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Vegan mother jailed for life after 18-month-old son starved to death on diet of raw fruits and vegetables

Ezra O’Leary weighed just 17 pounds when he died in September 2019

The Independent UK

Israeli court sentences director of Gaza charity to 12 years in prison

World Vision International worker accused of funnelling aid money to Hamas in trial largely held in secret

The Guardian - UK

Israel sentences Gaza aid worker to six more years in prison

Mohammad al-Halabi, former Gaza chief for World Vision, was sentenced after already serving six years behind bars.

Al Jazeera

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Russian prosecutors ask for 24-year sentence for ex-reporter

Russian prosecutors at the trial of a former journalist asked the court Tuesday to hand him a 24-year prison sentence on treason charges

The Independent UK

Saudi woman gets 45-year prison term for social media posts -rights group

A Saudi Arabian court has sentenced a woman to 45 years in prison for social media posts, a rights group said, in the latest example of a crackdown on women activists that followed a visit by U.S. President Joe Biden to the kingdom.

Reuters

Russia wants 24-year treason sentence for ex-journalist Safronov - defence

Russian state prosecutors on Tuesday requested a 24-year jail term for former journalist Ivan Safronov, who is on trial for treason, his defence team said.

Reuters

Iran sentences Swedish nationals to prison on drug charges

The two men were allegedly arrested with large amounts of opium resin and painkillers, according to judiciary spokesman.

Al Jazeera

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Iran Sentences 2 Swedes to Prison Terms over Drugs

Iran sentenced two Swedish citizens to multiyear prison terms on charges of drug smuggling, the judiciary announced on Tuesday, the latest in a string of cases heightening tensions between the Iranian Republic and the Nordic nation. Iran's hardline judiciary handed down a five-year sentence and fine of roughly $34,000 to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Gaza Aid Worker Gets 12 Years on Israeli Terror Charges

An Israeli court on Tuesday sentenced the Gaza director of a major international charity to 12 years in prison after the court earlier convicted him of terrorism charges in a high-profile case in which independent investigations found no proof of wrongdoing. Mohammed el-Halabi, the Gaza director for the international Christian…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon’s Prisons Are ‘Ticking Bombs’

“We are dead, but we move between four walls.” With this expression, a prisoner described his condition with thousands of others that are held in Lebanese prisons. Inmates are no longer dreaming of returning to freedom, nor living with their children and families under one roof. They are in a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Mike Tyson explains why he had an extra year added on to his prison sentence

Tyson was sentenced to six years in prison in 1992 and the heavyweight legend had a year added on to his time because of bad behaviour inside

Daily Mirror

Haacaaluu Hundeesaa: sublime Ethiopian singer who inspired Oromo struggle protesters

I speak to myself whispering Our situation has defied resolution, our misery isn’t improving We are in despair and idling, that is why I am whispering. So sings Haacaaluu Hundeessaa to his people, the Oromo, in the song Waa’ee Keenya (Our struggle), calling on them to take action against centuries…

The Conversation

Gaza aid worker sentenced to 12 years over terror charges

An Israeli court has sentenced a Gaza aid worker to 12 years in prison after he was found guilty earlier this year of several terrorism charges in a high-profile case in which independent probes found no evidence of wrongdoing

The Independent UK

Prisoners escaped via hole in cell ceiling

Corrections staff did not realise two inmates had escaped through the roof of a Victorian youth prison until 12 hours later, a court has been told.

AAP

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Irish Mirror

First picture of vile thug who beat and left Garda for dead since prison release

“It is an absolute disgrace that Quinn is out so soon,” one of Gda Murphy’s colleagues told this paper.

Dublin Live

First picture of freed Dublin thug Gavin Quinn who beat garda and left him for dead

His brother Lee, who was also jailed, will walk free in 2025

The Independent UK

Nikolas Cruz sentencing - live: Parkland shooter asked if people ‘ate’ corpses and told class ‘I like guns’

Jurors will decide whether gunman Nikolas Cruz is sentenced to life in prison or death

The Independent UK

Nebraska death row inmate who killed talkative cellmate dies

A Nebraska death row inmate who strangled his cellmate after complaining he talked too much has died at the state prison in Tecumseh

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Sports Illustrated

Phony Patriots Player Sentenced to Prison In Super Bowl Ring Ploy

The 25-year-old pled guilty in February to five felony counts of mail fraud, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

The Independent UK

Illinois man gets 55 years for killing deputy US marshal

A federal judge has sentenced an Illinois man to 55 years in prison for the shooting death of a deputy U.S. marshal serving an arrest warrant for a series of downstate burglaries

The Independent UK

New Jersey man sentenced for Tom Brady Super Bowl ring fraud

A New Jersey man who posed as a former New England Patriots player in order to buy and sell Super Bowl rings that he claimed were gifts to Tom Brady’s family has been sentenced to three years in federal prison

The Independent UK

Vegan mom gets life in prison for starvation death of son

A vegan woman convicted of murder in the malnutrition death of her young son has been sentenced to life in prison

ABC News

Soon-to be-released Bali bombmaker Umar Patek participated in a 'deradicalisation' program. Do they actually work?

Bali bombmaker Umar Patek says he is committed to assisting the Indonesian government deradicalising other extremists after he is released from prison. So, what is a deradicalisation program and do they work?

The Independent UK

Nikolas Cruz: Who was the Parkland shooter’s biological mother Brenda Woodard?

Killer’s defence team argues birth mother’s drink and drug abuse ‘poisoned him in the womb’

The Independent UK

Rioter who encountered senator gets over 4 years in prison

A Maryland man affiliated with the far-right Proud Boys extremist group has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for storming the U.S. Capitol

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