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Serial: Adnan Syed’s murder conviction that was podcast subject ‘should be thrown out’

Syed has served more than 20 years in prison for the strangling of Lee

Evening Standard

Hiring Formerly Incarcerated People Is Good, Actually

Some conservative media outlets and politicians lambast the practice. But if you care about public safety, that opposition doesn't make sense.

Reason

Adnan Syed from viral Serial podcast could be released from prison as prosecutors find two new murder suspects

The bombshell news comes as prosecutors say two other suspects could be in the frame for the murder of the then 18-year-old Hae Min Lee

Irish Mirror

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Drunk mum swung knife at neighbour while wearing pyjamas

Catherine Hunter carried out the bizarre attack in Eastham earlier this year

Liverpool Echo

Iowa court orders girl who killed accused rapist to pay his family $150,000

Human trafficking victim placed on probation with risk of 20 years’ prison for manslaughter

Evening Standard

Sherri Papini’s lawyer asks for 1 month in prison, 7 months in home detention in kidnap hoax

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — One day after federal prosecutors asked for an eight-month prison sentence for Sherri Papini for her 2016 kidnap hoax, her attorney asked a judge to give the 40-year-old Redding-area woman a one-month sentence in custody with seven more in home detention.

Tribune News Service

High Court rejects bid by trans row teacher to end his suspension by school

Enoch Burke, who is an evangelical Christian, was suspended from work on full pay last month.

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Prosecutors seek eight-month prison sentence for Sherri Papini over faked kidnapping

The kidnapping scheme began back in November 2016 when Ms Papini seemed to disappear while out for a jog

The Independent UK

In a surprise, the defense rests early in the Parkland school shooting trial

Nikolas Cruz has already pleaded guilty to killing 17 people and wounding others at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018. Jurors are deciding whether he'll be executed or spend life in prison.

WEKU

Woman taken to hospital after being moved five times to different immigration detention centres

Christine worked in a prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo but refused to carry out inhumane acts

Wales Online

Alabama must disclose status of nitrogen hypoxia executions

A federal judge told Alabama to stop being vague and give a firm answer by Thursday evening on if the prison system might use the untested execution method of nitrogen hypoxia at an execution next week

The Independent UK

Former MP Kothapalli Geetha, her husband convicted in bank cheating case, lodged in prison

They are accused of defrauding Punjab National Bank to the tune of ₹42 crore

The Hindu

January 6 rioter guilty of seven felonies could get longest sentence yet

McCaughey was convicted of obstruction of an official proceeding, a felony that carries a maximum sentence of up to 20 years in prison

The Independent UK

Police hunt for man who is wanted for allegedly breaching his prison licence

Anybody with information regarding the whereabouts of Shane Costello Collins should contact police on 0161 856 3550

Manchester Evening News

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Sports Illustrated

Report: Former Gov. Attended Griner Talks in Moscow

Bill Richardson helped in the prisoner swap that freed Trevor Reed earlier this year.

The Independent UK

Nikolas Cruz’s sentencing trial: What we’ve learned so far

Jurors are weighing whether to sentence Cruz to life in prison or to death for carrying out one of the worst school shootings in American history

The Guardian - UK

Lyra McKee: man jailed for possessing gun used to kill journalist

Niall Sheerin from Derry sentenced to seven years in prison, but not in connection with murder itself

The Independent UK

Iowa teenager who stabbed alleged rapist to death sentenced to five years probation and fined $150,000

The now 17-year-old was allegedly raped by the 37-year-old man fives time in the weeks leading up to his death

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Daily Mirror

Center Parcs says guests must 'remain in their lodges' on day of the Queen's funeral

Outraged Twitter users likened Center Parcs' plans for Bank Holiday Monday, when the Queen will be laid to rest at Westminster Abbey in London, to house arrest and prison

Reason

18-Year-Old Faces Possible 70 Years in Federal Prison for Snapchat Sexting Crime

"I'm not saying my kid should get nothing," says Eric Beyer Jr.'s mother. "But to take an 18-year-old kid and put him in jail for longer than he's been alive?"

Reuters

U.S. distances itself from Bill Richardson meetings in Russia where Americans jailed

The United States distanced itself on Wednesday from a visit by former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Bill Richardson to Russia where WNBA star Brittney Griner and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan remain jailed.

Irish Mirror

One of Ireland's most notorious rapists Simon McGinley walks free from prison

The thug covered up his face and wore a hood over his head as photographers snapped him running to the vehicle.

The Guardian - US

‘My emancipation proclamation’: the man fighting to free millions from their criminal records

Jay Jordan’s criminal record barred him from job after job, leaving him in poverty. Now he’s helping California take a transformative step

The Guardian - UK

‘Music was a lifeline’: the record label helping former offenders thrive after prison

Red Tangent Records is helping ex-prisoners discover their talent and enter the music industry. Three of its artists discuss the label’s impact on their post-prison lives

The Canberra Times

'Genuinely scared' prison escapee gave in to 'almost biblical' temptation, court told

Kane Quinn initially feared for his life, not realising it was his partner ramming a prison car in an attempt to free him, his barrister says.

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