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U.S. seeks 15 years for Elizabeth Holmes over Theranos fraud

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes should spend 15 years in prison and pay $800 million in restitution to investors defrauded in the blood testing start-up, U.S. prosecutors recommended late on Friday.

Reuters

The case that saw killer jailed for life almost 25 years after setting his partner on fire

Steven Craig was inspired by the 1992 film Reservoir Dogs when he doused Jacqueline Kirk in petrol

The Independent UK

As leaders discuss climate, Egyptians bear brunt of a crackdown

As COP27 takes place in Sharm el-Sheikh, activists face greater repression as a spotlight shines on their plight.

Al Jazeera

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HMP Durham prisoner found hanging in cell day after officers used 'unjustified' restraints

Convicted robber Michael Smith was was found unresponsive in his cell on the segregation unit

Chronicle Live

TikTok warning as 'hack' could cost drivers thousands of pounds

Car experts have said you could even be sent to prison in extreme cases

Liverpool Echo

Climate change comes to prisons

Florida lacks a comprehensive policy to protect people locked in increasingly sweltering prisons

Salon

Elizabeth Holmes asks for leniency for her Theranos crimes

Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes is casting herself as a Silicon Valley scapegoat who overcame an abusive relationship to become a loving mother in an effort to avoid a lengthy prison sentence for duping investors in her failed blood-testing company

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Elizabeth Holmes asks for a lenient 18-month sentence at home

Convicted Theranos Inc. founder Elizabeth Holmes said she deserves to spend 18 months in home confinement, not prison, asking the judge who will sentence her next week to look beyond the “mocked and vilified” caricature of her as a cheat, and to instead see her as a human being.

Tribune News Service

Scots British embassy security guard admits spying for Russia

David Ballantyne Smith, 58, faces up to 14 years in prison after passing information on British civil servants to the Russian military.

Daily Record

Star Wars’ best new character just quietly made the franchise even better

Andy Serkis developed a backstory for his character, and it adds a whole new level to the Star Wars universe.

Inverse

Killer who murdered schoolgirl to hide his sexual abuse dies without body being found

Neo-Nazi Robert Ewing – who a judge described as ‘evil incarnate’ when sentencing him to life in prison – refused to tell police where he and accomplice Gareth Dewhurst disposed of Paige Chivers' body

Daily Mirror

Course Corrections: The Return of Prison Education

Federal grants are rebooting higher education behind bars, but the benefits aren't evenly distributed to all of the incarcerated.

Texas Observer

World leaders at Cop27 urged to press Egypt over prisoner Alaa Abd el-Fattah

Global spotlight on host country has heightened scrutiny of human rights record, with Biden due to meet Sisi

The Guardian - UK

Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah given 'medical intervention' in prison

Egyptian prison authorities have intervened medically with imprisoned pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah, who this week escalated his hunger strike and stopped drinking water, his family said Thursday, demanding his release. The drama surrounding his fate is coinciding with Egypt’s hosting of the U.N. climate summit.

France 24

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The Independent UK

‘Senseless and irresponsible’ driver repeatedly blocked ambulance on way to emergency

Driver sentenced to eight months in prison

WEKU

A Pussy Riot member describes what Brittney Griner can expect in Russian penal colony

Maria Alyokhina was sent to a penal colony as a member of the feminist punk collective. Authorities "teach you how to forget your right to choose," she says. She urges Griner "to not forget yourself."

Evening Standard

Authorities forced to ‘intervene’ as British-Egyptian activist continues hunger strike

Egyptian authorities were forced to intervene as jailed British-Egyptian pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah continued his hunger strike, his mother said.

Evening Standard

Who is Charles Bronson and is he on the verge of release?

He is often referred to as the ’most violent prisoner in Britain’

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Liverpool Echo

Prison staff cars torched outside HMP Altcourse as insiders fear targeted attacks

Two men were seen running from the staff car park

Evening Standard

Man receives second life sentence for Reservoir Dogs-inspired murder

Steven Craig will have served a minimum of 34 years in prison for the attack

Al Jazeera

Jailed Egyptian hunger striker had medical intervention: Family

Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s family fear prison officials in Egypt have force-fed him, which they say would amount to torture.

Reuters

Lawyer says Egypt prosecutor gives him permission to visit activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah in jail - Twitter

A member of the defence team of Egyptian-British hunger striker Alaa Abd el-Fattah tweeted on Thursday that he had been granted permission by Egypt's state prosecutor to visit him in prison.

Daily Mirror

Brit on hunger strike admitted to hospital with fears he's being force-fed at prison

Omar Robert Hamilton, Alaa Abdel-Fattah's cousin and an editor of his recent Selected Works told the Mirror how worried the family is at this latest news from Egypt

The Independent UK

Woman facing prison after dog mauled three-year-old girl

Lisa Garner appeared at Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court in connection with the attack which left the child requiring surgery.

Evening Standard

Teacher at school attended by royals admits child sex charges

Deputy head from George and Charlotte’s old prep faces prison

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