, after report highlights deep divisions

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